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Grasslands Grazing Act of 2025
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.
Summary
- Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to expand the definition of eligible lands for grazing leases and permits to include all National Forest System lands, not just lands within National Forests in the sixteen western states.
- Makes national grasslands eligible for grazing leases and permits, treating ranchers on national grasslands the same as permittees on other Federal land.
- Does not affect other provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act or the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act or the Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] (R-WY)
2 cosponsors
- Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] (R-WY)
- Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] (R-SD)
Actions (6)
- Jul 23, 2026 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 485. · senate
- Jul 23, 2026 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment. Without written report. · senate
- Mar 4, 2026 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably. · senate
- Feb 12, 2026 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. · senate
- Sep 11, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S6578) · senate
- Sep 11, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Committee action
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Meetings where this bill was on the agenda
- Business meeting to consider S.601 and H.R.1276, bills to remove restrictions from a parcel of land in Paducah, Kentucky, S.815, to designate the outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, Virginia, as the "Rick Boucher Amphitheater", S.1135, to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Bonneville Shoreline Trail, S.1981, to require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to utilize grazing for wildfire risk reduction, S.2102, to establish the Ralph David Abernathy, Sr., National Historic Site, 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, S.3004, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Bureau of Land Management land to the city of Price, Utah, S.3493, to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in Carson City, Nevada, S.3527, to release from wilderness study area designation certain land in the State of Montana, to improve the management of that land, H.R.204, to require that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior submit accurate reports regarding hazardous fuels reduction activities, H.R.952, to convey the reversionary interest of the United States in certain land in Sacramento, California, H.R.1829, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands within the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, and the nominations of Stevan Pearce, of New Mexico, to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management, David LaCerte, of Louisiana, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Kyle Haustveit, of North Dakota, to be Under Secretary of Energy.
- Hearings to examine S.462, to provide for economic development and conservation in Washoe County, Nevada, S.1349, to withdraw the National Forest System land in the Ruby Mountains subdistrict of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the National Wildlife Refuge System land in Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada, from operation under the mineral leasing laws, S.1464, to withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land from mineral development, S.1497, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to establish the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument and to modify the boundary of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, S.1981, to require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to utilize grazing for wildfire risk reduction, S.2417, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to issue a special use permit with respect to the maintaining of a flagpole bearing the flag of the United States at Kyhv Peak Lookout Point, Utah, S.2554, to provide for the recognition of certain Alaska Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, S.2754, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the City of Ouray, Colorado, certain land managed by the Forest Service, together with a reservoir, 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, S.2860, to unleash United States offshore critical minerals and resources, S.2968, to ensure access to certain public land, S.3004, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Bureau of Land Management land to the city of Price, Utah, S.3082, to prohibit oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production in certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, S.3493, to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in Carson City, Nevada, S.3526, to provide for the protection of and investment in certain Federal land in the State of California, S.3527, to release from wilderness study area designation certain land in the State of Montana, to improve the management of that land, S.3695, to amend Public Law 96-586 to modernize the authority of the Forest Service to acquire and administer land under that Act, H.R.204, to require that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior submit accurate reports regarding hazardous fuels reduction activities, H.R.677, to establish a process to expedite the review of appeals of certain decisions by the Department of the Interior, H.R.952, to convey the reversionary interest of the United States in certain land in Sacramento, California, H.R.1829, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands within the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, H.R.3872, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to make that Act applicable to hardrock minerals, H.R.3937, to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.
Full text
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]
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
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.
July 23, 2026
Reported with an amendment
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