,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #icg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,april #ad1 #bjae   
,mr4 ,hatch introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,federal ,land ,policy and    
,management ,act of #aigf to authorize  
the ,secretary of the ,interior to enter
 into cooperative agreements with       
,states to provide for ,state management
 of grazing permits and leases4  #a4    
,short title  ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,state ,grazing ,management        
,authority ,act4  #b4 ,authorization of 
cooperative agreements between the      
,secretary of the ,interior and the     
,states ,section #djb of the ,federal   
,land ,policy and ,management ,act of   
#aigf 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #ageb7 is amended  
by adding at the end the following3  7k7
 ,cooperative agreements with ,states   
7#a7 ,definitions ,in this subsection3  
7,a7 ,cooperative agreement ,the term   

cooperative agreement means a           
cooperative agreement entered into under
 paragraph 7#b74  7,b7 ,eligible federal
 land  7i7 ,in general ,the term        
eligible ,federal land means public land
 that is subject to a grazing permit or 
lease issued by the ,bureau4  7ii7      
,exclusion ,the term eligible ,federal  
land does not include--  7,i7 a unit of 
the ,national ,wilderness ,preservation 
,system2 or  7,,ii7 an area of critical 
environmental concern4  7,c7 ,secretary 
,the term ,secretary means the          
,secretary of the ,interior1 acting     
through the ,director of the ,bureau4   
7#b7 ,authorization ,at the request of  
the ,governor of a ,state1 the          
,secretary shall enter into a           
cooperative agreement with the ,state to
 provide for ,state management of       
grazing allotments on eligible ,federal 
land in the ,state1 subject to this     
subsection4  7#c7 ,maximum number of    
grazing allotments  7,a7 ,in general    
,except as provided in subparagraph     

7,b71 not more than #b grazing          
allotments may be managed by any one    
,state at any one time under this       
subsection4  7,b7 ,waiver ,the          
,secretary may waive the limitation     
under subparagraph 7,a7 with respect to 
a ,state if the ,secretary determines a 
waiver to be appropriate4  7#d7 ,,nepa  
authority ,a cooperative agreement shall
 include the assignment of the          
responsibilities of the ,secretary under
 the ,national ,environmental ,policy   
,act of #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et   
seq47 to the ,state with respect to the 
grazing allotments managed under that   
paragraph1 including the responsibility 
for determining whether the following   
actions with respect to the grazing     
allotments qualify for a categorical    
exclusion under that ,act3  7,a7 ,the   
conduct of vegetation projects4  7,b7   
,the conduct of pinyon or juniper       
treatments4  7,c7 ,determinations with  
respect to the number of permitted      
animal unit months4  7#e7 ,term  7,a7   

,in general ,a cooperative agreement    
shall be for a term of #bj years4  7,b7 
,renewal ,if the ,secretary and ,state  
agree to a renewal of a cooperative     
agreement1 the cooperative agreement may
 be renewed for an additional #bj-year  
term4  7#f7 ,applicable law ,in managing
 grazing allotments under paragraph     
7#b71 a ,state shall be subject to--    
7,a7 this ,act2 and  7,b7 any other     
applicable ,federal law 7including      
regulations74  7#g7 ,resolution of      
disputes  7,a7 ,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 decision relating to a grazing       
allotment managed by the ,state under   
paragraph 7#b74  7,b7 ,state dispute    
resolution process ,a cooperative       
agreement shall provide for the         
development of a process by the ,state  
to resolve disputes relating to a       
decision by the ,state with respect to a

 grazing allotment managed by the ,state
 under the cooperative agreement4  4