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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

Introduced: July 28, 2017 Introduced by: Smith, Adam Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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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
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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 September 1, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Mar 26, 2018
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 8, 2018
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Sep 26, 2017
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Jul 28, 2017
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jul 28, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 28, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3624: Rural Economic Vitalization Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3624/
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"H.R. 3624: Rural Economic Vitalization Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3624/.
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H.R. 3624, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3624/.
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