HR 3624
115th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
General public lands matters
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Livestock
Rural Economic Vitalization Act
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 1, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Aug 15, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Jul 28, 2017
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.
Jul 28, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Rural Economic Vitalization Act
This bill authorizes the voluntary waiver of permits or leases for grazing on federal lands managed by the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior.
If a permit or lease is waived by a permittee or lessee, the appropriate department must:
- accept and terminate the permit or lease,
- refrain from issuing any new grazing permit or lease within the grazing allotment covered by the permit or lease, and
- ensure a permanent end to livestock grazing on the allotment covered by the permit or lease.
If an allotment covered by a waiver is also covered by another permit or lease that is not waived, the department must reduce the level of commercial livestock grazing on the allotment to reflect the waiver.
The departments must not accept more than 100 grazing permits and leases per year, in the aggregate, under this authority.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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