HR 774 · in committee · significant
PASTURES Act
- economy
What this bill does
- This bill prevents the USDA and Department of Interior from penalizing livestock owners for grazing on certain public lands without fences.
- It affects ranchers and livestock owners who use National Forests, Fish and Wildlife lands, and public grazing permit areas.
- The federal government becomes responsible for building and maintaining fences to prevent unwanted grazing on covered lands.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would shifting fence construction and maintenance costs to federal taxpayers rather than livestock owners affect public land budgets in your region?
- 02
What safeguards should exist to prevent livestock from damaging sensitive ecosystems or competing with wildlife on unfenced public lands?
- 03
Why might the USDA and Interior Department have originally required ranchers to maintain fences, and what problems could removing that requirement create?
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Sponsor · R-WY
Harriet M. Hageman
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House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-02-28
Legislative timeline
2025-02-28 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
2025-02-28 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
2025-01-28 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-01-28 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-01-28 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-28 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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