HR5131Passed House
Public Lands Military Readiness Act of 2025
Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-09-04
Introduced
1
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Nicholas J. Begich III
Republican · AK · Representative
Votes with party: 95.1% (667 recorded votes)
Top industries funding sponsor:
- Conservative Groups$9k
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Cosponsors (1)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
Latest Action
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
2025-12-10
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesReferred To · 2025-12-10
- House Committee on Armed ServicesDischarged From · 2025-12-09
- House Committee on Natural ResourcesReported By · 2025-12-09
Previously
- House Committee on Natural ResourcesMarkup By · 2025-11-20
- House Committee on Natural ResourcesDischarged from · 2025-11-20
- House Committee on Armed ServicesReferred To · 2025-09-04
- House Committee on Natural ResourcesReferred To · 2025-09-04
- House Committee on Armed ServicesBills of Interest - Exchange of Letters
Plain-English Summary
Public Lands Military Readiness Act of 2025 This bill extends by 25 years the reservation of certain public lands for military use and the withdrawal of such lands from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws (e.g., mining laws). Specifically, the bill extends the withdrawal and reservation of the Fort Greely and Fort Wainwright Training Ranges in Alaska and the McGregor Range at Fort Bliss in New Mexico until November 6, 2051. It also extends the withdrawal and reservation of Fort Irwin military land in California until December 31, 2051. The bill also makes technical changes to the land descriptions of the McGregor Range and Fort Irwin lands.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Armed Forces and National Security
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