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RCED-86-168BR 1 (1986-05-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobachsc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 1 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20648 RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION B-209066 May 30, 1986 The Honorable James A. McClure Chairman, Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations United States Senate The Honorable Sidney R. Yates Chairman, Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives On December 17, 1985, you requested that we review the extent to which Bureau of Land Management (BLM) permittees sublease their grazing privileges and the adequacy of BLM's regulations to control this practice. You expressed particular interest in subleases where permittees are paying BLM one fee for grazing on the public lands and then subleasing their grazing rights to other grazers for a substantially higher fee. We met with representatives of your offices on March 14, 1986, and discussed BLM regulations on subleasing and the nature of the information available on grazing subleases. It was agreed with your representatives that subleasing as defined by the 1985 BLM regulations would occur infrequently. For this reason, your offices requested that we gather information on the number of, and financial considerations involved in, grazing leases entered into by BLM grazing permittees. We visited eight BLM resource area offices that have 1,576 grazing permittees, which represents 8 percent of all BLM permittees nationwide. At the offices, we examined grazing permittee files and discussed grazing leasing arrangements with BLM range management officials. On May 14, 1986, we briefed representatives of your offices on our findings and agreed to provide you with a written summary of our work. The Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 authorized the Secretory of the Interior to assign grazing privileges for vacant public lands. The privilege to graze on a parcel of public rangeland is associated with a specific privately owned land base or water base property (base property). The BLM grazing regulations prohibit / 3C '5 713 (o/

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