Attacks on Our Public Lands
The overwhelming majority of Americans across the political spectrum support protecting our more than 600 million acres of public lands and 4.5 million square miles of ocean. But these cherished places are under attack by members of Congress who seek to exploit them to help industry make a quick buck.
Top Public Lands Enemies
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) – 21 bills introduced
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) – 21 bills introduced
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) – 19 bills introduced
Rep. Don Young (R-AK) – 17 bills introduced
Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) – 13 bills introduced
Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) – 12 bills introduced
Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) – 10 bills introduced
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) – 10 bills introduced
Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) – 8 bills introduced
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) – 8 bills introduced
Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) – 7 bills introduced
Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR) – 7 bills introduced
Legislative Attacks on Public Lands
Last Updated October 7, 2020
| Date Introduced | Sponsor | Congress | Bill # | Title of Legislation | What it Does to our Public Lands | Provision signed into law? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-22 | Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6] | 116th | H.R.8333 | Building United States Infrastructure through Limited Delays and Efficient Reviews Act of 2020 | Weakens environmental review by codifying the Trump Administration’s rewrite of the NEPA regulations, which drastically curtails environmental reviews for thousands of federal agency projects nationwide, squelches the public’s voice in federal agency decisions, and imposes arbitrary time limits on completion of environmental reviews. Federal agencies will now be able to ignore projects’ cumulative and indirect impacts, such as whether a coal mine’s greenhouse gas emissions would worsen climate change. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-09-17 | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | 116th | S. 4625 | National Prescribed Fire Act of 2020 | Weakens environmental review under NEPA by directing the Forest Service to engage in an administrative rulemaking to develop new categorical exclusions to implement prescribed fires on public lands. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-09-16 | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | 116th | H.R. 8264 | To amend chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, to protect majority federally owned counties from loss of taxable acreage, and for other purposes | Would prevent further land acquisition under the Land And Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) if more than 50 percent of the total acreage of land in the State is already public lands unless an equal amount of existing public land is given away to prevent no net gain in public lands. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-08-07 | Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20] | 116th | H.R. 7978 | Emergency Wildfire and Public Safety Act of 2020 | Allows logging projects, under the guise of fire prevention, without meaningful environmental review, public involvement, or scientific evaluation of potential harm to the environment. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-08-07 | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | 116th | H.R. 7966 | La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act | Hands over approximately 4,800 acres of public land to private developers without full compensation to taxpayers. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-08-06 | Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] | 116th | S. 4475 | La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act | Hands over approximately 4,800 acres of public land to private developers without full compensation to taxpayers. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-08-04 | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | 116th | S. 4434 | 21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act | Allows logging projects, along with temporary road construction, on public lands, under the guise of fire prevention, pest infestation, invasive species, drought, or other extreme weather, which would undermine environmental review under NEPA by incentivizing projects that have either completed or are in the process of completing the environmental review. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-08-04 | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | 116th | S. 4431 | Emergency Wildfire and Public Safety Act of 2020 | Allows logging projects, under the guise of fire prevention, without meaningful environmental review, public involvement, or scientific evaluation of potential harm to the environment. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-07-20 | Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT] | 116th | S. 4215 | Bonneville Shoreline Trail Advancement Act | Removes over 326 acres of wilderness in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, including from Mount Naomi Wilderness, Mount Olympus Wilderness, Twin Peaks Wilderness, and Lone Peak Wilderness Area. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-07-16 | Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3] | 116th | H.R. 7626 | Bonneville Shoreline Trail Advancement Act | Removes over 326 acres of wilderness in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, including from Mount Naomi Wilderness, Mount Olympus Wilderness, Twin Peaks Wilderness, and Lone Peak Wilderness Area. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-06-29 | Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] | 116th | H.R. 7400 | Protecting American Energy Production Act | Prevents the President from issuing a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) unless a moratorium is authorized by Congress. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-06-25 | Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5] | 116th | H.R. 7334 | Broadband Deployment Streamlining Act | Weakens the environmental review of broadband deployment on public lands by allowing broadband deployment to be categorical excluded from NEPA. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-06-24 | Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] | 116th | S. 4057 | A bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior are not required to reinitiate consultation on a land management plan or land use plan under certain circumstances | Weakens the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act and Federal Land Policy and Management Act by stating the Secretary shall not have to reinitiate consultation under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act even if new information reveals new threats to species or their habitats. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-06-15 | Rep. Crawford, Eric A. “Rick” [R-AR-1] | 116th | H.R. 7202 | To require the Secretary of the Interior to issue long-term leases on Federal lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management to companies that relocate production facilities from the People’s Republic of China to the United States | Requires the Secretary of the Interior to issue long-term 99 year leases on public lands in an effort to entice companies to relocate production facilities from China to the United States. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-06-11 | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | 116th | H.R. 2 | Moving Forward Act | Weakens environmental review under NEPA by allowing for the adoption of outdated programmatic environmental impact statement for certain renewable energy projects. | Passed House 233 – 188 |
| 2020-06-11 | Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] | 116th | S. Amdt. 1675 to H.R. 1957 | Great American Outdoors Act | The amendment would weaken protections of public lands by allowing firearms on Federal public lands if such possession is consistent with the law of the State in which the Federal land is located. | No |
| 2020-06-09 | Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] | 116th | S. Amdt. 1614 to H.R. 1957 | Great American Outdoors Act | The amendment would revoke the permanent full funding of the Land And Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) after five years | No |
| 2020-06-09 | Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] | 116th | S. Amdt. 1622 to H.R. 1957 | Great American Outdoors Act | The amendment would strike the permanent full funding for (1) the Land And Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and (2) the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund and instead require Congress to appropriate the funds. | No |
| 2020-06-09 | Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] | 116th | S. Amdt. 1615 to H.R. 1957 | Great American Outdoors Act | The amendment would prevent further land acquisition under the Land And Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) if more than 27 percent of the total acreage of land in the State is already Federal land unless the State legislature or Governor have approved the acquisition | No |
| 2020-06-09 | Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] | 116th | S. Amdt. 1621 to H.R. 1957 | Great American Outdoors Act | The amendment would undercut the Land And Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) by preventing funds that are not currently required from being invested by the Treasury. | No |
| 2020-06-09 | Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] | 116th | S. Amdt. 1613 to H.R. 1957 | Great American Outdoors Act | The amendment would limit further land acquisition under the Land And Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) by requiring additional funds to be used to address deferred maintenance needs at the time of acquisition of the land. | No |
| 2020-06-09 | Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] | 116th | S. Amdt. 1611 to H.R. 1957 | Great American Outdoors Act | The amendment would limit further land acquisition under the Land And Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) by requiring an option and that finically encourages a 30-year easement as an alternative to a permanent easement in any case when a permanent easement is being considered. | No |
| 2020-06-08 | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | 116th | S. Amdt. 1594 to H.R. 1957 | Great American Outdoors Act | The amendment allows logging projects and allocates funds from the Land And Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) under the guise of post-fire rehabilitation, vegetation management, invasive species management, and other activities as determined the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture | No |
| 2020-06-08 | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | 116th | S. Amdt. 1598 to H.R. 1957 | Great American Outdoors Act | The amendment would strike the permanent full funding for the Land And Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and instead require Congress to appropriate the funds. | No |
| 2020-06-08 | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | 116th | S. Amdt. 1595 to H.R. 1957 | Great American Outdoors Act | The amendment would pause the expenditure of funds from the Land And Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) until the critical systems deferred maintenance backlog of the Service is less than $1,000,000,000. | No |
| 2020-05-28 | Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6] | 116th | H.R. 7061 | American Critical Mineral Exploration and Innovation Act of 2020 | Weakens the environmental review process under NEPA by allowing the federal agency to determine that the NEPA requirements were satisfied under state or federal law, as states typically do not have NEPA-equivalent policies. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-05-15 | Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] | 116th | H.R. 6889 | Northern Nevada Economic Development, Conservation and Military Modernization Act of 2020 | Gives away over 600,000 acres of public lands to expand the U.S. Navy’s Fallon Range Training Complex and up to 250,000 acres of public land within Churchill, Lander, Douglas, Pershing, and Washoe Counties under the guise of addressing checkerboard land-ownership but instead will allow for urban and industrial sprawl to continue. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-05-11 | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | 116th | S. 3684 | 21st Century Conservation Corps for Our Health and Our Jobs Act | Provides $250 million in funding for commercial logging within our National Forest System land. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-05-07 | Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] | 116th | S. 3670 | M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic River Act | Would allow the current grazing of livestock levels on public land to continue even after adding portions of the Gila River system in New Mexico to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-03-26 | Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] | 116th | H.R. 6395 | William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 | Gives away approximately 850,000 acres of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge to expand the bombing range for the U.S. Air Forces Nevada Test and Training Range. | Text removed before final passage; Passed House 295 – 125 |
| 2020-03-12 | Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] | 116th | H.R. 6228 | Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2020 | Would expand the unsustainable exurban development of Gardnerville-Minden by 10,000 acres, with no plan for where water would come from in the over-allocated Carson River and strips wilderness protection from approximately 48,600 acres of wilderness study area in the portions of the China Mountain, Mt. Limbo, Selenite Mountains, Tobin Range, and the Augusta Mountains. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-03-12 | Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] | 116th | S. 3465 | Lander County Land Management and Conservation Act | Gives away approximately 1,000 acres of public land to expand the Lander County, Nevada airports. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-03-09 | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | 116th | S.Amdt. 1531 to S.Amdt. 1407 to S. 2657 | Advanced Geothermal Innovation Leadership Act of 2019 | The amendment strips wilderness protection from over 1.1 million acres of wilderness study areas. | No |
| 2020-03-04 | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | 116th | S.Amdt. 1485 to S.Amdt. 1407 to S. 2657 | Advanced Geothermal Innovation Leadership Act of 2019 | The amendment would restrict the president’s power to create or expand national monuments in Utah by requiring express congressional approval. | Failed Senate 47 – 44 |
| 2020-03-04 | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | 116th | S.Amdt. 1486 to S.Amdt. 1407 to S. 2657 | Advanced Geothermal Innovation Leadership Act of 2019 | The amendment would cancel the administrative uranium mineral withdrawal and allow uranium mining in the Grand Canyon region. Also, it would preclude a future administration from withdrawing the minerals and would only allow Congress to withdraw the minerals. | Failed Senate 47 – 44 |
| 2020-03-04 | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | 116th | S.Amdt. 1487 to S.Amdt. 1407 to S. 2657 | Advanced Geothermal Innovation Leadership Act of 2019 | Excludes the removal of excess free-roaming horses or burros on public lands from the environmental review process under NEPA. | Failed Senate 47 – 44 |
| 2020-03-03 | Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] | 116th | S.Amdt. 1355 to S. 2657 | Advanced Geothermal Innovation Leadership Act of 2019 | Weakens environmental review under NEPA by allowing for the adoption of outdated programmatic environmental impact statement for certain renewable energy projects. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-03-03 | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | 116th | S.Amdt. 1407 to S. 2657 | Advanced Geothermal Innovation Leadership Act of 2019 (aka American Energy Innovation Act of 2020) | Excludes geothermal projects on public lands from the environmental review process under NEPA. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-03-03 | Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] | 116th | S.Amdt. 1372 to S. 2657 | Advanced Geothermal Innovation Leadership Act of 2019 | The amendment strips wilderness protection from portions of the McKenna Peak Wilderness Study Area in San Miguel County. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-02-12 | Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] | 116th | H.R. 5859 | Trillion Trees Act | Weakens the environmental review process under NEPA by stating the approval of project locations on public lands shall not constitute a major federal action under NEPA. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-02-12 | Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4] | 116th | H.Amdt. 790 to H.R. 2546 | Protecting America’s Wilderness Act | The amendment would delay wilderness designations under the Act until the affected county formally approves such designation. | Failed House 181 – 239 |
