US EditionRevised Senate bill includes updated Lee language to sell public lands
- Senator Mike Lee introduced a proposal today to dispose of federal lands as part of the Senate’s budget reconciliation process.
- The proposal follows an earlier version blocked by Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough for violating the Byrd Rule.
- The bill would mandate the sale of about 3.3 million acres, mostly Bureau of Land Management lands, primarily near population centers.
- Adam Cramer, CEO of Outdoor Alliance, highlighted that a significant portion of the lands proposed for sale includes important areas used for outdoor recreation, posing a threat to these valued sites.
- Lawmakers and advocacy groups oppose the sell-off, with warnings that the provision could cause the whole bill to fail if included in the House version.
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Western public land sale axed from Senate budget bill
Utah Sen. Mike Lee withdrew his land-sale provision from the Senate reconciliation budget bill Saturday evening. “I was unable to secure clear, enforceable safeguards to guarantee that these lands would be sold only to American families – not to China, not to Blackrock, and not to any foreign interest,” Lee posted on X. “For that reason, I’ve made the decision to withdraw the federal land sales provision from the bill.” The Republican had sought…
Revised Senate bill includes updated Lee language to sell public lands
The 940-page bill Senate Republican leaders unveiled Friday night to implement President Trump’s agenda includes a section pushed by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) to sell public lands, although a smaller amount of land than was in a provision rejected earlier in the week by Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough. The updated language in the bill directs the secretary of the Interior Department to select for sale not less than 0.25 percent and not more th…
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