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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1750

To make permanent the formula for determining fees for the grazing of

livestock on public rangelands.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 20, 1993

Mrs. VUCANOVICH (for herself, Mr. ORTON, Mr. BREWSTER, Mr. ALLARD, Mr.

DOOLITTLE, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr.

HANSEN, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. KYL, Mr. MCINNIS, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr.

HERGER, Mr. SCHAEFER, Mr. SKEEN, Mr. SMITH of Oregon, Mr.

STUMP, Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming, Mr. THOMAS of California, Mr.

YOUNG of Alaska, and Mr. HEFLEY) introduced the following bill; which

was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

A BILL

To make permanent the formula for determining fees for

the grazing of livestock on public rangelands.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. GRAZING FORMULA.

4 For the grazing year 1991 and for each succeeding

5 year thereafter, the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior

6 shall charge the fee for domestic livestock grazing on the

7 public rangelands in the sixteen contiguous Western

8 States which Congress finds represents the economic value
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1 of the use of the land to the user and under which Con2 gress finds fair market value for public grazing to be the

3 $1.23 base establishing by the 1966 Western Livestock

4 Grazing Survey multiplied by the results of the Forage

5 Value Index (computed annually from data supplied by the

6 National Agricultural Statistic Service added to the Com7 bined Index (Beef Cattle Price Index minus the Price Paid

8 Index) and divided by 100. The annual increase or de9 crease in such fee for any given year shall be limited to

10 not more than plus or minus 25 percent of the previous

11 year’s fee.

12 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

13 For purposes of this Act—

14 (1) the term ‘‘public rangelands’’ means lands

15 administered by the Secretary of the Interior

16 through the Bureau of Land Management or the

17 Secretary of Agriculture through the Forest Service

18 in the sixteen contiguous Western States on which

19 there is domestic livestock grazing, or which the Sec20 retary concerned determines may be suitable for do21 mestic livestock;

22 (2) the term ‘‘sixteen contiguous Western

23 States’’ means the States of Arizona, California,

24 Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Ne25 vada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Or-
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1 egon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyo2 ming;

3 (3) ‘‘Forage Value Index’’ means the weighted

4 average estimate of the annual rental charge per

5 head per month for pasturing cattle on private

6 rangelands in the eleven Western States (Montana,

7 Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona,

8 Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, and California)

9 computed by the Statistical Reporting Service from

10 the June Enumerative Survey divided by $3.65 and

11 multiplied by 100;

12 (4) ‘‘Beef Cattle Price Index’’ means the

13 weighted average annual selling price for beef cattle

14 (excluding calves) in the eleven Western States

15 (Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico,

16 Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, and

17 California) for November through October (com18 puted by the Statistical Reporting Service) divided

19 by 22.04 per hundred weight and multiplied by 100;

20 and

21 (5) ‘‘Prices Paid Index’’ means the following se22 lected components from the Statistical Reporting

23 Service’s annual national index of prices paid by

24 farmers for goods and services adjusted by the

25 weights indicated in parentheses to reflect livestock
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1 production costs in the Western States: Fuels and

2 Energy (14.5); Farm and Motor supplies (12.0);

3 Autos and Trucks (4.5); Tractors and Self-Propelled

4 Machinery (4.5); Other Machinery (12.0); Building

5 and Fencing Materials (14.5); Interest (6.0); Farm

6 Wage Rates (14.0); and Farm Services (18.0).

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