,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aeci  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #aj1      
#bjbc,mr4 ,thune 7for himself and ,ms4  
,klobuchar7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,agriculture1      
,nutrition1 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill    
,to amend the ,federal ,crop ,insurance 
,act and the ,federal ,agriculture      
,improvement and ,reform ,act of #aiif  
to make the native sod provisions       
applicable to the ,united ,states and to
 modify those provisions1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,american ,prairie  
,conservation ,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 by       
striking paragraph 7#c7 and inserting   
the following3  7#c7 ,native sod        
conversion certification  7,a7          
,certification ,as a condition on the   

receipt of benefits under this subtitle1
 a producer that has tilled native sod  
acreage for the production of an        
insurable crop as described in paragraph
 7#b77;,a7 shall certify to the         
,secretary that acreage using-- 7i7 an  
acreage report form of the ,farm        
,service ,agency 7,,fsa-#egh or any     
successor form72 and  7ii7 #a or more   
maps4  7,b7 ,corrections ,beginning on  
the date on which a producer submits a  
certification under subparagraph 7,a71  
as soon as practicable after the        
producer discovers a change in tilled   
native sod acreage described in that    
subparagraph1 the producer shall submit 
to the ,secretary any appropriate       
corrections to a form or map described  
in clause 7i7 or 7ii7 of that           
subparagraph4  7,c7 ,annual reports ,not
 later than ,january #a1 #bjbd1 and each
 ,january #a thereafter through ,january
 #a1 #bjbh1 the ,secretary 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 tilled native sod    
acreage that has been certified under   
subparagraph 7,a7 in each county and    
,state as of the date of submission of  
the report4  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 by striking   
subparagraph 7,c7 and inserting the     
following3  7,c7 ,native sod conversion 
certification  7i7 ,certification ,as a 
condition on the receipt of benefits    
under this section1 a producer that has 
tilled native sod acreage for the       
production of an insurable crop as      
described in subparagraph 7,b77i7 shall 
certify to the ,secretary that acreage  
using-- 7,i7 an acreage report form of  
the ,farm ,service ,agency 7,,fsa-#egh  
or any successor form72 and  7,,ii7 #a  
or more maps4  7ii7 ,corrections        

,beginning on the date on which a       
producer submits a certification under  
clause 7i71 as soon as practicable after
 the producer discovers a change in     
tilled native sod acreage described in  
that clause1 the producer shall submit  
to the ,secretary any appropriate       
corrections to a form or map described  
in subclause 7,i7 or 7,,ii7 of that     
clause4  7iii7 ,annual reports ,not     
later than ,january #a1 #bjbd1 and each 
,january #a thereafter through ,january 
#a1 #bjbh1 the ,secretary 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 tilled native sod    
acreage that has been certified under   
clause 7i7 in each county and ,state as 
of the date of submission of the report4
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