| 2020-02-12 | Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4] | 116th | H.Amdt. 791 to H.R. 2546 | Protecting America’s Wilderness Act | The amendment would allow the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, to exclude from wilderness designations under this Act any areas that do not meet the definition of wilderness in the Wilderness Act. | Failed House 182 – 236 |
| 2020-02-12 | Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20] | 116th | H.Amdt. 793 to H.R. 2546 | Protecting America’s Wilderness Act | The amendment states that the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture may manage for fire, insects, and diseases in wilderness areas designated by this Act. | Passed House 406 – 12 |
| 2020-02-12 | Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] | 116th | H.Amdt. 794 to H.R. 2546 | Protecting America’s Wilderness Act | The amendment allows the Secretary of Agriculture or Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, to exempt from wilderness designations under the Act any area determined by the Secretary to be at high risk of wildfire. | Failed House 193 – 228 |
| 2020-02-12 | Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] | 116th | H.Amdt. 795 to H.R. 2546 | Protecting America’s Wilderness Act | The amendment would strike all designations of potential wilderness under the bill. | Failed House 188 – 233 |
| 2020-02-12 | Rep. Cunningham, Joe [D-SC-1] | 116th | H.Amdt. 796 to H.R. 2546 | Protecting America’s Wilderness Act | The amendment would continue to allow military aircraft overflights, units of special air space, and flight training routes are allowed over wilderness areas designated by this Act. | Passed House 419 – 1 |
| 2020-02-12 | Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] | 116th | H.Amdt. 797 to H.R. 2546 | Protecting America’s Wilderness Act | The amendment would prevent wilderness additions in Rep. Tipton’s 3rd Congressional District. | Failed House 183 – 234 |
| 2020-02-06 | Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] | 116th | H.R. 5793 | Border Visibility and Security Act | Updates and expands the waiver authority under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-02-03 | Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] | 116th | H.R. 5744 | Clearing Lines along Electrical At-Risk Zones Act | Weakens environmental laws for power lines on public land by eliminating public input oversight. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-01-29 | Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large] | 116th | H.R. 5705 | Increasing Access and Multiple Use Act of 2020 | Weakens NEPA on public lands by excluding the action of making vacant grazing areas available from environmental review. | Currently being considered |
| 2020-01-15 | Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] | 116th | H.R. 5606 | Desert National Wildlife Refuge and Nevada Test and Training Range Withdrawal and Management Act | Gives away approximately 100,000 acres of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge and BLM public lands to expand the bombing range for the U.S. Air Forces Nevada Test and Training Range. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-12-19 | Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] | 116th | S. 3145 | Desert National Wildlife Refuge and Nevada Test and Training Range Withdrawal and Management Act | Gives away approximately 100,000 acres of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge and BLM public lands to expand the bombing range for the U.S. Air Forces Nevada Test and Training Range. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-12-16 | Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] | 116th | S. 3060 | RPPA Commercial Recreation Concessions Pilot Program Act of 2019 | Creates a pilot program to require the Secretary of the Interior to allow commercial recreation activities on federal public lands. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-12-16 | Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] | 116th | H.R. 1158 | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 | Provides $1.375 billion to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | Yes – became Public Law 116-93 |
| 2019-11-21 | Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4] | 116th | H.R. 5218 | Proven Forest Management Act of 2019 | Allows logging projects, under the guise of fire prevention, of up to 10,000 acres without meaningful environmental review, public involvement, or scientific evaluation of potential harm to the environment. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-11-18 | Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] | 116th | S. 2890 | Douglas County Economic Development and Conservation Act | Would expand the unsustainable exurban development of Gardnerville-Minden by 10,000 acres, with no plan for where water would come from in the over-allocated Carson River and strips wilderness protection from 1,065 acres of wilderness study area. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-11-07 | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | 116th | S. 2828 | Malheur Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act | Strips wilderness protection from over 1.1 million acres of wilderness study areas. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-11-06 | Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] | 116th | S. 2804 | Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act | Gives thousands of acres of public lands to Nevada in exchange for acres of land for wilderness preservation and conveys public lands to mining companies. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-10-30 | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | 116th | H.Amdt. 652 to H.R. 1373 | Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act | The amendment would stop the permanent uranium mineral withdrawal if the Secretaries of the Interior and Labor determine that the withdrawal would harm jobs. | No |
| 2019-10-30 | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | 116th | H.Amdt. 653 to H.R. 1373 | Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act | The amendment would stop the permanent uranium mineral withdrawal from protecting public land located in Rep. Gosars 4th Congressional District of Arizona. | No |
| 2019-10-30 | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | 116th | H.Amdt. 654 to H.R. 1373 | Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act | The amendment would delay the permanent uranium mineral withdrawal until the Secretary of the Interior completes a mineral survey of the proposed area to ensure the ban would not impact the access to other critical minerals. | No |
| 2019-10-30 | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | 116th | H.Amdt. 657 to H.R. 2181 | Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019 | The amendment would delay the drilling ban until the completion of a review by the Secretary to ensure Native Americans owners of oil and gas minerals would not be negatively harmed by the legislation. | No |
| 2019-10-30 | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | 116th | H.Amdt. 656 to H.R. 2181 | Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019 | The amendment would allow for public land in the area to be given to the State to allow for oil and gas drilling. | No |
| 2019-10-28 | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | 116th | S.Amdt. 1209 to S.Amdt. 948 to H.R. 3055 | Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 | The amendment would prohibit funds for land acquisition under the Land And Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). | Failed Senate 29 – 64 |
| 2019-10-23 | Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] | 116th | S.Amdt. 982 to S.Amdt. 948 to H.R. 3055 | Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 | The amendment strips wilderness protection from portions of the McKenna Peak Wilderness Study Area in San Miguel County. | No |
| 2019-10-22 | Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] | 116th | S. 2666 | Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2019 | Weakens environmental review under NEPA by allowing for the adoption of outdated programmatic environmental impact statement for certain renewable energy projects. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-10-22 | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | 116th | S. 2657 | Advanced Geothermal Innovation Leadership Act of 2019 | Excludes geothermal projects on public lands from the environmental review process under NEPA. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-10-17 | Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] | 116th | H.R. 4723 | Salmon Focused Investments in Sustainable Habitats Act of 2019 (Fish Act of 2019) | Weakens environmental review under NEPA by limiting the alternative actions selected to that of having the least adverse impact on salmon conservation areas. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-09-26 | Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] | 116th | S. 2582 | Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 | Provides $5 billion to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-09-20 | Rep. O’Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1] | 116th | H.R. 4447 | Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act | Weakens environmental review under NEPA by allowing for the adoption of outdated programmatic environmental impact statement for certain renewable energy projects. | Passed House 220 – 185 |
| 2019-09-12 | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | 116th | H.Amdt. 619 to H.R. 1146 | Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act | The amendment would stop the repeal of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas program until the Secretary of the Interior and director of USFWS determine that the legislation would not adversely affect Caribou herd populations. | No |
| 2019-09-12 | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | 116th | H.Amdt. 618 to H.R. 1146 | Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act | The amendment would stop the repeal of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas program if the Secretaries of the Interior and Labor determine that the withdrawal would harm jobs. | No |
| 2019-09-12 | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | 116th | H.Amdt. 617 to H.R. 1146 | Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act | The amendment would stop the repeal of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas program until the Secretary of the Interior consult with the Inupiat people and the Kaktovic Village approves the repeal. | No |
| 2019-09-11 | Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1] | 116th | H.R. 4294 | American Energy First Act | Takes authority from the federal government and grants the authority to states to oversee oil and gas drilling on public lands and creates a new legislative categorical exclusion limiting environmental review under NEPA. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-09-11 | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | 116th | H.Amdt. 616 to H.R. 205 | Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act of 2019 | The amendment would delay the offshore energy moratorium from going into effect until the Secretary of the Interior and director of USFWS determine that the moratorium would not eliminate a substantial number of jobs. | No |
| 2019-09-11 | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | 116th | H.Amdt. 612 to H.R. 1941 | Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act | The amendment would delay the offshore energy moratorium from going into effect until the Secretaries of the Interior and Labor determine that the moratorium would not eliminate a substantial number of jobs. | No |
| 2019-09-11 | Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4] | 116th | H.Amdt. 606 to H.R. 1941 | Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act | The amendment would undermine the offshore energy moratorium by allowing but not mandating the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf planning area to be included in a future five-year leasing plan under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. | No |
| 2019-09-11 | Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8] | 116th | H.Amdt. 608 to H.R. 1941 | Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act | The amendment would require the Departments of the Interior and Defense, to confirm that that the offshore energy moratorium poses no national security risk due to potential increases in dependence on foreign oil. | No |
| 2019-08-01 | Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] | 116th | S. 2419 | A bill to provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Coconino National Forest land in the State of Arizona | Exchanges Coconino National Forest public lands for use by a uranium mine, which could threaten the water quality. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-07-25 | Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1] | 116th | H.R. 4026 | Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act | Excludes geothermal projects on public lands from the environmental review process under NEPA. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-07-25 | Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] | 116th | S. 2270 | Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act | Excludes geothermal projects on public lands from the environmental review process under NEPA. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-07-25 | Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] | 116th | H.R. 4057 | Fostering Opportunities for Resources and Education Spending through Timber Sales Act of 2019 (FORESTS Act of 2019) | Weakens the environmental review process on forest active management areas on public lands by excluding them under NEPA. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-07-25 | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | 116th | H.R. 4028 | RPPA Commercial Recreation Concessions Pilot Program Act of 2019 | Creates a pilot program to require the Secretary of the Interior to allow commercial recreation activities on federal public lands. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-07-23 | Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1] | 116th | H.R. 3879 | Simplifying Outdoor Access for Recreation Act (SOAR Act) | Weakens environmental review under NEPA by allowing the Secretary to use documents from a previous environmental review without any limits and instructs the Secretary to determine the feasibility of a categorical exclusion for use on special recreation permits. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-07-17 | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | 116th | H.R. 3794 | Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2019 | Weakens environmental review under NEPA by allowing for the adoption of outdated programmatic environmental impact statement for certain renewable energy projects. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-07-11 | Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7] | 116th | H.R. 3717 | Dollars for the Wall Act | Allows income tax payments of $3 for individual and $6 for joint returns to designed these funds to be used to expand Trumps U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-06-25 | Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] | 116th | H.R. 3458 | Recreation Not Red Tape Act | Weakens environmental review under NEPA by allowing the Secretary to use documents from a previous environmental review without any limits and instructs the Secretary to determine the feasibility of a categorical exclusion for use on special recreation permits. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-06-25 | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | 116th | S. 1967 | Recreation Not Red Tape Act | Weakens environmental review under NEPA by allowing the Secretary to use documents from a previous environmental review without any limits and instructs the Secretary to determine the feasibility of a categorical exclusion for use on special recreation permits. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-06-25 | Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4] | 116th | H.Amdt. 484 to H.R. 3351 | Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020 | The amendment would strike the section prohibiting the use of funds from the Department of the Treasury’s Forfeiture Fund to expand Trumps U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | Failed House 191 – 226 |
| 2019-06-20 | Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6] | 116th | H.Amdt. 446 to H.R. 3055 | Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 | The amendment would remove bill language that prohibits funds for a new Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program and Notice of Intent to Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement Plan. | No |
| 2019-06-20 | Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] | 116th | H.Amdt. 442 to H.R. 3055 | Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 | The amendment would prohibit funds for enforcing the Obama administration EPA methane rule for oil and gas drilling on public lands, which will increase public-health problems | No |
