A bill to amend the Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978 to establish criteria for the rate of fees charged for grazing private livestock on public rangelands.

Amends the Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978 to provide that fees for grazing private livestock on public rangelands shall be set at a level comparable to the rate charged by private landowners in the area or region.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3374 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3374

  To amend the Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978 to establish 
criteria for the rate of fees charged for grazing private livestock on 
                           public rangelands.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 11, 2012

 Mr. Nelson of Nebraska introduced the following bill; which was read 
  twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978 to establish 
criteria for the rate of fees charged for grazing private livestock on 
                           public rangelands.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. GRAZING ON PUBLIC RANGELANDS.

    Section 6 of the Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978 (43 
U.S.C. 1905) is amended--
            (1) by striking the section heading and all that follows 
        through ``(a) For the'' and inserting the following:

``SEC. 6. GRAZING FEES.

    ``(a) Establishment of Fees.--
            ``(1) In general.--For the''; and
            (2) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Grazing on public rangelands.--When establishing fees 
        for grazing private livestock on public rangelands, the 
        Secretary (with respect to land managed by the Bureau of Land 
        Management (including land held for the benefit of an Indian 
        tribe)) and the Secretary of Agriculture (with respect to 
        National Forest System land) shall set the rate at a level that 
        is comparable to the rate charged by private landowners in the 
        area or region, as determined by the applicable Secretary.''.
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