Grazing Improvement Act - Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (the Act) to double from 10 to 20 years the period of a term for grazing permits and leases for domestic livestock grazing on public lands or lands within national forests in 16 contiguous western states. Permits the issuance of permits and leases for a period shorter than 20 years (under current law, shorter than 10 years), including where the Secretary concerned determines that the initial environmental analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) regarding a grazing allotment, permit, or lease has not been completed.
Directs that grazing permits or leases issued by the Secretary of the Interior respecting lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and grazing permits issued by the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) respecting National Forest System lands that expire, are transferred, or are waived after this Act's enactment be renewed or reissued, as appropriate, under the Act, the Granger-Thye Act, the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, or the California Desert Protection Act of 1994.
Excludes the renewal, reissuance, or transfer of a grazing permit or lease by the Secretary concerned from the NEPA requirement to prepare an environmental analysis if: (1) such decision continues to renew, reissue, or transfer current grazing management of the allotment; (2) monitoring indicates that such management meets objectives contained in the land use and resource management plan of the allotment; or (3) the decision is consistent with the policy of the Department of the Interior or USDA regarding extraordinary circumstances.
Makes NEPA inapplicable to domestic livestock crossing and trailing authorizations and transfers of grazing preference.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-09 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 105. | House floor actions |
| 2013-07-09 | Discharge | Committee on Agriculture discharged. | House floor actions |
| 2013-07-09 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-145, Part I. | House floor actions |
| 2013-06-12 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 15. | House committee actions |
| 2013-06-12 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2013-06-12 | Committee | Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged. | House committee actions |
| 2013-04-18 | Committee | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House committee actions |
| 2013-03-01 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. | House committee actions |
| 2013-02-22 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. | House committee actions |
| 2013-02-13 | IntroReferral | Referred 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. | House floor actions |
| 2013-02-13 | IntroReferral | Referred 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. | House floor actions |
| 2013-02-13 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |