Rural Economic Vitalization Act
Latest action · Sep 1, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 28, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rural Economic Vitalization Act
This bill authorizes the voluntary waiver of permits or leases for grazing on federal lands managed by the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior.
If a permit or lease is waived by a permittee or lessee, the appropriate department must:
- accept and terminate the permit or lease,
- refrain from issuing any new grazing permit or lease within the grazing allotment covered by the permit or lease, and
- ensure a permanent end to livestock grazing on the allotment covered by the permit or lease.
If an allotment covered by a waiver is also covered by another permit or lease that is not waived, the department must reduce the level of commercial livestock grazing on the allotment to reflect the waiver.
The departments must not accept more than 100 grazing permits and leases per year, in the aggregate, under this authority.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 28, 2017 to Mar 26, 2018, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Jul 28, 2017 |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Original | Jul 28, 2017 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Jul 28, 2017 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jul 28, 2017 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Jul 28, 2017 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Jul 28, 2017 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jul 28, 2017 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Sep 26, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Sep 26, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Feb 6, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Feb 6, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Feb 8, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Mar 26, 2018 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 1, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- Aug 15, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Jul 28, 2017Introduced in House
- Jul 28, 2017Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
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- Jul 28, 2017Introduced in House
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