1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Definitions. Sec. 4. Voluntary grazing permit retirement program. Sec. 5. Effect of waiver of grazing permit. 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Voluntary grazing permit retirement is a successful land management tool that has been authorized by Congress for specific purposes and in numerous areas throughout the 16 Western States, including Death Valley National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Arches National Park, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve, and Wilderness Areas in the Owyhee Canyonlands and Boulder-White Clouds. (2) Expanding the authority for voluntary grazing permit retirement to include all Federal lands managed by the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior in the 16 Western States will aid in the resolution of land and resource management conflicts and provide Federal grazing permittees and lessees with increased flexibility and opportunities when making decisions about the future of their livestock operations. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Administratively retired grazing allotment The term administratively retired grazing allotment means a grazing allotment, or portion of a grazing allotment, on Federal lands managed by the Secretary that is or becomes vacant or closed due to the voluntary waiver of the grazing permit or lease by the holder of the grazing permit or lease issued by the Secretary with the intention of permanently ending livestock grazing on that grazing allotment, or portion of a grazing allotment, as a result of an agreement with a third party. (2) Commercial livestock grazing