Grasslands Grazing Act of 2025

John Barrasso

Republican · WY · Senator

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• Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)Original· 2025-09-11
• John Thune (R-SD)· 2025-09-29

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 485.

2026-07-23

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This bill would make it easier for ranchers to graze livestock on federal grasslands and prairies by streamlining the permitting process and potentially extending grazing rights. The changes would affect both ranching operations that depend on public lands for pasture and federal land management agencies that oversee these areas. Environmental groups and conservation advocates may have concerns about impacts to wildlife habitat and grassland ecosystems, while ranchers would likely benefit from reduced regulatory barriers.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2787 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st 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. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 11, 2025 Mr. Barrasso (for himself and Ms. Lummis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ 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'' 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). <all>

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