US EditionRevised GOP Plan Would Sell up to 1.2M Acres of Public Lands
- Senator Mike Lee proposed revising a plan on June 25 to sell up to 1.2 million acres of federal land for housing development, down from his earlier larger proposal.
- This revised proposal followed the Senate parliamentarian's decision on Tuesday to strip the original land sale provision as improper under Senate rules.
- The plan targets lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management across 11 Western states, including areas near national parks and watersheds like Marys Peak, which provides drinking water to Benton County.
- Environmentalists, such as The Wilderness Society's Tracy Stone-Manning, called the parliamentarian's ruling a victory, while Lee defended his housing focus stating the land would go to 'American families' and blamed misinformation campaigns.
- The land sale controversy triggered broad opposition from conservation groups and some Republicans, indicating ongoing political challenges and uncertain outcomes for the bill before the July 4 GOP deadline.
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T. A. Barron: Public land goes back on the chopping block
The radical notion of selling off public lands is back. And this time it seems that only the Congress can stop the giveaway of America’s heritage to private interests — if its representatives listen to widespread public sentiment. Last week, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee updated its budget bill to include making over 250 million acres of public lands in 11 Western states eligible for disposal, including recreation areas, wild…
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KULR-TVNorthwest Republicans would vote down spending bill if public lands sell off included
WASHINGTON D.C.- Members of congress from our region are coming together with the goal of stopping Senator Mike Lee from Utah, the members have sent a letter to the speaker of the house.
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Summit Daily NewsSenate Republicans pursue new version of public land sales as Colorado lawmakers continue to push back
After hitting a roadblock this week with the Senate parliamentarian, Republicans in the Energy and Natural Resources Committee have a new proposal for federal land sales, which could require the sale of up to 1.2 million acres. The latest version of the text would require the disposal of between 0.25% and 0.5% of Bureau of Land Management land in 11 Western states, including Colorado, where it manages 8.3 million acres. Only land located “with…
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Could GOP ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ sell off Southern California public lands?
Much of the land used by Southern Californians for hiking, camping and other outdoor recreation belongs to Uncle Sam. But environmentalists and outdoor enthusiasts fear the budget reconciliation bill — the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” as President Donald Trump calls it — being hashed out by congressional Republicans will put millions of those acres, set aside as pristine wilderness for future generations, on the auction block. Public lands advocates a…
Idaho senators, Boise mayor voice opposition to Senate proposal that would sell off public lands
A U.S. Senate provision that would have brought the sale of millions of acres of public lands across the western U.S. looks to be in jeopardy after being found to
Public lands at risk: A provision to mandate the sale of millions of acres of public lands has been shut down, but the danger hasn't passed, local advocates say
A proposal to sell off millions of acres of public lands across the western United States has been put on hold after the Senate's parliamentarian ruled that it could not be included in the Republic tax and spending bill currently…
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