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Senate Joint Resolution No. 7--Committee on Natural 
    Resources

                 January 24, 1995
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    Referred to Committee on Natural Resources


SUMMARY--Expresses support of Nevada Legislature for 
          ranching and farming in Nevada and urges 
          Congress of the United States to pass 
          legislation to prevent reforms adopted by 
          Secretary of the Interior and to establish 
          reasonable provisions relating to 
          management and administration of public 
          rangelands of United States. (BDR R-1083)

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.
              Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.



EXPLANATION--Matter in italics is new; matter in bra
ckets [ ] is material to be omitted.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION--Expressing the support of the Nevada 
        Legislature for the ranching and farming industries in this 
        state and urging the Congress of the United States to pass 
        legislation which would prevent the reforms of existing 
        regulations concerning the management of public rangelands 
        adopted by the Secretary of the Interior and establish 
        reasonable provisions relating to the management and 
        administration of the public rangelands of the United States.


  WHEREAS, The people of the State of Nevada 
have a long history of being productive and successful 
ranchers and farmers; and
  WHEREAS, The money received from the 
production and sale of livestock, crops and other 
agricultural products contributes millions of dollars each 
year to the economy of Nevada; and
  WHEREAS, Because of Nevada's arid climate and 
lack of abundant supplies of water, large amounts of land 
are required to graze cattle and sheep effectively; and
  WHEREAS, Much of the land needed for grazing 
livestock must be leased under permit from the Federal 
Government, thereby making many of the ranchers and farmers 
in Nevada involuntarily dependent upon the Federal 
Government and its regulations governing the use of the 
rangelands located on the public lands of the United States; 
and
  WHEREAS, The Secretary of the Interior has 
adopted major reforms to the existing regulations of the 
Federal Government concerning the management of the 
rangelands located on the public lands of the United States 
which will become effective on August 26, 1995; and
  WHEREAS, Such proposed reforms are extremely 
broad and extensive, and seek to impose numerous changes in 
the administration of the public rangelands which are not 
necessary or reasonable in order to maintain the public 
rangelands in a healthy and productive condition;
  WHEREAS, A bill has been introduced in the 
Senate, S. 852 of the 104th Congress, 1st Session (1995), 
The Livestock Grazing Act of 1995, which would prevent the 
reforms adopted by the Secretary of the Interior and would 
establish reasonable provisions relating to the proportional 
ownership of improvements made on the public rangelands by 
ranchers in cooperation with the Federal Government, the 
requirement of compliance with state law relating to water 
rights, the clarification of the types of violations of 
federal law relating to the management and administration of 
the public rangelands which are subject to civil or criminal 
penalties and other matters relating to the management and 
administration of the public rangelands of the United 
States; and
  WHEREAS, An identical bill has been introduced 
in the House of Representatives, H.R. 1713 of the 104th 
Congress, 1st Session (1995); now, therefore, be it
  RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF 
NEVADA, JOINTLY, That the Nevada Legislature hereby 
expresses its support for the ranching and farming 
industries in Nevada; and be it further
  RESOLVED, That the Nevada Legislature opposes 
any extensive and unreasonable reform of the existing 
regulations of the Federal Government concerning the 
management of the public rangelands in Nevada; and be it 
further
  RESOLVED, That the Nevada Legislature hereby 
urges the Congress of the United States to pass S. 852 or 
H.R. 1713 of the 104th Congress, 1st Session (1995), The 
Livestock Grazing Act of 1995, which would prevent the 
reforms adopted by the Secretary of the Interior concerning 
the management of the rangelands located on the public land 
of the United States and establish reasonable provisions 
relating to the management and administration of the public 
rangelands of the United States; and be it further
  RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Senate 
prepare and transmit a copy of this resolution to the Vice 
President of the United States as presiding officer of the 
Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the 
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources, the Chairman of the House of Representatives 
Committee on Natural Resources and each member of the Nevada 
Congressional Delegation; and be it further
  RESOLVED, That this resolution becomes 
effective upon passage and approval.

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