# 119-hr-774: PASTURES Act

119-hr-774, PASTURES Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large] (R-WY); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-774
- As of: 2025-12-21
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-774
- Congress: 119
- Title: PASTURES Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-01-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large] (R-WY)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Would protect ranchers from penalties for livestock grazing on certain federal lands that border private property.** It would bar the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior from penalizing livestock owners for grazing on covered lands that do not have a fence and would require the responsible Secretary to pay for construction and maintenance of any such fence. - Ranchers and livestock owners: Covers cattle, bison, horses, sheep, and goats and would limit penalties when those animals graze on covered federal lands that border private property. - Federal agencies: Assigns fence construction and maintenance costs to the Secretary of Agriculture for National Forest System lands and to the Secretary of the Interior for public lands and lands managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. - Land and permit scope: Applies to National Forest System lands, lands administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and public lands that have grazing permits or leases on or after enactment and are later prohibited.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Government pays fences for ranchers: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the federal official to pay to build and fix fences on certain public lands to prevent livestock grazing. It would bar the Secretary concerned from imposing a penalty on a livestock owner for grazing on covered lands where a fence to prevent grazing does not exist…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3330: Energy Freedom Act
- 119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act
- 119-hr-4706: Protecting Our Farms and Homes from China Act
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1897: ESA Amendments Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1163: Prove It Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-774 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/774)

## Related
- [119-hr-3330: Energy Freedom Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3330)
- [119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-471)
- [119-hr-4706: Protecting Our Farms and Homes from China Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4706)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-1897: ESA Amendments Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1897)
- [119-hr-1163: Prove It Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1163)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-774 (as of 2025-12-21).