To require the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a strategy to increase opportunities to utilize livestock grazing as a means of wildfire risk reduction.
This bill requires the U.S. Department of Agriculture to create a strategy expanding the use of livestock grazing on federal lands to reduce wildfire risks. It specifically directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop plans for using grazing during droughts or wildfires, implementing targeted grazing, issuing temporary permits for fuel reduction, and incorporating grazing into postfire recovery efforts. The strategy would apply to livestock permit holders on federal lands and aim to leverage grazing as a tool for managing vegetation that fuels wildfires. The bill does not mandate specific actions but sets a requirement for the agency to develop these approaches using existing legal authorities.
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Introduction
Mar 2024
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Introduced Mar 13, 2024
Last action Nov 19, 2024
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Nov 19, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee Hearings Held
lower
Nov 18, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
lower
Aug 30, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
lower
Aug 30, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
lower
Mar 13, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
lower
Mar 13, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in House
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1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
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