I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1792 
To amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with 
States to provide for State management of grazing permits and leases. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2015 
Mr. STEWART introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
enter into cooperative agreements with States to provide 
for State management of grazing permits and leases. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘State Grazing Manage-
ment Authority Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS 
BETWEEN THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR 
AND THE STATES. 
Section 402 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1752) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH STATES.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) 
COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENT.—The 
term ‘cooperative agreement’ means a coopera-
tive agreement entered into under paragraph 
(2). 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE FEDERAL LAND.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible 
Federal land’ means public land that is 
subject to a grazing permit or lease issued 
by the Bureau. 
‘‘(ii) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘eligible 
Federal land’ does not include— 
‘‘(I) a unit of the National Wil-
derness Preservation System; or 
‘‘(II) an area of critical environ-
mental concern. 
‘‘(C) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ 
means the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Director of the Bureau. 
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‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION.—At the request of the 
Governor of a State, the Secretary shall enter into 
a cooperative agreement with the State to provide 
for State management of grazing allotments on eligi-
ble Federal land in the State, subject to this sub-
section. 
‘‘(3) MAXIMUM NUMBER OF GRAZING ALLOT-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), not more than 2 grazing al-
lotments may be managed by any one State at 
any one time under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive 
the limitation under subparagraph (A) with re-
spect to a State if the Secretary determines a 
waiver to be appropriate. 
‘‘(4) NEPA AUTHORITY.—A cooperative agree-
ment shall include the assignment of the responsibil-
ities of the Secretary under the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) 
to the State with respect to the grazing allotments 
managed under that paragraph, including the re-
sponsibility for determining whether the following 
actions with respect to the grazing allotments qual-
ify for a categorical exclusion under that Act: 
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‘‘(A) The conduct of vegetation projects. 
‘‘(B) The conduct of pinyon or juniper 
treatments. 
‘‘(C) Determinations with respect to the 
number of permitted animal unit months. 
‘‘(5) TERM.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A cooperative agree-
ment shall be for a term of 20 years. 
‘‘(B) RENEWAL.—If the Secretary and 
State agree to a renewal of a cooperative agree-
ment, the cooperative agreement may be re-
newed for an additional 20-year term. 
‘‘(6) APPLICABLE LAW.—In managing grazing 
allotments under paragraph (2), a State shall be 
subject to— 
‘‘(A) this Act; and 
‘‘(B) any other applicable Federal law (in-
cluding regulations). 
‘‘(7) RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES.— 
‘‘(A) AUTHORITY OF THE INTERIOR BOARD 
OF LAND APPEALS.—Nothing in this subsection 
provides to the Interior Board of Land Appeals 
authority to hear a case with respect to a deci-
sion relating to a grazing allotment managed by 
the State under paragraph (2). 
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‘‘(B) STATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROC-
ESS.—A cooperative agreement shall provide for 
the development of a process by the State to re-
solve disputes relating to a decision by the 
State with respect to a grazing allotment man-
aged by the State under the cooperative agree-
ment.’’. 
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