| 2019-06-19 | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | 116th | S.Amdt. 802 to S.Amdt. 764 to S. 1790 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 | The amendment would restrict the president’s power to create or expand national monuments in Utah by requiring express congressional approval. | No |
| 2019-06-18 | Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] | 116th | H.Amdt. 380 to H.R. 2740 | Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020 | The amendment would remove bill language that prohibits any funding being used for border security infrastructure, including the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall along the southern border. | No |
| 2019-06-18 | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | 116th | S.Amdt. 688 to S. 1790 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 | The amendment expempts federal sage-grouse conservation plans from environmental review under NEPA by handing federal oversight on public lands to the states and prohibiting judicial review. | No |
| 2019-05-23 | Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] | 116th | S. 1665 | Simplifying Outdoor Access for Recreation Act (SOAR Act) | Weakens environmental review under NEPA by allowing the Secretary to use documents from a previous environmental review without any limits and instructs the Secretary to determine the feasibility of a categorical exclusion for use on special recreation permits. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-05-23 | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | 116th | S. 1695 | Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act | Allows the use of nonmotorized travel within any wilderness area. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-05-22 | Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large] | 116th | H.R. 2910 | To provide that an order by the Secretary of the Interior imposing a moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted, and for other purposes | Requires approval from Congress before any Interior Secretary could pause the coal-leasing program on public lands. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-05-22 | Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] | 116th | S. 1597 | Sutton Mountain and Painted Hills Area Preservation and Economic Enhancement Act | Would allow the current grazing of livestock levels on BLM public land to continue even after the lands are designated as wilderness areas. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-05-08 | Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] | 116th | H.R. 2607 | Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2019 | Allows logging projects up to 30,000 acres without meaningful environmental review, public involvement, or scientific evaluation of potential harm to the environment. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-05-07 | Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] | 116th | H.R. 2531 | National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act | Places time limits on environmental review for mineral extraction to increase domestic mineral production. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-04-25 | Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] | 116th | H.R. 2358 | 21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act | Allows logging projects on public lands, under the guise of fire prevention, pest and disease control, floods, and soil erosion. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-04-03 | Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1] | 116th | H.Res. 288 | Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green Real Deal. | Weakens the environmental review process under NEPA by stating further unspecified reform of NEPA under the guise to drive investment in clean energy and offshore wind. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-03-14 | Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] | 116th | S. 811 | Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Border Security and Disaster Relief, 2019 | Provides funds to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-03-11 | Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] | 116th | H.R. 1664 | National Monument CAP Act | Invalidates the Antiquities Act by limiting new national monuments to 85,000 acres and requires compliance with NEPA. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-03-08 | Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large] | 116th | H.R. 1650 | Ending Duplicative Permitting Act | Exempts oil and gas wells from federal drilling permitting requirements if the drilling occurs on private or state lands if the majority of the oil and gas developed are under state or private ownership. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-03-04 | Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] | 116th | S. 643 | BE SAFE Act | Establishes a $2,500 fee for a Permanent Resident Card (i.e. “Green Card”) and the funds collected from this fee can be used to expand Trumps U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-02-11 | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | 116th | S.Amdt. 187 to S.Amdt. 112 (which amends S.Amdt. 111 to S. 47) | Limitation On The Extension Or Establishment Of National Monuments In The State Of Utah | The amendment would restrict the president’s power to create or expand national monuments in Utah by requiring both express congressional and state approval. | Passed Senate 60 – 33 |
| 2019-02-11 | Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] | 116th | S.Amdt. 179 to S. 47 | John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act | The amendment would allow the current grazing of livestock levels on public land to continue even after the lands are designated as wilderness areas. | No |
| 2019-02-07 | Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31] | 116th | H.R. 1067 | Santa Ana River Wash Plan Land Exchange Act | Gives away public land in California to private companies to mine materials for concrete and cement. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-02-07 | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | 116th | S.Amdt. 161 to S.Amdt. 111 to S. 47 | John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act | The amendment would restrict the designation of new national monuments by requiring both congressional and state approval and compliance with NEPA. | No |
| 2019-02-07 | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | 116th | S.Amdt. 162 to S.Amdt. 111 to S.47 | John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act | The amendment would prevent the permanent reauthorization of the Land & Water Conservation Fund as established by this Act and instead would limit it to a five-year reauthorization. | Failed Senate 68 – 30 |
| 2019-02-06 | Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large] | 116th | H.R. 998 | State Mineral Revenue Protection Act of 2019 | Conveys royalties and interest in public lands to the state under the Mineral Leasing Act. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-02-06 | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | 116th | S.Amdt. 153 to S.Amdt. 111 to S. 47 | John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act | The amendment would restrict the president’s power to create or expand national monuments in Utah by requiring both express congressional and state approval. | No |
| 2019-02-06 | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | 116th | S.Amdt. 154 to S.Amdt. 111 to S. 47 | John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act | The amendment would restrict the president’s power to create or expand national monuments in Utah by requiring express congressional approval. | No |
| 2019-02-06 | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | 116th | S.Amdt. 150 to S.Amdt. 111 to S. 47 | John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act | The amendment would restrict the president’s power to create or expand national monuments in Emery County, Utah. | No |
| 2019-02-06 | Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] | 116th | S.Amdt. 114 to S. 47 | John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act | The amendment would strip wilderness protection from approximately 48,600 acres of wilderness study area in the portions of the China Mountain, Mt. Limbo, Selenite Mountains, Tobin Range, and the Augusta Mountains. | No |
| 2019-02-06 | Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] | 116th | S.Amdt. 113 to S. 47 | John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act | The amendment strips wilderness protection from portions of the McKenna Peak Wilderness Study Area in San Miguel County. | No |
| 2019-02-06 | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | 116th | S.Amdt. 111 to S. 47 | John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act | The amendment weakens the environmental review process under NEPA by declaring a patent issued by BLM, to complete a 7,548 acres land exchange for use by a private real-estate developer, is in compliance with NEPA. | Passed Senate – voice vote |
| 2019-01-31 | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | 116th | S. 308 | Santa Ana River Wash Plan Land Exchange Act | Gives away public land in California to private companies to mine materials for concrete and cement. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-31 | Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] | 116th | S. 293 | Securing the Border and Making Drug Cartels Pay for it Act | Allows the use of a portion of the Department of Treasury forfeiture funds to be used to expand Trumps U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-24 | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | 116th | S. 218 | Opportunities for the Nation and States to Harness Onshore Resources for Energy Act (ONSHORE Act) | Takes authority from the federal government and grants the authority to states to oversee oil and gas drilling on public lands. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-23 | Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5] | 116th | H.R. 714 | Ensuring Lawful Collection of Hidden Assets to Provide Order Act (EL CHAPO Act) | Allows the government to use forfeited funds to the U.S. government from the criminal prosecution of Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera (commonly known as El Chapo) to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-22 | Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] | 116th | H.J. Res. 32 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to give States the authority to repeal Federal rules and regulations when the repeal is agreed to by the legislatures of two-thirds of the several States | Amends the U.S. Constitution to allow states to repeal federal rules and regulations when two-thirds of state legislatures agree. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-22 | Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] | 116th | H.J. Res. 31 | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 | Provides $1.375 billion to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | Yes – became Public Law 116-6 |
| 2019-01-22 | Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] | 116th | S.Amdt. 5 to H.R. 268 | Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019 | The amendment provides $5.7 billion to expand Trumps U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | No |
| 2019-01-18 | Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] | 116th | H.R. 691 | To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize insect and disease treatment programs on certain Federal land, and for other purposes. | Weakens environmental forest protections on public lands in Oregon by allowing logging under the guise of insect or disease infestation. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-17 | Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] | 116th | S. 188 | Border, Law Enforcement, Operational Control, and Sovereignty Act of 2019 | Provides funds to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-17 | Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] | 116th | S. 180 | A bill to streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units. | Weakens protections on public lands by stating a drilling permit is not required if the Federal Government (1) owns less than 50 percent of the oil and gas within the drilling area and (2) does not own or lease the surface land within the drilling area. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-16 | Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4] | 116th | H.R. 612 | Securing Our Borders and Wilderness Act | Weakens the Wilderness Act during an emergency to allow U.S. Customs and Border Protection to build border roads and fences. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-15 | Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] | 116th | H.R. 572 | Restoring Access to Public Lands Act | Strips wilderness protection from over 170,000 acres of wilderness study areas. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-15 | Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4] | 116th | H.R. 546 | Border Bonds for America Act of 2019 | Provides funds to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-15 | Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] | 116th | H.R. 579 | Water Rights Protection Act of 2019 | Tries to put private water use before beneficial public use by preventing water storage release, which would impact rivers and endangered fish. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-14 | Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] | 116th | H.R. 527 | Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2019 | Exchanges public land for use by a copper mine operated by PolyMet Mining, which would destroy over 1,000 acres of wetlands and critical habitat in Minnesotas Superior National Forest and restrict judicial review. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-11 | Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] | 116th | H.R. 524 | Crooked River Ranch Fire Protection Act | Removes over 650 acres from the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area under the guise of fire prevention. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-10 | Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] | 116th | H.R. 483 | To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public land within the Henry’s Lake Wilderness Study Area in the State of Idaho to resolve an unauthorized use and an occupancy encroachment dating back to 1983 | Strips wilderness protection from land within the Henrys Lake Wilderness Study Area and exempt the land transfer from NEPA. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-10 | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | 116th | S. 90 | Protect Utah’s Rural Economy Act | Restricts president’s power to create or expand national monuments in Utah by requiring both express congressional and state approval. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-10 | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | 116th | S. 81 | Crooked River Ranch Fire Protection Act | Removes over 650 acres from the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area under the guise of fire prevention. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-10 | Rep. Golden, Jared [D-ME-2] | 116th | H.R. 459 | Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act | Allows for claming/worming in the national park and applies Maine’s law, restricts future park expansion. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-10 | Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] | 116th | S. 101 | Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act | Allows for claming/worming in the national park and applies Maine’s law, restricts future park expansion. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-10 | Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] | 116th | S. 108 | A bill to provide deferred action for certain individuals brought to the United States and to establish a border security trust fund, and for other purposes | Provides $25 billion to expand Trumps U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-09 | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | 116th | S. 67 | California Desert Protection and Recreation Act of 2019 | Strips wilderness protection from wilderness study areas. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-09 | Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8] | 116th | H.R. 376 | California Desert Protection and Recreation Act of 2019 | Strips wilderness protection from wilderness study areas. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-08 | Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] | 116th | H.R. 316 | Guides and Outfitters Act (GO Act) | Establishes a new legislative categorical exclusion for the approval of certain special recreation permits. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-08 | Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3] | 116th | H.R. 292 | Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2019 | Limits federal oversight of federal lands by allowing the discharge of federal review responsibilities to states / tribes who may have little to no experience implementing the federal environmental laws. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-08 | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | 116th | S. 47 | John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act | Weakens the environmental review process under NEPA by declaring a patent issued by BLM, to complete a 7,548 acres land exchange for use by a private real-estate developer, is in compliance with NEPA. | Yes – became Public Law 116-9 |
