Bill > S2787

This bill, known as the Grasslands Grazing Act of 2025, aims to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to ensure that ranchers with grazing agreements on national grasslands are treated the same as those with grazing permits on other federal lands. Specifically, it modifies Section 402(a) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 by expanding the definition of eligible land for grazing leases and permits to include all "National Forest System land," which is a broad category of land managed by the U.S. Forest Service, rather than just lands within National Forests in the sixteen contiguous Western States. This change is intended to provide consistent treatment for ranchers across different types of federal land, while importantly, the bill clarifies that this amendment does not alter the application of other parts of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to national grasslands, nor does it affect specific provisions related to the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act or the Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978.