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Resiliency for Ranching and Natural Conservation Health Act

Introduced: May 11, 2023 Introduced by: Barrasso, John Republican · Wyoming See on congress.gov
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Dec 24, 2024
Held at the desk.
Dec 24, 2024
Received in the House.
Dec 23, 2024
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 20, 2024
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7276; text: CR S7276)
Dec 20, 2024
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 21, 2024
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 581.
Nov 21, 2024
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Nov 19, 2024
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
May 11, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 11, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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Resiliency for Ranching and Natural Conservation Health Act

This bill makes vacant grazing allotments temporarily available to holders of grazing permits or leases after a natural disaster.

The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall make available to the holder of a grazing permit or lease issued by either Interior or USDA the temporary use of a vacant grazing allotment if one or more grazing allotments covered by the grazing permit or lease of the holder are temporarily unusable because of resource conditions from unforeseen natural events or disasters (including an extreme weather event, drought, wildfire, infestation, or blight).

The bill allows investment of amounts in the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The bill allocates income generated by that investment to rangeland improvement projects and enhancing, expanding, or improving access to public lands or National Forest System land to benefit hunting and recreation activities.

The bill increases the maximum duration of grazing permits and leases from 10 years to 20 years.

What's happening now December 24, 2024

Held at the desk.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
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Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · May 11, 2023
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Risch, James E.
Idaho · May 11, 2023
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Rounds, Mike
South Dakota · May 11, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1553: Resiliency for Ranching and Natural Conservation Health Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1553/
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"S. 1553: Resiliency for Ranching and Natural Conservation Health Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1553/.
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