| 2019-01-08 | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | 116th | H.R. 274 | Cottonwood Land Exchange Act of 2019 | Gives 80 acres of land within the Coconino National Forest to Yavapai County, Arizona, which includes land proposed as critical habitat for the northern Mexican garter snake and narrow-headed garter snake. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-08 | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | 116th | H.R. 304 | La Paz County Land Conveyance Act of 2019 | Hands over nearly 6,000 acres of public land to private developers without full compensation to taxpayers. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-08 | Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] | 116th | S. 48 | Cottonwood Land Exchange Act of 2019 | Gives 80 acres of land within the Coconino National Forest to Yavapai County, Arizona, which includes land proposed as critical habitat for the northern Mexican garter snake and narrow-headed garter snake. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-08 | Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] | 116th | S. 54 | La Paz County Land Conveyance Act of 2019 | Hands over nearly 6,000 acres of public land to private developers without full compensation to taxpayers. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-08 | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | 116th | S. 53 | WALL Act of 2019 | Provides $25 billion to expand Trumps U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-04 | Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] | 116th | H.R. 243 | Combustion Avoidance along Rural Roads Act (CARR Act) | Waives environmental review under NEPA of forest logging within 300 feet of any roads by the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, or Forest Service under the guise of fire prevention. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-04 | Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] | 116th | H.R. 253 | Nevada Lands Bill Technical Corrections Act of 2019 | Weakens the environmental review process under NEPA by declaring a patent issued by BLM, to complete a 7,548 acres land exchange for use by a private real-estate developer, is in compliance with NEPA. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-04 | Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] | 116th | H.R. 252 | Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act | Gives 150,000 acres of public lands to Nevada in exchange for fewer acres of land for wilderness preservation and conveys public lands to mining companies. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-04 | Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8] | 116th | H.R. 255 | Big Bear Land Exchange Act | Allows for the construction of a timber processing facility in the San Bernardino National Forest. | Passed House – voice vote |
| 2019-01-04 | Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] | 116th | H.R. 245 | Cooperative Management of Mineral Rights Act of 2019 | Allows for oil and gas drilling in Alleghany National Forest. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-04 | Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] | 116th | H.R. 256 | People’s Border Wall Fund Act | Allows the government to accept public donations to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-03 | Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] | 116th | H.R. 85 | Fund and Complete the Border Wall Act | Provides funds to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall and allows Homeland Security to waive dozens of laws including waiving environmental review under NEPA. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-03 | Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] | 116th | H.R. 79 | To amend title 54, United States Code, to prohibit the extension or establishment of national monuments in Arizona except by express authorization of Congress, and for other purposes | Restricts president’s power to create or expand national monuments in Arizona by requiring express congressional approval. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-03 | Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] | 116th | H.R. 179 | Acre In, Acre Out Act | Would cap public lands, requiring the federal government to sell off existing property before acquiring any new lands for the public. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-03 | Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] | 116th | H.R. 183 | To clarify the United States interest in certain submerged lands in the area of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes | Reduces the size of Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge by over two-thirds and gives public submerged land and waters to the state of Massachusetts. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-03 | Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8] | 116th | H.R. 32 | Buy a Brick, Build the Wall Act of 2019 | Allows the government to accept public donations to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-03 | Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] | 116th | H.R. 200 | Border Wall Trust Fund Act | Allows the government to accept public donations to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | Currently being considered |
| 2019-01-03 | Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] | 116th | S. 25 | Ensuring Lawful Collection of Hidden Assets to Provide Order Act (EL CHAPO Act) | Allows the government to use forfeited funds to the U.S. government from the criminal prosecution of Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera (commonly known as El Chapo) to expand Trumps U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | Currently being considered |
| 2018-12-17 | Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4] | 115th | H.R. 7325 | Border Bonds for America Act of 2018 | Provides funds to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | No |
| 2018-12-13 | Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] | 115th | H.R. 7315 | Protecting American Communities from Wildfire Act | Allows logging projects, under the guise of fire prevention, without meaningful environmental review and the logging projects shall not be subject to judicial review. | No |
| 2018-12-13 | Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1] | 115th | H.R. 7207 | To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue Border Wall Bonds, and for other purposes | Provides funds to expand Trumps U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | No |
| 2018-12-05 | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | 115th | S. 3713 | The WALL Act | Provides $25 billion to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | No |
| 2018-11-30 | Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8] | 115th | H.R. 7207 | To allow the Secretary of the Treasury to accept public donations to fund the construction of a barrier on the border between the United States and Mexico and for other purposes | Allows the government to accept public donations to expand Trumps U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | No |
| 2018-10-19 | Rep. Byrne, Bradley [R-AL-1] | 115th | H.R. 7073 | Fifty Votes for the Wall Act | Provides $25 billion to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | No |
| 2018-10-19 | Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] | 115th | H.R. 7074 | Grazing Advisory Board Reauthorization Act | Weakens protections on public lands by reinstating the grazing advisory boards, which historically were more focused on the livestock industry as opposed to the current resource advisory councils, which represent numerous interests. | No |
| 2018-10-12 | Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-23] | 115th | H.R. 7059 | To fund construction of the southern border wall and to ensure compliance with Federal immigration law | Provides $23.4 billion for border enforcement, including $16.6 billion to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | No |
| 2018-10-05 | Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] | 115th | H.R. 7042 | Combustion Avoidance along Rural Roads Act (CARR Act) | Waives environmental review under NEPA of forest logging within 300 feet of any roads by the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, or Forest Service under the guise of fire prevention. | No |
| 2018-10-04 | Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] | 115th | S. 3550 | Public Land Recreational Opportunities Improvement Act | Weakens environmental review under NEPA by allowing the Secretary to use documents from a previous environmental review without any limits and instructs the Secretary to determine the feasibility of a categorical exclusion for use on special recreation permits. | No |
| 2018-09-28 | Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] | 115th | H.R. 6968 | Jarvie Ranch Conveyance Act | Transfer John Jarvie Historic Ranch from BLM to the State of Utah so that the property can be turned into a commercial resort. | No |
| 2018-09-27 | Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large] | 115th | H.R. 6939 | Restoring Local Input and Access to Public Lands Act of 2018 | Strips wilderness protection from certain lands in Wyoming. | No |
| 2018-09-26 | Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] | 115th | H.R. 6924 | To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public land within the Henry’s Lake Wilderness Study Area in the State of Idaho to resolve an unauthorized use and an occupancy encroachment dating back to 1983 | Strips wilderness protection from land within the Henry’s Lake Wilderness Study Area and exempt the land transfer from NEPA. | No |
| 2018-09-20 | Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] | 115th | H.R. 6843 | Northern Utah Lands Management Act | Weakens the environmental review process under NEPA by categorically excluding a corridor across historical railroad rights-of-way within the Park from environmental review. | No |
| 2018-09-12 | Rep. Yoder, Kevin [R-KS-3] | 115th | H.R. 6776 | Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2019 | Provides $5 billion in funds to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | No |
| 2018-09-06 | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | 115th | S.Amdt. 4012 to S. 1417 | Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2018 | The amendment weakens environmental protections on public lands, under the pretext of improving habitat for the greater sage-grouse, by allowing logging, pesticides, and livestock grazing. | Passed Senate – voice vote |
| 2018-08-28 | Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] | 115th | H.R. 6687 | To direct the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Point Reyes National Seashore in the State of California consistent with Congress’ longstanding intent to maintain working dairies and ranches on agricultural property as part of the seashore’s unique historic, cultural, scenic and natural values, and for other purposes. | Harms Point Reyes National Seashore by dictating the outcome of the environmental review process under NEPA and requiring the National Park Service to issue 20-year leases to all commercial ranching. | No |
| 2018-08-28 | Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] | 115th | S. 3397 | Douglas County Economic Development and Conservation Act | Strips wilderness protection from wilderness study area. | No |
| 2018-08-24 | Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] | 115th | H.R. 6676 | Douglas County Economic Development and Conservation Act | Strips wilderness protection from wilderness study area. | No |
| 2018-08-24 | Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10] | 115th | H.R. 6678 | Claude Moore Farm Land Conveyance Act | Transfers National Park Service public lands within the George Washington Memorial Parkway to the Friends of the Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run, Inc. | No |
| 2018-08-07 | Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] | 115th | H.R. 6657 | Fund and Complete the Border Wall Act | Provides funds to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities, and allows Homeland Security to waive dozens of laws including waiving environmental review under NEPA. | No |
| 2018-08-01 | Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] | 115th | S. 3325 | A bill to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide for the eligibility of national grasslands for grazing leases and permits | Weakens the Federal Land Policy and Management Act by amending it to allow for more grazing leases and permits across public national grasslands. | No |
| 2018-07-30 | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | 115th | S. 3297 | A bill to provide for the expansion of the Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan, Washington County, Utah | Allows for the construction of a four-lane highway through Utahs Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, a vital piece of habitat for threatened Mojave desert tortoises. | No |
| 2018-07-24 | Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] | 115th | S.Amdt. 3423 to H.R. 6147 | Interior, Environment, Financial Services and General Government, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019 | The amendment harms forest protections by adding “fire regime IV” and “fire regime V”, which occur less frequently to the existing list, for logging projects that receive weakened environmental review and judicial review. | No |
| 2018-07-18 | Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6] | 115th | H.Amdt. 919 to H.R. 6147 | Interior, Environment, Financial Services and General Government, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019 | The amendment, by prohibiting the use of funds, would stop the environmental review of sulfide-ore copper mining within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and undermine the 20-year mineral withdrawal within the Superior National Forest. | No |
| 2018-07-18 | Rep. Ferguson, A. Drew, IV [R-GA-3] | 115th | H.R. 6415 | American Border Act | Provides $23.4 billion for border enforcement, including $16.6 billion to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities, and allows Homeland Security to waive dozens of laws including waiving environmental review under NEPA. | No |
| 2018-07-18 | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | 115th | H.Amdt. 926 to H.R. 6147 | Interior, Environment, Financial Services and General Government, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019 | The amendment would undermine, by prohibiting the use of funds, the Ironwood Forest National Monument that was designated under the Antiquities Act. | No |
| 2018-07-11 | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | 115th | S. 3193 | Protect Utah’s Rural Economy Act | Restricts president’s power to create or expand national monuments in Utah by requiring both express congressional and state approval. | No |
| 2018-06-29 | Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] | 115th | H.R. 6299 | Nevada Lands Bill Technical Corrections Act of 2018 | Weakens the environmental review process under NEPA by declaring a patent issued by BLM, to complete a 7,548 acres land exchange for use by a private real-estate developer, is in compliance with NEPA. | Passed House – voice vote |
| 2018-06-28 | Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] | 115th | S.Amdt. 3379 to S.Amdt. 3224 to H.R. 2 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | The amendment expands forest restoration projects and excludes them from meaningful environmental review under NEPA. | No |
| 2018-06-27 | Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] | 115th | S.Amdt. 3285 to H.R. 2 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | The amendment limits judicial review of Forest Service projects on public lands by establishing an arbitration program, which can include projects that were categorically excluded (CE) from NEPA. | No |
| 2018-06-27 | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | 115th | S.Amdt. 3292 to H.R. 2 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | The amendment allows logging projects up to 10,000 acres without meaningful environmental review, public involvement, or scientific evaluation of potential harm to the environment. | No |
| 2018-06-27 | Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] | 115th | S.Amdt. 3224 to H.R. 2 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | The amendment weakens environmental protections on public lands, under the pretext of improving habitat for the greater sage-grouse, by allowing logging, pesticides, and livestock grazing. | Passed Senate – voice vote |
| 2018-06-27 | Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] | 115th | S.Amdt. 3237 to S.Amdt. 3224 to H.R. 2 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | The amendment weakens environmental forest protections under NEPA on public lands to allow logging if an insect or disease infestation emergency is declared. | No |
