# 114-hr-3410: Rural Economic Vitalization Act

114-hr-3410, Rural Economic Vitalization Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-3410
- Congress: 114
- Title: Rural Economic Vitalization Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Introduced: 2015-07-29
- Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 20
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## 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.

## Cosponsors (20)

- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2015-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2015-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA), 2015-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2015-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- JIM MCDERMOTT (D-WA), 2015-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10] (D-WA), 2015-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2015-08-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] (D-NC), 2015-09-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2015-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2015-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2015-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2016-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2016-09-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2016-09-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2016-09-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2016-09-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2016-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL HONDA (D-CA), 2016-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2016-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA), 2016-12-08T00:00:00.000Z

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- 114-hr-4479: Families of Flint Act
- 114-hr-3268: PAST Act
- 114-hr-3185: Equality Act
- 114-hr-2902: Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2015
- 114-hr-2867: Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015

## Sources
- [114-hr-3410 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3410)

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