H.R. 5785 · 119th Congress
Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act of 2025
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This bill authorizes the voluntary waiver of permits or leases for grazing on federal lands managed by the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior in the 16 western states (e.g., California, New Mexico, Oklahoma, North Dakota, and Washington).
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Oct 17, 2025
Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act of 2025
This bill authorizes the voluntary waiver of permits or leases for grazing on federal lands managed by the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior in the 16 western states (e.g., California, New Mexico, Oklahoma, North Dakota, and Washington). If a permit or lease is waived by a permittee or lessee with the intention of permanently ending livestock grazing on the grazing allotment (or a portion of the allotment), the appropriate department must
- accept and terminate, on a first-come, first-served basis, the permit or lease;
- refrain from issuing any new grazing permit or lease within the grazing allotment covered by the permit or lease; and
- ensure a permanent end to livestock grazing on the allotment covered by the permit or lease.
If an allotment covered by a waiver is also covered by another permit or lease that is not waived, the department must reduce the level of commercial livestock grazing on the allotment to reflect the waiver.
The departments must not accept more than (1) 100 grazing permits per year, in the aggregate for all of the 16 western states; and (2) 25 grazing permits for land located in whole or in part in any individual state.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act of 2025
Latest action (Oct 17, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: House · Introduced: Oct 17, 2025
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.