[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3893 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3893

 To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to allow for emergency use of 
        certain land during a pandemic, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 4, 2020

 Mr. Thune (for himself and Ms. Smith) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
                        Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to allow for emergency use of 
        certain land during a pandemic, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pandemic Authority Suitable To 
Utilize Reserve Easements Act'' or the ``PASTURE Act''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY USE OF LAND ENROLLED IN THE CONSERVATION RESERVE 
              PROGRAM DURING A PANDEMIC.

    Section 1233(b)(1)(B)(i)(I) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3833(b)(1)(B)(i)(I)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding item (aa), by striking ``or 
        other emergency,'' and inserting ``or other emergency 
        (including a pandemic),''; and
            (2) in item (cc), by inserting ``or pandemic'' after 
        ``disaster event''.
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