HR1997Referred to Committee

Productive Public Lands Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-03-10
Introduced
6
Cosponsors
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Jeff Hurd
Jeff Hurd
Republican · CO · Representative
Votes with party: 96.9% (550 recorded votes)

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Cosponsors (6)

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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

2025-03-10

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Plain-English Summary

This bill would likely change how federal lands are managed to increase activities like logging, mining, or energy development while potentially reducing environmental protections. It would affect companies in natural resource industries, outdoor recreation businesses, environmental groups, and communities that depend on public lands for hunting, fishing, or tourism. The specific details of what "productive" means and which lands would be affected depend on the bill's full text, which is still being reviewed by Congress.

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Subjects

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Full Bill Text

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1997 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1997 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue certain Records of Decision and Resource Management Plans. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 10, 2025 Mr. Hurd of Colorado (for himself, Mr. LaMalfa, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Downing, Mr. Evans of Colorado, and Mr. Bentz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue certain Records of Decision and Resource Management Plans. 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 ``Productive Public Lands Act''. SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATION OF RECORDS OF DECISION. Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, shall reissue each of the following and update the preferred alternative accordingly: (1) The Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment, dated November 2024, selecting alternative B as the preferred alternative. (2) The Record of Decision and Approved Grand Junction Field Office Resource Management Plan, dated October 2024, selecting alternative A as the preferred alternative. (3) The Record of Decision and Approved Colorado River Valley Field Office Resource Management Plan, dated October 2024, selecting alternative B as the preferred alternative. (4) The Miles City Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan, dated November 2024, selecting alternative A as the preferred alternative. (5) The Rock Springs Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan, dated December 2024, selecting alternative C as the preferred alternative. (6) The Record of Decision and Approved Eastern Colorado Resource Management Plan: Royal Gorge Field Office, dated January 2024, selecting alternative A or C as the preferred alternative. (7) The Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment for Big Game Habitat Conservation for Oil and Gas Management in Colorado, dated October 2024, selecting alternative A as the preferred alternative. (8) The Lakeview Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment, dated January 2025, selecting alternative A as the preferred alternative. (9) The Gunnison Sage-Grouse Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment, dated October 2024, selecting alternative A as the preferred alternative. SEC. 3. AUTHORITY. The documents reissued under section 2 and the preferred alternatives selected therein-- (1) shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the ``Administrative Procedure Act''); and (2) do not require any additional environmental analysis. <all>
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