Malheur Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Malheur Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Government Operations, Agriculture.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section idcad55815-998e-4f22-af89-5d6a27153b4b: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Malheur Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act.
- Section id2cf6c3f0-f47d-4b60-a172-1eaffa608ffa: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Bureau means the Bureau of Land Management. The term County means Malheur County, Oregon. The term Federal land means land...
- Section ida477ebd5-f28b-45c9-bd95-fca78ad458ac: 3. Malheur County Grazing Management Program The Secretary may carry out a grazing management program on the Federal land, to be known as the Malheur County...
- Section id93d1e167-037e-4e48-950b-3f968df4d712: 4. Malheur C.E.O. Group In this section: The term consensus means a unanimous agreement by the voting members of the Malheur C.E.O. Group present and...
- Section id261988b8-8035-46b9-9d33-33e2014cf466: 5. Land designations In this section, the term wilderness area means a wilderness area designated by subsection (b)(1). In accordance with the Wilderness Act...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Malheur Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Government Operations, Agriculture
Primary Purpose
This bill, Malheur Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Sponsors
Ron Wyden
D-OR | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Wyden (for himself and Mr. Merkley) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Authorized grazing permittees and lessees in Malheur County, Ranchers in Malheur County, Oregon
Federal land in the designated counties, Units of local government within the County, Federal agencies with authority in the County, State agencies with authority in the County, private interests, environmental community, hunting/fishing community, Indian Tribes
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
an agency or department of the Government of the United States. The term Federal agency includes— the Bureau of Reclamation
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