House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act of 2025
Official title: To expand the authorization of voluntary Federal grazing permit retirement, provide increased flexibility for Federal grazing permittees, promote the equitable resolution or avoidance of conflicts on Federal lands managed by the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Adam Smith D-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 17, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5785.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 172, October 17, 2025, Page H4542):Clause 2 of Section 3 of Article IV of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5785, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5785
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adam Smith.
Related bills
- H.R. 6314 (118th) Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement ActCross-Congress related bill
- H.R. 6935 (117th) Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 21, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.