[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 129 (Friday, August 4, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11469-S11470]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       THE LIVESTOCK GRAZING ACT

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                      DOMENICI AMENDMENT NO. 2120

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  Mr. DOMENICI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill (S. 852) to provide for uniform management of livestock 
grazing on Federal land, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Insert at the end of section 102 the following: ``Nothing 
     in this title shall limit or preclude the use of federal land 
     for hunting, fishing, or appropriate recreational activities 
     in accordance with applicable Federal and State laws and the 
     principles of multiple use.''.

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I submit an amendment to S. 852.
  Mr. President, I submit this amendment to the Public Rangelands 
Management Act of 1995 in an effort to assure multiple users of public 
lands, such as hunters and fisherman, that the bill does not change the 
fundamental requirement of multiple use.
  As the principal sponsor of this legislation, I never intended that 
the bill diminish in any way the rights and privileges currently 
enjoyed by hunters, fishermen, hikers, back-packers or any outdoor 
sportsmen and recreationalists.
  When the original bill was criticized for limiting access for such 
purposes, and creating a so-called dominant use for grazing, it was 
changed.
  For example, section 106(a) states that livestock grazing on Federal 
lands shall be managed under the principle of multiple use and 
sustained yield.
  To further emphasize this fundamental underpinning of the bill, a new 
finding has been added to section 101(a) to state that: ``Multiple use, 
as set forth in current law, has been and continues to be a guiding 
principle in the management of public lands and national forests.''
  The amendment I submit today would unequivocally state, at an 
appropriate place in the text of the legislation, that ``nothing in 
this title shall limit or preclude the use of Federal land for hunting, 
fishing or appropriate recreational activities in accordance with 
applicable Federal and State laws and the principles of multiple use.''
  I will urge my colleagues at the proper time to add this language to 
the bill and I assure people across this country that their ability to 
use public lands for their outdoor sporting and recreational activities 
will be in no way diminished by this legislation.


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