Strategic Grazing to Reduce Risk of Wildfire Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The final bill directs the Forest Service and Interior land agencies to develop, with grazing permit or lease holders and specified governments and emergency partners, a strategy for targeted livestock grazing as a wildfire-risk tool. The strategy must consider vacant allotments during disasters, hazardous-fuel reduction in the wildland-urban interface, temporary permits or leases, cheatgrass control, postfire recovery, virtual fencing, land-plan and multiple-use compatibility, and cooperative agreements. Vacant allotments should avoid major management or resource problems, and displaced permittees should return to their original allotments promptly. Coordination includes states, state wildlife agencies, local governments, Indian Tribes including specified Native Hawaiian organizations, utilities, and fire agencies. The strategy must be posted online and may not disturb existing grazing programs or Taylor Grazing Act permit duties.
Who Benefits and How
Federal grazing permittees and lessees may gain temporary or targeted grazing opportunities, disaster flexibility, and technology-supported herd placement. Communities exposed to wildfire, Tribal governments, utilities, and firefighting agencies may benefit from lower fuel loads and formal coordination. Native Hawaiian organizations are expressly included in the Tribal definition.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Forest Service and Interior grazing staff must develop and publish the strategy, coordinate with specified parties, and manage temporary allotments without creating resource conflicts. Permittees using temporary allotments may face operational costs and must return when practicable. Wildlife, recreation, and conservation interests may face site-specific tradeoffs, although land-management plans and existing law still apply.
Key Provisions
- Requires an 18-month federal targeted-grazing wildfire strategy.
- Expands consideration of temporary permits or leases, virtual fencing, invasive-grass control, and postfire recovery.
- Requires safeguards for temporary vacant-allotment use and online publication.
- Protects existing grazing programs and Taylor Grazing Act permit or lease requirements.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires Agriculture and Interior to publish an 18-month strategy for using livestock grazing to reduce wildfire fuels and invasive annual grasses on federal land.
Key Policy Areas
Wildfire, Federal Grazing, Public Lands
Primary Purpose
Requires Agriculture and Interior to publish an 18-month strategy for using livestock grazing to reduce wildfire fuels and invasive annual grasses on federal land.
Policy Domains
Strategic Grazing to Reduce Risk of Wildfire Act
Identified Gains
- Federal grazing permittees
- Federal grazing lessees
- Wildfire-prone communities
- Indian Tribes
- Native Hawaiian organizations
- Local firefighting agencies
Identified Costs
- Forest Service grazing staff
- Interior grazing staff
- Temporary-allotment permittees
- Federal land-use planners
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. …
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee …
Reported by Mr. Lee, with an amendment
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported …
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, …
Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Mr. Curtis) introduced the …
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.
Federal legislative records staff, Forest Service grazing staff, Indian Tribes
Positive-direction: Indian Tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, State wildlife agencies
Negative-direction: Forest Service grazing staff, Interior grazing staff
Federal grazing lessees, Federal grazing permittees, Temporary-allotment permittees
Positive-direction: Federal grazing lessees, Federal grazing permittees
Negative-direction: Temporary-allotment permittees
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "partners"
- → States, Tribes, local governments, utilities, and fire agencies
- "operators"
- → Federal grazing permittees and lessees
- "forest_lead"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
- "public_lands_lead"
- → Secretary of the Interior
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