1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Pandemic Authority Suitable To Utilize Reserve Easements Act” or the “PASTURE Act”.
Pandemic Authority Suitable To Utilize Reserve Easements Act
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.
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—
in the matter preceding item (aa), by striking “or other emergency,” and inserting “or other emergency (including a pandemic),”; and
in item (cc), by inserting “or pandemic” after “disaster event”.