Taylor Grazing Act of 1934

Taylor Grazing Act of 1934

Long title	An Act to stop injury to the public grazing lands by preventing overgrazing and soil deterioration, to provide for their orderly use, improvement, and development, to stabilize the livestock industry dependent upon the public range, and for other purposes.
Nicknames	Grazing Act of 1934
Enacted by	the 73rd United States Congress
Effective	June 28, 1934
Citations
Public law	73-482
Statutes at Large	48 Stat. 1269
Codification
Titles amended	43 U.S.C.: Public Lands
U.S.C. sections created	43 U.S.C. ch. 8A § 315 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 6462 by Edward T. Taylor (D–CO) on March 10, 1934 Committee consideration by House Public Lands, Senate Public Lands and Surveys Passed the House on April 11, 1934 (265-92) Passed the Senate on June 12, 1934 (Passed) Reported by the joint conference committee on June 15, 1934; agreed to by the House on June 15, 1934 (Agreed) and by the Senate on June 16, 1934 (Agreed) Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 28, 1934

The Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 (TGA, Pub. L. 73–482) is a United States federal law that provides for the regulation of grazing on the public lands (excluding Alaska) to improve rangeland conditions and regulate their use.^[1]

The law initially permitted 80 million acres (32 million hectares) of previously unreserved public lands of the United States to be placed into grazing districts to be administered by the Department of the Interior. As amended, the law now sets no limit on the amount of lands in grazing districts. Currently, there are approximately 162 million acres (66 million ha) inside grazing allotments.

These can be vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved land from public lands, all except for Alaska, national forests, parks, monuments, Indian reservations, railroad grant lands, and revested Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands. Surrounding landowners may be granted right of passage over these districts. Permits are given for grazing privileges in the districts. Also permits can be given to build fences, reservoirs, and other improvements.

The permittees are required to pay a fee, and the permit cannot exceed ten years but is renewable. Permits can be revoked because of severe drought or other natural disasters that deplete grazing lands.