| 2018-06-27 | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | 115th | S.Amdt. 3293 to H.R. 2 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | The amendment weakens environmental review protections under NEPA for invasive species control on public lands, including around national monuments, parks, and schools. | No |
| 2018-06-27 | Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] | 115th | S.Amdt. 3284 to H.R. 2 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | The amendment allows logging projects on the wildland-urban interface, under the guise of fire prevention, by weakening the environmental review process under NEPA, specifically limiting judicial review by preventing a court from stopping a project if a court were to solely find the environmental document was improperly prepared. | No |
| 2018-06-27 | Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] | 115th | S.Amdt. 3331 to S.Amdt. 3224 to H.R. 2 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | The amendment weakens NEPA on public lands by excluding the action of making vacant grazing areas available from environmental review. | No |
| 2018-06-27 | Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] | 115th | S.Amdt. 3235 to S.Amdt. 3224 to H.R. 2 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | The amendment harms forest protections by creating collaborative projects and adding projects that include insect and disease infestation, for logging projects that receive weakened environmental review and judicial review. | No |
| 2018-06-27 | Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] | 115th | S.Amdt. 3236 to S.Amdt. 3224 to H.R. 2 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | The amendment harms forest protections by weakening judicial review for collaboratively developed forest projects. | No |
| 2018-06-26 | Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] | 115th | S.Amdt. 3087 to H.R. 2 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | The amendment restricts the designation of new national monuments by requiring both congressional and state approval and compliance with NEPA. | No |
| 2018-06-26 | Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] | 115th | S.Amdt. 3095 to H.R. 2 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | The amendment would strip wilderness protection from the Molas Pass Wilderness Study Area in the San Juan National Forest. | No |
| 2018-06-26 | Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] | 115th | S.Amdt. 3206 to H.R. 2 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | The amendment allows logging projects, under the guise of fire prevention, of up to 10,000 acres without meaningful environmental review, public involvement, or scientific evaluation of potential harm to the environment. | No |
| 2018-06-26 | Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] | 115th | S.Amdt. 3133 to H.R. 2 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | The amendment harms forest protections by adding invasive vegetation to the existing list, which includes insect and disease infestation, for logging projects that receive weakened environmental review and judicial review. | No |
| 2018-06-26 | Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] | 115th | S.Amdt. 3213 to H.R.2 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | The amendment harms forest protections by adding “fire regime IV” and “fire regime V”, which occur less frequently to the existing list, for logging projects that receive weakened environmental review and judicial review. | No |
| 2018-06-21 | Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] | 115th | S. 3109 | Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2019 | Provides $1.6 billion in funds to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | No |
| 2018-06-21 | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | 115th | S.Amdt. 3059 to S.Amdt. 2910 to H.R. 5895 | Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019 | The amendment allows for the construction of a water basin diversion for the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project on the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge and will temporarily displace the bald eagle. | Passed Senate – voice vote |
| 2018-06-19 | Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6] | 115th | H.R. 6136 | Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018 | Provides $23.4 billion for border enforcement, including $16.6 billion to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities, and allows Homeland Security to waive dozens of laws including waiving environmental review under NEPA. | Failed House 121 – 301 |
| 2018-06-19 | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | 115th | H.R. 6146 | Cottonwood Land Exchange Act of 2018 | Gives 80 acres of land within the Coconino National Forest to Yavapai County, Arizona, which includes land proposed as critical habitat for the northern Mexican garter snake and narrow-headed garter snake. | No |
| 2018-06-14 | Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] | 115th | H.R. 6106 | Common Sense Permitting Act | Weakens the Energy Policy Act of 2005 by creating new categorical exclusions, when there is no extraordinary circumstances, for onshore oil and gas drilling. | No |
| 2018-06-14 | Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] | 115th | H.R. 6107 | Ending Duplicative Permitting Act | Exempts oil and gas wells from federal drilling permitting requirements if the drilling occurs on private or state lands if the majority of the oil and gas developed are under state or private ownership. | No |
| 2018-06-13 | Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3] | 115th | H.R. 6088 | Streamlining Permitting Efficiencies in Energy Development Act (SPEED Act) | Weakens the Mineral Leasing Act by automatically approving the Application for Permit to Drill (APD) after 45 days of submission if there is no objection from the Secretary of the Interior. | No |
| 2018-06-13 | Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large] | 115th | H.R. 6087 | Removing Barriers to Energy Independence Act | Would deny the public the right to freely petition their government by requiring citizens wishing to protest a proposed lease to a pay a $150 filing fee per protest plus an additional $5 per page for each page in excess of 10 pages. | No |
| 2018-06-11 | Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] | 115th | S. 3042 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | Harms forest protections by weakening environmental review under NEPA on forestry projects up to 3,000 acres in size. | No |
| 2018-06-11 | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | 115th | S.Amdt. 2726 to H.R. 5515 | John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 | The amendment expempts federal sage-grouse conservation plans from environmental review under NEPA by handing federal oversight on public lands to the states and prohibiting judicial review. | No |
| 2018-06-07 | Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] | 115th | S.Amdt. 2398 to S.Amdt. 2282 to H.R. 5515 | John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 | The amendment would place time limits on environmental review for mineral extraction to increase domestic mineral production. | Text not included in final passage |
| 2018-06-07 | Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] | 115th | S.Amdt. 2523 to H.R. 5515 | John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 | The amendment would exchange public land for use by a copper mine operated by PolyMet Mining, which would destroy over 1,000 acres of wetlands and critical habitat in Minnesotas Superior National Forest and restrict judicial review. | Text not included in final passage |
| 2018-06-06 | Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] | 115th | H.Amdt.698 to H.R. 8 | Water Resources Development Act of 2018 | The amendment exchanges 288 acres of public land to the Port of Whitman County for the movement of agricultural products including chemical fertilizers. | Passed House – voice vote |
| 2018-06-05 | Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] | 115th | H.R. 6007 | Restoring Access to Public Lands Act | Strips wilderness protection from over 170,000 acres of wilderness study areas. | No |
| 2018-05-24 | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | 115th | S. 2979 | Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act | Rescission package includes a $16 million cut from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). LWCF allows for the acquisition of private lands for conservation, which is funded exclusively by royalties from oil and gas companies. | No |
| 2018-05-23 | Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] | 115th | H.Amdt. 647 to H.R. 5515 | John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 | The amendment would place time limits on environmental review for mineral extraction to increase domestic mineral production. | Text not included in final passage |
| 2018-05-18 | Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] | 115th | H.Amdt. 624 to H.R. 2 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | The amendment limits judicial review of Forest Service pilot projects on public lands by establishing an arbitration program, which can include logging projects that were categorically excluded (CE) from NEPA. | Passed House – voice vote |
| 2018-05-18 | Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6] | 115th | H.R. 7207 | Border Wall Trust Fund Act | Allows the government to accept public donations to expand Trumps U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | No |
| 2018-05-17 | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | 115th | S. 2877 | Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act | Allows the use of nonmotorized travel within any wilderness area. | No |
| 2018-05-17 | Rep. Gianforte, Greg [R-MT-At Large] | 115th | H.Amdt. 596 to H.R. 2 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | The amendment allows logging projects, under the guise of catastrophic events, by limiting public input and establishing an arbitrary deadline, thus resulting in an incomplete environmental review. | Passed House – voice vote |
| 2018-05-17 | Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] | 115th | H.Amdt. 597 to H.R. 2 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | The amendment weakens environmental review under NEPA of forest management activities, including logging projects, by limiting the alternative actions that can be considered to only the proposed action and no-action alternative, thus limiting mitigation options and it also restricts judicial review. | Passed House 224 – 191 |
| 2018-05-17 | Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large] | 115th | H.Amdt. 623 to H.R. 2 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | The amendment weakens NEPA on public lands by excluding the action of making vacant grazing areas available from environmental review. | Passed House – voice vote |
| 2018-05-17 | Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] | 115th | H.Amdt. 622 to H.R. 2 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | The amendment harms forest protections by adding invasive vegetation to the existing list, which includes insect and disease infestation, for logging projects that receive weakened environmental review and judicial review. | Passed House – voice vote |
| 2018-05-10 | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | 115th | S. 2831 | Golden Spike 150th Anniversary Act | Weakens the environmental review process under NEPA by categorically excluding a corridor across historical railroad rights-of-way within the Park from environmental review. | No |
| 2018-05-10 | Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] | 115th | H.R. 5751 | Golden Spike 150th Anniversary Act | Weakens the environmental review process under NEPA by categorically excluding a corridor across historical railroad rights-of-way within the Park from environmental review. | Passed House – voice vote |
| 2018-05-09 | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | 115th | S. 2809 | Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018 | Strips wilderness protection from 14,779 acres of wilderness study areas and opens up wilderness areas to coal mining. | No |
| 2018-05-09 | Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3] | 115th | H.R. 5727 | Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018 | Strips wilderness protection from 14,779 acres of wilderness study areas and opens up wilderness areas to coal mining. | No |
| 2018-05-09 | Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] | 115th | H.R. 5742 | Port of Whitman Economic Expansion Act | Exchanges 288 acres of public land to the Port of Whitman County for the movement of agricultural products including chemical fertilizers. | No |
| 2018-05-09 | Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-23] | 115th | H.R. 3 | Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act | Rescission package includes a $16 million cut from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). LWCF allows for the acquisition of private lands for conservation, which is funded exclusively by royalties from oil and gas companies. | Passed House 210 – 206 |
| 2018-04-24 | Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] | 115th | H.R. 5597 | Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan Expansion Act, Washington County, Utah | Allows for the construction of a four-lane highway through Utahs Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, a vital piece of habitat for threatened Mojave desert tortoises. | No |
| 2018-04-13 | Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8] | 115th | H.R. 5513 | Big Bear Land Exchange Act | Allows for the construction of a timber processing facility in the San Bernardino National Forest. | No |
| 2018-04-12 | Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11] | 115th | H.R. 2 | Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 | Harms forest protections by weakening environmental review under NEPA for numerous forestry projects up to 6,000 acres in size. | Text removed before final passage. Yes – became Public Law 115-334 |
| 2018-03-23 | Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39] | 115th | H.R. 1625 | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 | Provides $1.337 billion to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | Yes – became Public Law 115-141 |
| 2018-03-15 | Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] | 115th | S. 2563 | Water Supply Infrastructure and Drought Resilience Act of 2018 | Places arbitrary time limits on the NEPA review process, which could decrease public participation for new surface water storage (reservoir) projects on federal lands | No |
| 2018-03-01 | Rep. Gianforte, Greg [R-MT-At Large] | 115th | H.R. 5149 | Unlocking Public Lands Act | Strips wilderness protection from two dozen wilderness study areas. | No |
| 2018-03-01 | Rep. Gianforte, Greg [R-MT-At Large] | 115th | H.R. 5148 | Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act | Strips wilderness protection from 450,000 acres of wilderness study areas. | No |
| 2018-02-15 | Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] | 115th | S.Amdt. 2041 to H.R. 2579 | Broader Options for Americans Act | Allows the government to use forfeited funds to the U.S. government from illicit drug trafficking to expand Trumps U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | No |
| 2018-02-14 | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | 115th | S.Amdt. 1959 to H.R. 2579 | Broader Options for Americans Act | The “White House” amendment would provided $25 billion for border enforcement, including $18 billion to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities, and allows Homeland Security to waive dozens of laws including waiving environmental review under NEPA. | Failed Senate 39 – 60 |
| 2018-02-14 | Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] | 115th | S.Amdt. 1966 to H.R. 2579 | Broader Options for Americans Act | The amendment would provide funds to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities, and allows Homeland Security to waive dozens of laws including waiving environmental review under NEPA. | No |
| 2018-02-14 | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | 115th | S.Amdt. 1958 to H.R. 2579 | Broader Options for Americans Act | The “Common Sense Coalition” amendment would provides $25 billion for border enforcement, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | Failed Senate 54 – 45 |
| 2018-02-14 | Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] | 115th | S.Amdt. 1970 to H.R. 2579 | Broader Options for Americans Act | Provides $1.533 billion to expand Trumps U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | No |
| 2018-02-14 | Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] | 115th | S.Amdt. 2043 to H.R. 2579 | Broader Options for Americans Act | Provides $25 billion to expand Trumps U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | No |
| 2018-02-14 | Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] | 115th | S.Amdt. 2010 to H.R. 2579 | Broader Options for Americans Act | Provides $25 billion to expand Trumps U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | No |
| 2018-02-14 | Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] | 115th | S.Amdt. 1957 to H.R. 2579 | Broader Options for Americans Act | Provides $5.013 billion to expand Trumps U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | No |
