[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4755 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4755

 To amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to ensure 
 that ranchers who have grazing agreements on national grasslands are 
         treated the same as permittees on other Federal land.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 3, 2022

   Mr. Thune introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to ensure 
 that ranchers who have grazing agreements on national grasslands are 
         treated the same as permittees on other Federal land.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY OF NATIONAL GRASSLANDS FOR GRAZING LEASES AND 
              PERMITS.

    (a) In General.--Section 402(a) of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1752(a)) is amended by striking 
``lands within National Forests'' and inserting ``National Forest 
System (as defined in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland 
Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a))) land''.
    (b) Effect.--Nothing in the amendment made by subsection (a) 
modifies or affects--
            (1) the applicability to national grasslands of any 
        provision of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
        (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) other than section 402 of that Act (43 
        U.S.C. 1752);
            (2) title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 
        U.S.C. 1010 et seq.); or
            (3) section 11 of the Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 
        1978 (43 U.S.C. 1907).
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