(9) 16 WESTERN STATES.—The term ‘‘16 West-
ern States’’ refers to Arizona, California, Colorado, 
Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New 
Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South 
Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. 
SEC. 4. VOLUNTARY GRAZING PERMIT RETIREMENT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) VOLUNTARY WAIVER OF GRAZING PERMIT OR 
LEASE.— 
(1) ACCEPTANCE BY SECRETARY.—Subject to 
the limitation set forth in subsection (c)(2), the Sec-
retary shall accept, on a first-come, first-served 
basis, any grazing permit or lease related to Federal 
land in the 16 Western States that is voluntarily 
waived by a grazing permittee or lessee with the in-
tention of permanently ending livestock grazing on 
that grazing allotment or on a portion of that graz-
ing allotment. 
(2) TERMINATION.—The Secretary shall imme-
diately terminate any grazing permit or lease accept-
ed under paragraph (1). 
(3) NO
NEW
GRAZING
PERMIT
OR
LEASE.— 
With respect to each grazing permit or lease volun-
tarily waived under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall— 
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(A) not issue any new grazing permit or 
lease within the grazing allotment covered by 
the grazing permit or lease; and 
(B) ensure a permanent end to livestock 
grazing on the grazing allotment covered by the 
grazing permit or lease. 
(b) WAIVER
OF GRAZING PERMIT
OR LEASE
ON 
COMMON ALLOTMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If a grazing allotment or 
portion of a grazing allotment covered by a grazing 
permit or lease that is waived under subsection (a) 
is also covered in part or in whole by another graz-
ing permit or lease that is not waived, the Secretary 
shall reduce the level of commercial livestock grazing 
on the grazing allotment to reflect the waiver. 
(2) AUTHORIZED LEVEL.—To ensure that there 
is a permanent reduction in the level of livestock 
grazing on the land covered by the grazing permit 
or lease waived under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall not allow grazing to exceed the level established 
under paragraph (1). 
(c) LIMITATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries shall accept 
per fiscal year under this section— 
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(A) not more than 100 grazing permits, in 
the aggregate. for all of the 16 Western States; 
and 
(B) not more than 25 grazing permits for 
land located in whole or in part in any indi-
vidual State. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—This limitation shall not 
apply to administratively retired grazing allotments 
as of the effective date of this Act. 
(d) ADMINISTRATIVELY RETIRED GRAZING ALLOT-
MENTS.—With respect to grazing allotments administra-
tively retired before the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall— 
(1) not issue any new grazing permit or lease 
within the grazing allotment covered by the grazing 
permit or lease; and 
(2) ensure a permanent end to livestock grazing 
on the grazing allotment covered by the grazing per-
mit or lease. 
SEC. 5. EFFECT OF WAIVER OF GRAZING PERMIT. 
(a) EFFECT ON RANGE DEVELOPMENTS.—A per-
mittee or lessee who waives a grazing permit or lease to 
the Secretary under section 4 shall be deemed to have 
waived any claim to all range developments on land cov-
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