| 2018-02-14 | Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] | 115th | S.Amdt. 1967 to H.R. 2579 | Broader Options for Americans Act | Provides $25 billion to expand Trumps U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | No |
| 2018-02-13 | Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] | 115th | S.Amdt. 1955 to S.Amdt. 1958 to H.R. 2579 | Broader Options for Americans Act | The amendment updates and expands the waiver authority under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. | No |
| 2018-02-13 | Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] | 116th | S.Amdt. 1955 to S.Amdt. 1958 to H.R. 2579 | Broader Options for Americans Act | The amendment updates and expands the waiver authority under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. | No |
| 2018-02-05 | Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] | 115th | S. 2367 | Uniting and Securing America Act of 2018 (USA Act of 2018) | Expands the authority to construct border wall and updates the Homeland Security waiver authority to waive dozens of laws including waiving environmental review under NEPA. | No |
| 2018-01-19 | Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5] | 115th | H.R. 4847 | Broadband Deployment Streamlining Act | Imposes a limit on the NEPA review of broadband facilities on public land and National Forest System land as the executive agency shall grant or deny the application within 270-days of receipt. | No |
| 2018-01-18 | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | 115th | S. 2319 | Opportunities for the Nation and States to Harness Onshore Resources for Energy Act (ONSHORE Act) | Takes authority from the federal government and grants the authority to states to oversee oil and gas drilling on public lands. | No |
| 2018-01-18 | Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3] | 115th | H.R. 4824 | Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2018 | Weakens environmental review under NEPA by turning over the authority to conduct the review on National Forest System land to states, which limits public input. | Passed House – voice vote |
| 2018-01-16 | Rep. Hurd, Will [R-TX-23] | 115th | H.R. 4796 | Uniting and Securing America Act of 2018 (USA Act of 2018) | Expands the authority to construct border wall and updates the Homeland Security waiver authority to waive dozens of laws including waiving environmental review under NEPA. | No |
| 2018-01-16 | Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] | 115th | H.R. 4797 | To amend title 54, United States Code, to prohibit the extension or establishment of national monuments in Arizona except by express authorization of Congress, and for other purposes. | Restricts president’s power to create or expand national monuments in Arizona by requiring express congressional approval. | No |
| 2018-01-10 | Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6] | 115th | H.R. 4760 | Securing America’s Future Act of 2018 | Provides $24.8 billion for border enforcement, including $9 billion to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities, and allows Homeland Security to waive dozens of laws including waiving environmental review under NEPA. | Failed House 193 – 231 |
| 2017-12-07 | Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] | 115th | S. 2206 | Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act | Strips wilderness protection from 450,000 acres of wilderness study areas. | No |
| 2017-12-06 | Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1] | 115th | H.R. 4568 | Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act | Excludes geothermal projects on public lands from the environmental review process under NEPA. | No |
| 2017-12-06 | Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] | 115th | S. 2199 | Border Security and Deferred Action Recipient Relief Act | Funds to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall/fence. | No |
| 2017-12-06 | Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] | 115th | H.R. 4558 | Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act | Reduces Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by 48 percent or nearly 900,000 acres. | No |
| 2017-12-05 | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | 115th | S. 2192 | SECURE Act of 2017 | Grants authority to construct the Trump border wall and allows Homeland Security to waive dozens of laws including waiving environmental review under NEPA. | No |
| 2017-12-04 | Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3] | 115th | H.R. 4532 | Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act | Reduces Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument by 85 percent or more than 1 million acres. | No |
| 2017-11-28 | Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] | 115th | S. 1 | Tax Cuts and Jobs Act | Lifts the oil and gas drilling ban in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. | No |
| 2017-11-16 | Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] | 115th | H.R. 4419 | Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act | Weakens the environmental review under NEPA process of water projects by creating a financial penalty if the review process is not completed within a certain period. | No |
| 2017-11-16 | Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] | 115th | S. 2160 | Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act | Limits judicial review of Forest Service projects on public lands by establishing an arbitration program, which can include projects that were categorically excluded (CE) from NEPA. | No |
| 2017-11-16 | Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] | 115th | H.R. 4448 | To provide for an exchange of Federal land and non-Federal land in the State of Idaho, and for other purposes. | Exchanges public land to a private company to create a toxic waste site from phosphate processing and weakens environmental review under NEPA by stating the land exchange shall not constitute a major federal action under NEPA. | No |
| 2017-11-16 | Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] | 115th | S. 2140 | A bill to provide for an exchange of Federal land and non-Federal land in the State of Idaho, and for other purposes. | Exchanges public land to a private company to create a toxic waste site from phosphate processing. | No |
| 2017-11-16 | Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] | 115th | S. 2151 | A bill to streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units. | Weakens protections on public lands by stating a drilling permit is not required if the Federal Government (1) owns less than 50 percent of the oil and gas within the drilling area and (2) does not own or lease the surface land within the drilling area. | No |
| 2017-11-08 | Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] | 115th | S. 2102 | Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act | Allows for claming/worming in the national park and applies Maine’s law, restricts future park expansion. | No |
| 2017-11-07 | Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2] | 115th | H.R. 4266 | Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act | Allows for claming/worming in the national park and applies Maine’s law, restricts future park expansion. | Passed House – voice vote |
| 2017-11-03 | Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1] | 115th | H.R. 4239 | SECURE American Energy Act | Takes authority from the federal government and grants the authority to states to oversee oil and gas drilling on public lands. | No |
| 2017-11-02 | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | 115th | S. 2068 | Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 | Undermines habitat protections on public lands for greater sage-grouse by weakening the environmental review process under NEPA. | No |
| 2017-11-02 | Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] | 115th | H.R. 1 | Tax Cuts and Jobs Act | Lifts the oil and gas drilling ban in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. | Yes – became Public Law 115-97 |
| 2017-11-01 | Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] | 115th | H.R. 4208 | Wildland Fires Act of 2017 | Puts 2 million acres of forests at risk by weakening the environmental review process under NEPA. | No |
| 2017-11-01 | Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] | 115th | H.Amdt. 474 to H.R. 2936 | Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 | The amendment allows logging projects, under the guise of forest health, without meaningful environmental review and limits judicial review by establishing an arbitration program for the projects that were categorically excluded (CE) from NEPA. | Passed House 236 – 184 |
| 2017-10-19 | Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] | 115th | S. 1991 | Wildland Fires Act of 2017 | Puts 2 million acres of forests at risk by weakening the environmental review process under NEPA. | No |
| 2017-10-19 | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | 115th | S.Amdt. 1432 to S.Amdt. 1116 to H.Con.Res. 71 | Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027 | The amendment would sell federal lands to “help” reduce the federal deficit when in fact our federal lands bring in billions of dollars every year to American taxpayers. | No |
| 2017-10-19 | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | 115th | S. 1987 | Pottawattamie County Reversionary Interest Conveyance Act | This bill weakens the federal protection by removing the “public purpose” condition as the Western Historic Trails Center was originally given by the federal government to Iowa on the condition that if the land was not used for the public purpose, the land would revert back to the federal government. | No |
| 2017-10-06 | Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] | 115th | H.R. 3990 | National Monument Creation and Protection Act | Invalidates the Antiquities Act by limiting new national monuments to 85,000 acres and requires compliance with NEPA. | No |
| 2017-10-05 | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | 115th | S.1956 | A bill to authorize the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Director of the National Park Service to enter into cooperative management agreements for the operation, maintenance, and management of units of the National Park System in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. | Weakens federal regulations by allowing DC and the National Park Service to enter into cooperative management agreements for the operation, maintenance, and management of units of the Park located in DC | No |
| 2017-10-05 | Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] | 115th | S. 1937 | Border Security and Deferred Action Recipient Relief Act | Provides $1.6 billion in funds to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | No |
| 2017-10-02 | Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6] | 115th | H.R. 3905 | Minnesota’s Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act | Allows mining on 5,000 acres of waterways that flow into a wilderness area and places a 30-day time limit on environmental review under NEPA. | Passed House 216 – 204 |
| 2017-09-07 | Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] | 115th | H.Amdt. 361 to H.R. 3354 | Interior and Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development, Commerce, Justice, Science, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, State and Foreign Operations, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Legislative Branch, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2018 | The amendment would prohibit funds for enforcing the Obama administration methane rule for oil and gas drilling on public lands, which will increase public-health problems. | No |
| 2017-09-01 | Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] | 115th | H.R. 3668 | Sportsmens Heritage And Recreational Enhancement Act (SHARE Act) | Completely waives the environmental review under NEPA for all management activities on all 850 million acres of the National Wildlife Refuge System. | No |
| 2017-08-03 | Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] | 115th | S. 1757 | A bill to strengthen border security, increase resources for enforcement of immigration laws, and for other purposes | Provides $15 billion in border wall funding and allows Homeland Security to waive dozens of laws including waiving environmental review under NEPA. | No |
| 2017-08-03 | Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] | 115th | S. 1752 | Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 | Weakens environmental forest protections under NEPA on public lands to allow logging if an insect or disease infestation emergency is declared. | No |
| 2017-08-02 | Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] | 115th | S. 1731 | Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017 | Allows logging projects up to 10,000 acres without meaningful environmental review, public involvement, or scientific evaluation of potential harm to the environment. | No |
| 2017-08-02 | Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] | 115th | S. 1705 | Forest Service Flexible Partnerships Act of 2017 | Weakens the environmental review process under NEPA on our National Forests by limiting the alternative actions that can be considered to the proposed agency action and no action. | No |
| 2017-07-28 | Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] | 115th | H.R. 3548 | Border Security for America Act of 2017 | Builds the Trump border wall, increases Border Patrol agents and U.S. Custom and Border Protection officers, and allows Homeland Security to waive dozens of laws including waiving environmental review under NEPA. | No |
| 2017-07-28 | Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6] | 115th | H.R. 3565 | Federal Land Freedom Act | Hands over federal oversight of all domestic energy production on public lands to the states and prevents state actions from being reviewed under NEPA. | No |
| 2017-07-28 | Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] | 115th | H.R. 3543 | Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 | Weakens environmental protections on public lands, under the pretext of improving habitat for the greater sage-grouse, by allowing logging, pesticides, and livestock grazing. | No |
| 2017-07-28 | Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4] | 115th | H.R. 3593 | Securing Our Borders and Wilderness Act | Weakens the Wilderness Act during an emergency to allow U.S. Customs and Border Protection to build border roads and fences. | No |
| 2017-07-28 | Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12] | 115th | H.R. 3526 | Border Protection Fund Act | Uses funds from the Department of Justice Asset Forfeiture Fund to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | No |
| 2017-07-27 | Rep. Hurd, Will [R-TX-23] | 115th | H.R. 3479 | Secure Miles with All Resources and Technology Act | Deployment of sensory technology on the US-Mexico border, including radar and cameras and eradicating plants in the area. | No |
| 2017-07-27 | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | 115th | S.Amdt. 469 to H.R. 2810 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 | The amendment expempts federal sage-grouse conservation plans from environmental review under NEPA by handing federal oversight on public lands to the states and prohibiting judicial review. | No |
| 2017-07-26 | Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] | 115th | S.Amdt. 257 to S. 1519 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 | The amendment gives 4.25 miles of railroad from the Air Force to the city for a railroad company to use to gain access to an industrial park. | No |
| 2017-07-20 | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | 115th | H.R. 3333 | Hunting, Education, And Recreational Development Act (HEARD Act) | Gives away or exchanges at least 80% over 8 years of federal land identified by BLM and Forest Service with some revenue for hunting and fishing. | No |
| 2017-07-18 | Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] | 115th | H.R. 3281 | Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act | Hands over public reclamation projects to nonfederal owners and weakens environmental review under NEPA. | No |
| 2017-07-17 | Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8] | 115th | H.R. 3270 | Historic Routes Preservation Act | Undermines public lands by allowing the assertion of a right-of-way granted for the construction of highways under the 1866 Revised Statute 2477. | No |
| 2017-07-13 | Rep. Granger, Kay [R-TX-12] | 115th | H.R. 3219 | Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018 | Funds the Trump administrations $1.6 billion budget request to expand the U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | Passed House 235 – 192 |
| 2017-07-12 | Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] | 115th | S.Amdt. 257 to S. 1519 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 | The amendment gives 4.25 miles of railroad from the Air Force to the city for a railroad company to use to gain access to an industrial park. | No |
| 2017-06-29 | Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8] | 115th | H.R. 3115 | Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 | Exchanges public land for use by a copper mine operated by PolyMet Mining, which would destroy over 1,000 acres of wetlands and critical habitat in Minnesotas Superior National Forest and restrict judicial review. | Passed House 309 – 99 |
