# 115-hr-3624: Rural Economic Vitalization Act

115-hr-3624, Rural Economic Vitalization Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-3624
- Congress: 115
- Title: Rural Economic Vitalization Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- Introduced: 2017-07-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 13
- 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 (13)

- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10] (D-WA), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2017-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2017-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2018-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2018-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2018-02-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA), 2018-03-26T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-6510: Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act
- 115-hr-6135: Keep Families Together Act
- 115-hr-6033: International Human Rights Defense Act of 2018
- 115-hr-5374: Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2018
- 115-hr-4396: ME TOO Congress Act
- 115-hr-4240: Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2017

## Sources
- [115-hr-3624 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3624)

## Related
- [115-hr-6510: Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6510)
- [115-hr-6135: Keep Families Together Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6135)
- [115-hr-6033: International Human Rights Defense Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6033)
- [115-hr-5374: Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5374)
- [115-hr-4396: ME TOO Congress Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4396)
- [115-hr-4240: Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4240)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3624 (as of 2025-11-18).