To improve rangeland conditions and restore grazing levels within the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah.

Directs the Department of the Interior to implement a management program within the areas of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah that are administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to: (1) improve rangeland conditions for wildlife and livestock carrying capacity in those areas, and (2) restore livestock grazing to the level of usage in those areas that existed as of September 17, 1996.

Requires Interior, in issuing or renewing grazing permits and in issuing or modifying allotment management plans for livestock grazing in those areas, to incorporate standards and guidelines that are consistent with: (1) the "Utah Standards for Rangeland Health and Guidelines for Grazing Management for BLM Lands in Utah", approved by the Secretary on May 20, 1997; and (2) the applicable BLM regulations contained in regulations relating to livestock grazing on public land.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 743 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 743

 To improve rangeland conditions and restore grazing levels within the 
           Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 2015

 Mr. Stewart introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To improve rangeland conditions and restore grazing levels within the 
           Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah.

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

SECTION 1. IMPROVEMENT OF RANGELAND CONDITIONS AND RESTORATION OF 
              GRAZING LEVELS, GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL 
              MONUMENT.

    (a) In General.--As soon practicable after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall implement a management 
program within areas of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument 
that are administered by the Bureau of Land Management--
            (1) to improve rangeland conditions for wildlife and 
        livestock carrying capacity in those areas; and
            (2) to restore livestock grazing to the level of usage in 
        those areas that existed as of September 17, 1996.
    (b) Permits.--In issuing or renewing grazing permits and in issuing 
or modifying allotment management plans for livestock grazing in the 
areas described in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior shall 
incorporate reasonable standards and guidelines that are consistent 
with--
            (1) the ``Utah Standards for Rangeland Health and 
        Guidelines for Grazing Management for BLM Lands in Utah'', 
        approved by the Secretary of the Interior on May 20, 1997; and
            (2) the applicable regulations of the Bureau of Land 
        Management contained in subpart 4100 of title 43, Code of 
        Federal Regulations (relating to livestock grazing on public 
        land) (or successor regulations).
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