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HR839Referred to Committee

No FED in West Texas Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-31
Introduced
1
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Jodey C. Arrington
Jodey C. Arrington
Republican · TX · Representative
Votes with party: 96.4% (535 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/A000375

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (1)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38)· 2025-05-15

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 374.

2026-01-08

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on Natural ResourcesReported By · 2026-01-08

Previously

  • Natural Resources CommitteeReported By · 2026-01-08
  • Natural Resources CommitteeMarkup By · 2025-07-23
  • House Committee on Natural ResourcesDischarged from · 2025-07-23
  • Natural Resources CommitteeDischarged from · 2025-07-23
  • House Committee on Natural ResourcesMarkup By · 2025-07-23

Plain-English Summary

No Federal Expansion Designation in West Texas Act or the No FED in West Texas Act This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing its 2023 final land protection plan and environmental assessment for the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge in Texas. The plan allows Interior to expand the refuge and purchase lands or acquire conservation easements on up to 700,000 acres of land in the Southern High Plains region along the Texas-New Mexico border.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Public Lands and Natural Resources
Full bill text is not yet cached locally.
Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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