| 2017-06-29 | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | 115th | S. 1481 | Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017 (ANCSA) | 14 Alaska land bills in one, with land giveaways in excess of 175,000 acres (273 square miles) for logging and other commercial purposes. | No |
| 2017-06-29 | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | 115th | S. 1484 | ANCSA Admiralty Island Land Exchange Finalization Act of 2017 | Land exchange of over 14,000 acres (22 square miles) of public land and Forest Service land given away to private companies. | No |
| 2017-06-29 | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | 115th | S. 1485 | ANCSA Cook Inlet Region Land Conveyance Finalization Act of 2017 | Gives away 43,000 acres (67 square miles) of land in Alaska, including land within the National Wildlife Refuge System to private companies. | No |
| 2017-06-29 | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | 115th | S. 1487 | ANCSA Kaktovik and Canyon Village Land Conveyance Settlement Act of 2017 | Gives away 6,400 acres of land from within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to private companies. | No |
| 2017-06-29 | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | 115th | S. 1491 | ANCSA Unrecognized Community Landless Natives Authorization Act of 2017 | Gives away 115,000 acres (180 square miles) of Tongass National Forest lands with a preference of land for logging to private companies. | No |
| 2017-06-28 | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | 115th | S. 1460 | Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 | Excludes geothermal projects on public lands from the environmental review process under NEPA. | No |
| 2017-06-22 | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | 115th | S. 1417 | Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 | Weakens environmental protections on public lands, under the pretext of improving habitat for the greater sage-grouse, by allowing logging, pesticides, and livestock grazing. | Passed Senate – voice vote |
| 2017-06-20 | Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] | 115th | H.R. 2936 | Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 | Allows logging projects up to 30,000 acres without meaningful environmental review, public involvement, or scientific evaluation of potential harm to the environment. | Passed House 232 – 188 |
| 2017-06-20 | Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] | 115th | H.R. 2950 | Making Public Lands Public Act | Uses the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act to facilitate access to existing Federal public land for hunting, fishing and recreational shooting. | No |
| 2017-06-20 | Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] | 115th | H.R. 2939 | Water Rights Protection Act of 2017 | Tries to put private water use before beneficial public use by preventing water storage release, which would impact rivers and endangered fish. | No |
| 2017-06-15 | Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] | 115th | S. 1363 | Rural Broadband Deployment Streamlining Act | Imposes a limit on the NEPA review of broadband facilities on public land and National Forest System land as the executive agency shall grant or deny the application within 270-days of receipt. | No |
| 2017-06-13 | Rep. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] | 115th | H.R. 2897 | To authorize the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Director of the National Park Service to enter into cooperative management agreements for the operation, maintenance, and management of units of the National Park System in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes | Weakens federal regulations by allowing DC and the National Park Service to enter into cooperative management agreements for the operation, maintenance, and management of units of the Park located in DC | Text removed before final passage; Passed House – voice vote |
| 2017-05-25 | Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large] | 115th | H.R. 2661 | State Mineral Revenue Protection Act | Conveys royalties and interest in public lands to the state under the Mineral Leasing Act. | No |
| 2017-05-25 | Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] | 115th | S. 1267 | State Mineral Revenue Protection Act | Conveys royalties and interest in public lands to the state under the Mineral Leasing Act. | No |
| 2017-05-25 | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | 115th | S. 1230 | Water Rights Protection Act of 2017 | Tries to put private water use before beneficial public use by preventing water storage release, which would impact rivers and endangered fish. | No |
| 2017-05-24 | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | 115th | H.R. 2630 | La Paz County Land Conveyance Act | Hands over 8,000 acres of public land to private developers without full compensation to taxpayers. | No |
| 2017-05-24 | Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] | 115th | S. 1222 | La Paz County Land Conveyance Act | Hands over 8,000 acres of public land to private developers without full compensation to taxpayers. | No |
| 2017-05-23 | Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] | 115th | H.R. 2613 | Fostering Opportunities for Resources and Education Spending through Timber Sales Act of 2017 (FORESTS Act of 2017) | Weakens the environmental review process on forest active management areas on public lands by excluding them under NEPA. | No |
| 2017-05-23 | Rep. Young, David [R-IA-3] | 115th | H.R. 2600 | To provide for the conveyance to the State of Iowa of the reversionary interest held by the United States in certain land in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and for other purposes | This bill weakens the federal protection by removing the “public purpose” condition as the Western Historic Trails Center was originally given by the federal government to Iowa on the condition that if the land was not used for the public purpose, the land would revert back to the federal government. | Passed House – voice vote |
| 2017-05-16 | Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] | 115th | H.R. 2424 | To require the Secretary of the Interior to issue new resource management plans applicable to the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area and the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area and a new amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan, and for other purposes. | Starts the resource management plans over, to increase development of roads and utilities through the national conservation areas. | No |
| 2017-05-16 | Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] | 115th | H.R. 2423 | Washington County, Utah, Public Lands Management Implementation Act | Weakens environmental protections by granting right-of-ways to Washington County, Utah to expand roads and utilities through wilderness areas. | No |
| 2017-05-15 | Sen. Strange, Luther [R-AL] | 115th | S. 1126 | Securing the Border and Protecting Our Communities Act | Punishes sanctuary cities by transferring certain funds that the cities would have received and instead allocates the funds to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | No |
| 2017-05-09 | Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] | 115th | S. 1073 | Escambia County Land Conveyance Act | Removes the use restrictions on the land put in place by the federal government when it transferred the lands to the county and without these restrictions the Gulf Islands National Seashore may be harmed. | No |
| 2017-05-04 | Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] | 115th | S. 1046 | Eastern Nevada Economic Development and Land Management Improvement Act | Weakens the environmental review process under NEPA by declaring a patent issued by BLM, to complete a 7,548 acres land exchange for use by a private real-estate developer, is in compliance with NEPA. | No |
| 2017-05-04 | Rep. Kihuen, Ruben J. [D-NV-4] | 115th | H.R. 2374 | Eastern Nevada Economic Development and Land Management Improvement Act | Weakens the environmental review process under NEPA by declaring a patent issued by BLM, to complete a 7,548 acres land exchange for use by a private real-estate developer, is in compliance with NEPA. | No |
| 2017-05-04 | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | 115th | S. 1053 | A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to issue new resource management plans applicable to the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area and the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area and a new amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan, and for other purposes | Starts the resource management plans over, to increase development of roads and utilities through the national conservation areas. | No |
| 2017-05-04 | Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1] | 115th | H.R. 2370 | Escambia County Land Conveyance Act | Removes the use restrictions on the land put in place by the federal government when it transferred the lands to the county and without these restrictions the Gulf Islands National Seashore may be harmed. | Passed House – voice vote |
| 2017-05-03 | Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5] | 115th | H.R. 2316 | Cooperative Management of Mineral Rights Act of 2017 | Allows for oil and gas drilling in Alleghany National Forest. | Passed House – voice vote |
| 2017-05-02 | Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1] | 115th | H.R. 2284 | National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act | Restricts the designation of new national monuments by requiring both congressional and state approval and compliance with NEPA. | No |
| 2017-04-27 | Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] | 115th | S. 956 | Outer Continental Shelf Energy Access Now Act (OCEAN Act) | Prohibits presidents from imposing long term bans, along the outer continental shelf, on oil and gas offshore drilling or creating a marine national monument. | No |
| 2017-04-27 | Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5] | 115th | H.R. 2186 | Ensuring Lawful Collection of Hidden Assets to Provide Order Act (EL CHAPO Act) | Allows the government to use forfeited funds to the U.S. government from the criminal prosecution of Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera (commonly known as El Chapo) to expand Trumps U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | No |
| 2017-04-26 | Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] | 115th | H.R. 2167 | Acre In, Acre Out Act | Would cap public lands, requiring the federal government to sell off existing property before acquiring any new lands for the public. | No |
| 2017-04-26 | Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7] | 115th | H.R. 2157 | Outer Continental Shelf Energy Access Now Act (OCEAN Act) | Prohibits presidents from imposing long term bans, along the outer continental shelf, on oil and gas offshore drilling or creating a marine national monument. | No |
| 2017-04-25 | Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] | 115th | S. 939 | Ensuring Lawful Collection of Hidden Assets to Provide Order Act (EL CHAPO Act) | Allows the government to use forfeited funds to the U.S. government from the criminal prosecution of Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera (commonly known as El Chapo) to expand Trumps U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | No |
| 2017-04-20 | Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] | 115th | H.R. 2104 | Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area Boundary Modification Act of 2017 | Removes over 2,600 acres within a National Conservation Area for the construction of power lines, which would harm wildlife by dividing the conservation area. | No |
| 2017-04-06 | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | 115th | S. 879 | National Forest Ecosystem Improvement Act of 2017 | Weakens environmental review under NEPA on forest management standards and limits access to the federal courts on forest logging restoration projects. | No |
| 2017-04-06 | Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] | 115th | H.R. 2074 | Public Input for National Monuments Act | Restricts the designation of new national monuments by requiring compliance with NEPA. | No |
| 2017-04-06 | Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] | 115th | H.R. 2075 | Crooked River Ranch Fire Protection Act | Removes over 800 acres from the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area under the guise of fire prevention. | No |
| 2017-04-06 | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | 115th | S. 883 | OPENS Alaska Act of 2017 | Expands oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean and Cook Inlet and puts fragile ecosystems and endangered wildlife at risk. | No |
| 2017-04-06 | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | 115th | H.J. Res. 97 | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Agriculture relating to “Tongass National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan Amendment” | Rescinds protections of old growth forests in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. | No |
| 2017-04-04 | Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] | 115th | H.R. 1873 | Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act | Weakens environmental laws for power lines and other rights-of-way on public land by eliminating public input oversight and scientific review of alternatives. | Passed House 300 – 118 |
| 2017-04-03 | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | 115th | H.R. 1867 | Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act | Gives away land in the Tongass National Forest to Alaska Native Veterans, which was previously prohibited. | No |
| 2017-03-30 | Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] | 115th | S. 785 | Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act | Gives away the Tongass National Forest lands to Alaska Native Veterans, which was previously prohibited. | No |
| 2017-03-29 | Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large] | 115th | H.R. 1778 | To provide that an order by the Secretary of the Interior imposing a moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted, and for other purposes | Requires approval from Congress before any Interior Secretary could pause the coal-leasing program on public lands. | No |
| 2017-03-15 | Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] | 115th | S. 665 | Unleashing American Energy Act of 2017 | More offshore lease sales with the Gulf of Mexico not requiring environmental review under NEPA. | No |
| 2017-03-13 | Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] | 115th | S. 614 | RPPA Commercial Recreation Concessions Pilot Program Act | Creates a pilot program to allow state and local governments to oversee recreation activities on federal public lands. | No |
| 2017-03-09 | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | 115th | S. 604 | Highway Rights-of-Way Permitting Efficiency Act of 2017 | Weakens the environmental review of broadband deployment rights-of-way by excluding them from NEPA. | No |
| 2017-03-09 | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | 115th | H.R. 1489 | Marine Access and State Transparency (MAST Act) | Restricts the designation of new national marine monuments by requiring both congressional and state approval and compliance with NEPA. | No |
| 2017-03-02 | Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] | 115th | H.R. 1330 | Federal Land Invasive Species Control, Prevention, and Management Act | Weakens environmental review protections under NEPA for invasive species control on public lands, including around national monuments, parks, and schools. | No |
| 2017-03-02 | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | 115th | S. 509 | Federal Land Invasive Species Control, Prevention, and Management Act | Weakens environmental review protections under NEPA for invasive species control on public lands, including around national monuments, parks, and schools. | No |
| 2017-03-02 | Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4] | 115th | H.R. 1349 | To amend the Wilderness Act to ensure that the use of bicycles, wheelchairs, strollers, and game carts is not prohibited in Wilderness Areas, and for other purposes | Allows the use of motorized wheelchairs, non-motorized wheelchairs, non-motorized bicycles, strollers, or game carts within any wilderness area. | No |
| 2017-03-02 | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | 115th | S. 508 | Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act | Transfers public land and weakens protections by not requiring land use planning under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act. | No |
| 2017-03-02 | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | 115th | H.R. 1306 | Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act | Transfers public land and weakens protections by not requiring land use planning under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act. | Yes – became Public Law 115-103 |
| 2017-02-28 | Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] | 115th | S. 468 | Historic Routes Preservation Act | Undermines public lands by allowing the assertion of a right-of-way granted for the construction of highways under the 1866 Revised Statute 2477. | No |
