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

Bill: 116-hr-7108
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Marshall, Roger [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2020-06-04
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Farmland

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Land use and conservation
Latest action: action_date: 2020-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-06-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill provides authority for the Department of Agriculture during a pandemic to permit activities such as emergency haying and grazing on land that is subject to a contract under the Conservation Reserve Program.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7108 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 4, 2020 Mr. Marshall (for himself and Ms. Craig ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 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.

1. Emergency use of CRP land during 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 natural disaster event .