Resiliency for Ranching and Natural Conservation Health Act
Sponsored By: Representative Maloy
Introduced
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.
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- 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.
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Temporary grazing relief for ranchers
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 use would not change the original permit’s terms, the holder’s right to return, or future animal unit months. Agencies would try to coordinate across jurisdictions and could allow short-term improvements like portable corrals, fencing, aboveground water lines, and troughs. The Secretaries would issue implementing guidelines within 1 year and would keep checking land health.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Maloy
UT • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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