# 119-hr-4513: Resiliency for Ranching and Natural Conservation Health Act

119-hr-4513, Resiliency for Ranching and Natural Conservation Health Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2] (R-UT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4513
- Congress: 119
- Title: Resiliency for Ranching and Natural Conservation Health Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2] (R-UT)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**This bill would create a mechanism for the temporary reallocation of vacant grazing allotments to permit and lease holders during natural events or disasters, with decisions guided by local ecological conditions and interagency coordination.** It ties temporary use to terms that reflect nearby ecological conditions and existing management agreements, and allows limited, removable rangeland improvements to support short-term grazing needs. - Ranchers and permit or lease holders: Would be able to use nearby vacant federal allotments when their allotments are temporarily unusable due to extreme weather, drought, wildfire, infestation, or blight. Agencies could authorize temporary improvements like portable corrals, fencing, pipelines, and water troughs to support that use. - Federal land managers and agencies: The Secretaries concerned would be asked to coordinate across jurisdictions to make vacant allotments available and to prioritize nearby permit holders. They would have to issue implementation guidelines within 1 year and periodically evaluate vacant allotment health to support fast action during emergencies. - Land and wildlife interests: Temporary terms must be based on local ecological conditions, consider prior agency agreements and State wildlife management, and cannot change original permits, future animal unit months, or ongoing assessments of the vacant allotment.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Temporary grazing relief for ranchers: benefit, medium. If enacted, ranchers with federal grazing permits could temporarily use vacant allotments when their own are unusable after drought, wildfire, extreme weather, infestation, or blight. The Agriculture or Interior Secretary would decide if a vacant allotment is suitable and for how long. Temporary us…

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- 119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act
- 119-hr-6809: Alyssa’s Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5351: NSF AI Education Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1897: ESA Amendments Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9535: Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-hr-4513 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4513)

## Related
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-471)
- [119-hr-6809: Alyssa’s Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6809)
- [119-hr-5351: NSF AI Education Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5351)
- [119-hr-1897: ESA Amendments Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1897)
- [119-hr-9535: Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9535)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4513 (as of 2026-04-21).