[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 2787 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 485
119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2787

 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

                           September 11, 2025

 Mr. Barrasso (for himself, Ms. Lummis, and Mr. Thune) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Energy and Natural Resources

                             July 23, 2026

                 Reported by Mr. Lee, with an amendment
                  [Insert the part printed in italic]

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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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Grasslands Grazing Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. 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 in the sixteen contiguous Western 
States'' 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).
                                                       Calendar No. 485

119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2787

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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.

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                             July 23, 2026

                       Reported with an amendment