# 119-s-1209: American Prairie Conservation Act

119-s-1209, American Prairie Conservation Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] (R-SD); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-20).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1209
- Congress: 119
- Title: American Prairie Conservation Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-31
- Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] (R-SD)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-20

## Summary

**Nationwide native sod certification and reporting** would extend and standardize native sod rules across federal crop programs and add new producer paperwork and USDA reporting. Producers who tilled native sod for certain insurable crops would have to document those acres and keep the records current. - Producers: To get crop insurance or Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance program benefits, producers would certify tilled native sod acreage using the Farm Service Agency form FSA-578 and one or more maps and submit corrections as soon as practicable. - USDA / Farm Service Agency: The agency would collect standardized forms and maps and must send annual reports to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees by January 1, 2026, and each January 1 through 2030, showing certified tilled native sod acres by county and state. - Oversight and transparency: The bill would create county- and state-level traceability of native sod conversions across federally supported crop programs, enabling consistent verification over time.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New native sod rules for farmers: cost, low. If enacted, you would need to certify any tilled native sod acres to get Federal Crop Insurance or NAP benefits. You would certify using the FSA acreage form (FSA-578 or any successor) and one or more maps. You would need to submit corrections to the form or maps as soon as practicable after any ch…

## Related bills

- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-725: Enhancing First Response Act
- 119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026
- 119-s-2608: CRP Improvement and Flexibility Act of 2025
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-1209 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1209)

## Related
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923)
- [119-s-725: Enhancing First Response Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-725)
- [119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5025)
- [119-s-2608: CRP Improvement and Flexibility Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2608)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1209 (as of 2025-12-20).