# 115-hr-3939: American Prairie Conservation Act

115-hr-3939, American Prairie Conservation Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large] (R-SD); status Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-3939
- Congress: 115
- Title: American Prairie Conservation Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
- Introduced: 2017-10-04
- Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large] (R-SD)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

American Prairie Conservation Act This bill amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act and the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to modify provisions, known as sodsaver provisions, that reduce benefits under the Department of Agriculture (USDA) crop insurance and noninsured crop disaster assistance programs for farmers who plant crops on native sod. The bill also amends the Agriculture Act of 2014 to extend the requirement for USDA to submit annual reports to Congress regarding cropland acreage.

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] (D-MN), 2017-10-04T00:00:00.000Z
- COLLIN PETERSON (D-MN), 2017-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] (R-AR), 2017-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
- RICHARD NOLAN (D-MN), 2017-11-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2017-11-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2018-04-18T00:00:00.000Z

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- 115-hr-1861: Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 115-hr-184: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2018
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- 115-hr-350: RPM Act of 2017

## Sources
- [115-hr-3939 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3939)

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- [115-hr-1861: Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-1861)
- [115-hr-184: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-184)
- [115-hr-1698: Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-1698)
- [115-hr-350: RPM Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-350)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3939 (as of 2025-11-18).