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ELI5: Monsanto Protection Act

I've read other ELI5 regarding why Monsanto is bad, but I don't get the Monsanto Protection Act. What is it? All the articles I read are saying it's bad but don't explain what it is in an understandable way.
gpt
Genetically engineered crops are regulated.  Once they get approved, farmers can grow them.  However, if someone screws something up (like the environmental assessment), the approval can be revoked.  This means farmers might be in the position of having crops that were legal when the planted them but illegal now.  The thing everyone is up in arms about right now allows farmers to request that the USDA, if they deem it fit, to allow the planted crops to be grown as normal that season and not be destroyed until the GE crop in question can be officially cleared for cultivation again.

td;dr This thing isn't to protect Monsanto, that's just sensationalist nonsense, it is to protect farmers.