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Public Lands Integrity Act

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Introduced
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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
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2026-04-30
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Michael F. Bennet
Michael F. Bennet
Democrat · CO · Senator
Votes with party: 82.1% (776 recorded votes)

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

2026-04-30

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Plain-English Summary

Public Lands Integrity Act This bill generally prohibits provisions that result in the sale, disposal, or transfer of federal lands from being included in reconciliation legislation by requiring the provisions to be considered extraneous under the Senate's Byrd Rule. The Senate's Byrd Rule (named after it's principal author, Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia) prohibits the inclusion of matter in reconciliation legislation that is extraneous to a congressional committee's reconciliation directives in the associated congressional budget resolution. Reconciliation is an expedited method by which Congress may adopt changes in spending and revenue laws to achieve the budgetary goals reflected in a congressional budget resolution. Reconciliation bills are considered by Congress using expedited legislative procedures that prevent a filibuster and restrict amendments in the Senate. For additional information, see CRS Report R48640, The Senate’s Byrd Rule: Frequently Asked Questions.

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Economics and Public Finance

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4455 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4455 To amend section 313 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to designate provisions resulting in the sale, disposal, or transfer of Federal lands as extraneous under the Byrd Rule. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 30, 2026 Mr. Bennet (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend section 313 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to designate provisions resulting in the sale, disposal, or transfer of Federal lands as extraneous under the Byrd Rule. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Public Lands Integrity Act''. SEC. 2. PROVISIONS RESULTING IN THE SALE, DISPOSAL, OR TRANSFER OF FEDERAL LANDS DESIGNATED AS EXTRANEOUS UNDER THE BYRD RULE. Section 313(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(b)(1)) is amended-- (1) by striking ``and (F)'' and inserting ``(F)''; and (2) by inserting ``; and (G) a provision that results in the sale, disposal, or transfer of Federal lands shall be considered extraneous'' before the period at the end. <all>
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