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handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxahyf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO 119TH CONGRESS REPT.119-433 2d Session J HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 GRAZING FOR WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION ACT JANUARY 8, 2026.-Ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT together with ADDITIONAL VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 1110] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1110) to require the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and implement a strategy to increase opportunities to utilize live- stock grazing as a means of wildfire risk reduction, having consid- ered the same, reports favorably thereon with amendments and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. The amendments are as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Grazing for Wildfire Risk Reduction Act. SEC. 2. UTILIZING GRAZING FOR WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION. (a) IN GENERAL.-Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned, in coordination with holders of permits to graze live- stock on Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned and in con- sultation with other relevant stakeholders, shall develop and implement a strategy to utilize livestock grazing as wildfire risk reduction tool consistent with the laws applicable to the Secretary concerned. The strategy shall include- (1) the completion of reviews (as required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)) to allow permitted grazing on vacant grazing allotments during instances of drought, wildfire or other natural disas- ters that disrupt grazing on allotments already permitted; (2) the use of targeted grazing to reduce hazardous fuels; (3) an increased use of temporary permits to promote targeted fuels reduction and reduction of invasive annual grasses; (4) an increased use of grazing- (A) to eradicate invasive annual grasses; or (B) as a postfire recovery and restoration strategy, where appropriate; (5) an integrated use of advanced technologies to dynamically adjust livestock placement; 69-006