,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fhf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #ad1 #bjac 
,mrs4 ,noem 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,walz1   
,mr4 ,fortenberry1 ,mr4 ,peterson1 ,mr4 
,blumenauer1 ,mr4 ,wittman1 ,mr4        
,thompson of ,mississippi1 and ,mr4     
,latta7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,agriculture  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the  
,federal ,crop ,insurance ,act to modify
 the ineligibility requirements for     
producers that produce an annual crop on
 native sod1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,protect our ,prairies ,act4    
#b4 ,crop production on native sod  7a7 
,federal crop insurance ,section #ejh7o7
 of the ,federal ,crop ,insurance ,act  
7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #aejh7o77 is amended--    
7#a7 in paragraph 7#a77;,b71 by         
inserting 1 or the producer cannot      
substantiate that the ground has ever   
been tilled1 after tilled2  7#b7 in     
paragraph 7#b77;,a71 by striking for    

benefits under-- and all that follows   
through the period at the end and       
inserting  for-- 7i7 a portion of crop  
insurance premium subsidies under this  
subtitle in accordance with paragraph   
7#c72  7ii7 benefits under section #aif 
of the ,federal ,agriculture            
,improvement and ,reform ,act of #aiif  
7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #gccc72 and  7iii7        
payments described in subsection 7b7 or 
7c7 of section #ajja of the ,food       
,security ,act of #aihe 7#g ,u4,s4,c4   
#acjh74  2 and  7#c7 by striking        
paragraph 7#c7 and inserting the        
following new paragraph3  7#c7          
,administration  7,a7 ,in general       
,during the first #d crop years of      
planting on native sod acreage 7as      
described in paragraph 7#b77 by a       
producer--  7i7 paragraph 7#b7 shall    
apply to #fe percent of the transitional
 yield of the producer2 and  7ii7 the   
crop insurance premium subsidy provided 
for the producer under this subtitle    
shall be #ej percentage points less than

 the premium subsidy that would         
otherwise apply4  7,b7 ,yield           
substitution ,during the period native  
sod acreage is covered by this          
subsection1 a producer may not          
substitute yields for the native sod    
acreage4  4  7b7 ,noninsured crop       
disaster assistance ,section            
#aif7;a77#d7 of the ,federal            
,agriculture ,improvement and ,reform   
,act of #aiif 7#g ,u4,s4,c4             
#gccc7;a77#d77 is amended--  7#a7 in    
subparagraph 7,a77ii71 by inserting 1 or
 the producer cannot substantiate that  
the ground has ever been tilled1 after  
tilled2  7#b7 in subparagraph 7,b77i71  
by striking for benefits under-- and all
 that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting  for-- 7,i7 benefits  
under this section2  7,,ii7 a portion of
 crop insurance premium subsidies under 
the ,federal ,crop ,insurance ,act 7#g  
,u4,s4,c4 #aeja et seq47 in accordance  
with subparagraph 7,c72 and  7,,iii7    
payments described in subsection 7b7 or 

7c7 of section #ajja of the ,food       
,security ,act of #aihe 7#g ,u4,s4,c4   
#acjh74  2 and  7#c7 by striking        
subparagraph 7,c7 and inserting the     
following new subparagraph3  7,c7       
,administration  7i7 ,in general ,during
 the first #d crop years of planting on 
native sod acreage 7as described in     
subparagraph 7,b77 by a producer--  7,i7
 subparagraph 7,b7 shall apply to #fe   
percent of the transitional yield of the
 producer2 and  7,,ii7 the crop         
insurance premium subsidy provided for  
the producer under the ,federal ,crop   
,insurance ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #aeja et  
seq47 shall be #ej percentage points    
less than the premium subsidy that would
 otherwise apply4  7ii7 ,yield          
substitution ,during the period native  
sod acreage is covered by this          
paragraph1 a producer may not substitute
 yields for the native sod acreage4  4  
7c7 ,cropland report  7#a7 ,baseline    
,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of enactment of this ,act1 the         

,secretary of ,agriculture shall submit 
to the ,committee on ,agriculture of the
 ,house of ,representatives and the     
,committee on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 
and ,forestry of the ,senate a report   
that describes the cropland acreage in  
each county and ,state1 and the change  
in cropland acreage from the preceding  
year in each county and ,state1         
beginning with calendar year #bjjj and  
including that information for the most 
recent year for which that information  
is available4  7#b7 ,annual updates ,not
 later than ,january #a1 #bjad1 and each
 ,january #a thereafter through ,january
 #a1 #bjag1 the ,secretary of           
,agriculture shall submit to the        
,committee on ,agriculture of the ,house
 of ,representatives and the ,committee 
on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and        
,forestry of the ,senate a report that  
describes--  7,a7 the cropland acreage  
in each county and ,state as of the date
 of submission of the report2 and  7,b7 
the change in cropland acreage from the 

preceding year in each county and       
,state4