| 2017-02-28 | Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] | 115th | S. 467 | Mohave County Federal Land Management Act | Requires the sale of no less than 6,000 acres of public land to Mojave County, Arizona for private use. | No |
| 2017-02-16 | Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] | 115th | H.R. 1106 | Small Tracts Conveyance Act | Exempts from environmental review under NEPA the giving away of National Forest System and BLM public lands to private and state landowners whose land share a boundary with the public lands. | No |
| 2017-02-16 | Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] | 115th | S. 414 | Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act | Gives 150,000 acres of public lands to Nevada in exchange for fewer acres of land for wilderness preservation and conveys public lands to mining companies. | No |
| 2017-02-16 | Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] | 115th | H.R. 1107 | Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act | Gives 150,000 acres of public lands to Nevada in exchange for fewer acres of land for wilderness preservation and conveys public lands to mining companies. | Passed House – voice vote |
| 2017-02-16 | Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] | 115th | H.R. 1157 | To clarify the United States interest in certain submerged lands in the area of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes | Reduces the size of Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge by over two-thirds and gives public submerged land and waters to the state of Massachusetts. | No |
| 2017-02-09 | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | 115th | H.J. Res. 70 | Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior regarding requirements for exploratory drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf | Rescinds certain exploratory fossil fuel drilling safeguards for the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf, which includes safety requirements established after the 2010 BP oil spill. | No |
| 2017-02-07 | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | 115th | S. 335 | Federal Land Freedom Act of 2017 | Hands over federal oversight of all domestic energy production on public lands to the states and prevents state actions from being reviewed under NEPA. | No |
| 2017-02-07 | Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] | 115th | H.R. 928 | Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act | Prevents the federal government from regulating hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on public lands by transferring oversight authority to the state. | No |
| 2017-02-07 | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | 115th | S. 334 | Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act | Prevents the federal government from regulating hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on public lands by transferring oversight authority to the state. | No |
| 2017-02-07 | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | 115th | H.J. Res. 69 | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to “Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska” | Rescinds rule that allowed the federal government to better protect against inhumane killings of predatory animals on national wildlife refuges in Alaska. | Yes – became Public Law 115-20 |
| 2017-02-06 | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | 115th | S. 316 | Protecting States’ Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act | Hands over federal oversight of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations on public lands to the states. | No |
| 2017-02-03 | Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8] | 115th | H.R. 857 | California Desert Protection and Recreation Act of 2018 | Weakens the environmental review process under NEPA by stating any impacts of the project on a wilderness area shall be reviewed based on the status of the area before designation as wilderness. | Text removed before final passage; Passed House – voice vote |
| 2017-02-03 | Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4] | 115th | H.R. 865 | Emergency Forest Restoration Act | Weakens environmental forest protections under NEPA on public lands to allow logging if an insect or disease infestation emergency is declared. | No |
| 2017-02-02 | Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] | 115th | S. 282 | Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act | Weakens environmental protections for deployment of renewable energy on federal land by supplementing existing environmental impact statements under NEPA. | No |
| 2017-02-02 | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | 115th | H.R. 825 | Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2017 | Weakens environmental protections for deployment of renewable energy on federal land by incorporating analysis in past programmatic environmental impact statements. | No |
| 2017-02-01 | Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] | 115th | S. 273 | Greater Sage-Grouse Protection and Recovery Act of 2017 | Exempts federal sage-grouse conservation plans from environmental review under NEPA by handing federal oversight on public lands to the states and prohibiting judicial review. | No |
| 2017-01-30 | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | 115th | S.J.Res. 11 | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to “Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation” | Rescinds the Obama administrations Methane Waste Prevention Rule for oil and gas drilling on public lands, which will increase public-health problems. | No |
| 2017-01-30 | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | 115th | S.J.Res. 15 | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management relating to resource management planning | Rescinds the Bureau of Land Management’s 2.0 Rule, which updated public land planning to facilitate local stakeholder engagement earlier in the process. | No |
| 2017-01-30 | Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] | 115th | S.J.Res. 10 | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Secretary of the Interior relating to stream protection | Rescinds the Obama administrations Stream Protection Rule, which provided greater protections to streams from toxic coal mining waste. | No |
| 2017-01-30 | Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6] | 115th | H.J. Res. 38 | Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule | Rescinds the Obama administrations Stream Protection Rule, which provided greater protections to streams from toxic coal mining waste. | Yes – became Public Law 115-5 |
| 2017-01-30 | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | 115th | H.J. Res. 47 | Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior regarding requirements for exploratory drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf | Rescinds certain exploratory fossil fuel drilling safeguards for the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf, which includes safety requirements established after the 2010 BP oil spill. | No |
| 2017-01-30 | Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large] | 115th | H.J. Res. 44 | Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Bureau of Land Management regulations that establish the procedures used to prepare, revise, or amend land use plans pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 | Rescinds the Bureau of Land Management’s 2.0 Rule, which updated public land planning to facilitate local stakeholder engagement earlier in the process. | Yes – became Public Law 115-12 |
| 2017-01-30 | Rep. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND-At Large] | 115th | H.J. Res. 45 | Disapproving the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior relating to management of non-Federal oil and gas rights | Rescinds the updated regulations on oil and gas practices outside of Alaska, which avoided or minimized impacts on refuges. | No |
| 2017-01-30 | Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] | 115th | H.J. Res. 36 | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to “Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation” | Rescinds the Obama administrations Methane Waste Prevention Rule for oil and gas drilling on public lands, which will increase public-health problems. | Passed House 221 – 191 |
| 2017-01-30 | Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] | 115th | H.J. Res. 46 | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the National Park Service relating to “General Provisions and Non-Federal Oil and Gas Rights” | Rescinds the National Park Services oil and gas regulation, which helped to ensure the fossil fuel industry cleaned up and restored the area. | No |
| 2017-01-27 | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | 115th | H.J. Res. 34 | Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior regarding requirements for exploratory drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf | Rescinds certain exploratory fossil fuel drilling safeguards for the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf, which includes safety requirements established after the 2010 BP oil spill. | No |
| 2017-01-24 | Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3] | 115th | H.R. 621 | Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2017 | Requires the federal government to sell 3.3 million acres of federal public lands in 10 western states. | No |
| 2017-01-24 | Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3] | 115th | H.R. 622 | Local Enforcement for Local Lands Act | Hands over federal oversight of law enforcement by the Forest Service and BLM on federal lands to the states. | No |
| 2017-01-24 | Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] | 115th | H.J. Res. 32 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to give States the authority to repeal Federal rules and regulations when the repeal is agreed to by the legislatures of two-thirds of the several States | Amends the U.S. Constitution to allow states to repeal federal rules and regulations when two-thirds of state legislatures agree. | No |
| 2017-01-24 | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | 115th | S. 214 | A bill to authorize the expansion of an existing hydroelectric project | Allows for the construction of a water basin diversion for the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project on the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge and will temporarily displace the bald eagle. | No |
| 2017-01-13 | Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] | 115th | H.R. 527 | Greater sage-grouse Protection and Recovery Act of 2017 | Exempts federal sage-grouse conservation plans from environmental review under NEPA by handing federal oversight on public lands to the states and prohibiting judicial review. | No |
| 2017-01-13 | Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] | 115th | H.R. 520 | National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act | Places time limits on environmental review for mineral extraction to increase domestic mineral production. | No |
| 2017-01-12 | Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] | 115th | S. 132 | National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act of 2017 | Restricts the designation of new national monuments by requiring both congressional and state approval and compliance with NEPA. | No |
| 2017-01-12 | Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] | 115th | S. 145 | National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act | Places time limits on environmental review for mineral extraction to increase domestic mineral production. | No |
| 2017-01-12 | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | 115th | H.R. 513 | Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act of 2017 | Gives away roughly 20,000 acres from the Tongass National Forest to the State of Alaska for logging revenue. | No |
| 2017-01-12 | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | 115th | S. 131 | Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act of 2017 | Gives away roughly 20,000 acres from the Tongass National Forest to the State of Alaska for logging revenue. | No |
| 2017-01-11 | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | 115th | S. 101 | King Cove Road Land Exchange Act | Allows for the construction of a road through Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge that would harm wildlife and habitat in this wetland of international importance. | No |
| 2017-01-11 | Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15] | 115th | H.R. 454 | Finish the Fence Act of 2017 | Grants authority to construct border wall and updates Homeland Securitys waiver authority to waive dozens of laws including waiving environmental review under NEPA. | No |
| 2017-01-05 | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | 115th | S. 49 | Alaska Oil and Gas Production Act | Authorizes the development of fossil fuel oil and gas drilling on 2,000 acres in Alaska’s coastal plain (1002 area) of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and places limits on the environmental review process. | No |
| 2017-01-05 | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | 115th | S. 32 | California Desert Protection and Recreation Act of 2018 | Weakens the environmental review process under NEPA by stating any impacts of the project on a wilderness area shall be reviewed based on the status of the area before designation as wilderness. | No |
| 2017-01-05 | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | 115th | S. 33 | Improved National Monument Designation Process Act | Restricts the designation of new national monuments by requiring both congressional and state approval and compliance with NEPA. | No |
| 2017-01-04 | Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8] | 115th | H.R. 244 | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 | Provides $341 million to expand the Trump U.S.-Mexico border wall, ignoring threats to the environment and communities. | Yes – became Public Law 115-31 |
| 2017-01-04 | Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] | 115th | H.R. 243 | Nevada Land Sovereignty Act | Restricts president’s power to create or expand national monuments in Nevada by requiring express congressional approval. | No |
| 2017-01-04 | Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] | 115th | S. 22 | Nevada Land Sovereignty Act | Restricts president’s power to create or expand national monuments in Nevada by requiring express congressional approval. | No |
| 2017-01-03 | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | 115th | H.R. 49 | American Energy Independence and Job Creation Act | Allows fossil fuel development on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and places limits on the environmental review process under NEPA. | No |
| 2017-01-03 | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | 115th | H.R. 218 | King Cove Road Land Exchange Act | Allows for the construction of a road through Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge that would harm wildlife and habitat in this wetland of international importance. | Passed House 248 – 179 |
| 2017-01-03 | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | 115th | H.R. 200 | Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act | Undermines the Antiquities Act by overriding the Act if there is a conflict between the laws and exempts federal fishery management plans from the environmental review process under NEPA. | No |
| 2017-01-03 | Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-23] | 115th | H.Res. 5 | Adopting rules for the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress | House of Representative’s rule change that gives away public land at a cost of $0 to the American taxpayer. | Passed House 234 – 193 |
| 2017-01-03 | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | 115th | H.R. 211 | Chugach Region Lands Study Act | Gives away at least 500,000 acres of federal land in the State of Alaska. | No |
| 2017-01-03 | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | 115th | H.R. 232 | State National Forest Management Act of 2017 | Allows states to acquire up to 2 million acres of National Forest System land for commercial logging and limits judicial review. | No |
| 2017-01-03 | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | 115th | H.R. 222 | To amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prescribe an additional requirement for the designation of marine sanctuaries off the coast of Alaska, and for other purposes | Restricts the designation of new national marine sanctuaries off the coast of Alaska by requiring congressional approval before a presidential designation. | No |
| 2017-01-03 | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | 115th | H.R. 229 | Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act | Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to permit certain communities to take up to 23,040 acres from the Tongass National Forest. | No |
| 2017-01-03 | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | 115th | H.R. 220 | To authorize the expansion of an existing hydroelectric project, and for other purposes | Allows for the construction of a water basin diversion for the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project on the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge and will temporarily displace the bald eagle. | Yes – became Public Law 115-201 |