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S2262Referred to Committee

American Voices in Federal Lands Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-07-10
Introduced
7
Cosponsors
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Type

Sponsor

John Barrasso
John Barrasso
Republican · WY · Senator
Votes with party: 77.2% (911 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/B001261

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (7)

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

  • Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)Original· 2025-07-10
  • James E. Risch (R-ID)Original· 2025-07-10
  • John R. Curtis (R-UT)Original· 2025-07-10
  • Mike Crapo (R-ID)Original· 2025-07-10
  • Steve Daines (R-MT)· 2025-07-14
  • Tim Sheehy (R-MT)· 2025-07-21
  • Dan Sullivan (R-AK)· 2025-07-23

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 →

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

2025-12-17

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesMarkup By · 2025-12-17

Previously

  • Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesReferred To · 2025-07-10

Plain-English Summary

American Voices in Federal Lands Act This bill directs the Bureau of Land Management to modify its public comment system by (1) only considering public comments from U.S. citizens; and (2) deterring attempts at public involvement via artificial intelligence (AI), such as AI bots, by establishing and implementing a Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA test).

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

Subjects

Public Lands and Natural Resources
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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