[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1375 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 1375

To provide for the extension of expiring term grazing permits for lands 
within the National Forest System pending the completion by the Forest 
 Service of final agency action in connection with the renewal of such 
                                permits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 3, 1995

  Mr. Cooley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the extension of expiring term grazing permits for lands 
within the National Forest System pending the completion by the Forest 
 Service of final agency action in connection with the renewal of such 
                                permits.

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

SECTION 1. AUTOMATIC EXTENSION OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM GRAZING 
              PERMITS PENDING COMPLETION OF FINAL AGENCY ACTION.

    (a) Extension.--The term of each expiring term grazing permit 
issued for lands within the National Forest System is hereby extended 
to cover the period beginning on the expiration date of the permit and 
ending on the date on which the Secretary of Agriculture completes 
final agency action in connection with the renewal of the permit. The 
extension shall apply to the holder of the expiring term grazing 
permit, subject to the same terms and conditions as apply to the 
expiring term grazing permit.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply if the holder of an 
expiring term grazing permit is not in compliance with the terms and 
conditions of the permit at the time the permit is originally due to 
expire.
    (c) Administrative Appeal and Judicial Review.--The extension of 
expiring term grazing permits under subsection (a) shall not be subject 
to administrative appeal or judicial review.
    (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) Expiring term grazing permit.--The term ``expiring term 
        grazing permit'' means a term grazing permit--
                    (A) that expires in 1995 or 1996; or
                    (B) that expired in 1994 and has not been replaced 
                with a new term grazing permit solely because the 
                analysis required by the National Environmental Policy 
                Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other 
                applicable laws has not been completed.
            (2) Final agency action.--The term ``final agency action'' 
        means agency action regarding an expiring term grazing permit 
        in which--
                    (A) any analysis required by the National 
                Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
                seq.) and other applicable laws has been completed; and
                    (B) all available administrative remedies have been 
                exhausted.
            (3) Holder.--The term ``holder'' includes the purchaser of 
        a term grazing permit holder's permitted livestock or base 
        property if--
                    (A) between January 1, 1995, and December 1, 1996, 
                the holder has waived the term grazing permit to the 
                Secretary pursuant to section 222.3(c)(1)(iv) of title 
                36, Code of Federal Regulations; and
                    (B) the purchaser of the term grazing permit 
                holder's permitted livestock or base property is 
                eligible and qualified to hold a term grazing permit.
            (4) Term grazing permit.--The term ``term grazing permit'' 
        means a grazing permit or grazing agreement issued by the 
        Secretary of Agriculture for a specified term under section 402 
        of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
        U.S.C. 1752), section 19 of the Act of April 24, 1950 (commonly 
        known as the ``Granger-Thye Act'') (16 U.S.C. 580l), or other 
        law.
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