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Bill #Bill nameSponsor(s)StatusSummary
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S. 220A bill to reserve to Congress the authority to establish or extend a national monumentSponsor: Lee (UT)1/23/25 - introduced and referred to SENR(Senate version of H.R. 521)
Would reserve to Congress the authority to use the Antiquities Act of 1906 to designate or expand national monuments (and would eliminate the President's authority).
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S. 530Western Economic Security Today Act (or WEST Act)Sponsor: Barraso (WY)
Cosponsors: Curtis (UT), Risch (ID), Lummis (WY), Cramer (ND), Crapo (ID), Fischer (NE), Sullivan (AK)		2/11/25 - introduced and referred to SENR(Senate version of H.R. 1206)
Would cause the “Conservation and Landscape Health” Rule (aka Public Lands Rule), to have no force or effect.
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S. 537Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers ActSponsor: Daines (MT)
Cosponsors: Moran (KS, Sullivan (AK), Cassidy (LA), Tillis (NC), Crapo (ID), Risch (ID), Lummis (WY), Barrasso (WY), Scott (FL), Lankford (OK), Tuberville (AL), Lee (UT), Boozman (AR), Marshall (KS), Blackburn (TN), Wicker (MS), Fischer (NE), Sheehy (MT), Rounds (SD), Britt (AL), Cramer (ND), Cotton (AR), Justice (WV), Hagerty (TN), Hoeven (ND), Hyde-Smith (MS), Thune (SD), Capito (WV), Budd (NC), Banks (IN), Ricketts (NV), Cornyn (TX), Graham (SC)		2/12/25 - introduced and referred to Committee on Environment and Public Works(House version H.R. 556)
Would prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting the use of lead ammunition or tackle on federal public lands and waters (managed by the U.S. Forest Service and Department of Interior) with some exceptions for areas that experience a decline in wildlife population that is primarily caused by the use of lead in ammunition or tackle (which would need to be noticed in the Federal Register before taking affect).
Would not impact access as the name implies.
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S.544Mining Regulatory Clarity ActSponsor: Cortez Masto (NV)
Cosponsors: Risch (ID), Rosen (NV), Crapo (ID), Murkowski (AK), 		2/12/25 - introduced and referred to Energy and Natural Resources Comm.
3/12/25 - ENR hearings held
4/9/25 - ENR ordered to be reported without amendment favorably		(Related bill: H.R. 1366)
"Modifies" (eliminates all mineral withdrawals.
Limits the right of the federal government to regulate mining and mining-related activities (including requiring validity exams) under FLPMA, the Wilderness Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, the ESA and other laws.
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H.R. 65Armed Forces Endangered Species Exemption ActSponsor: Biggs (AZ)
Cosponsors: Gosar (AZ)		1/3/25 - introduced and referred to House Natural Resources Committee (HNRC)Would prohibit USFWS from designating any land or water on a military installation or that is used by the military as critical habitat. Would exempt military installations from consulting with USFWS regarding DoD actions. Would provide a number of exemptions from the ESA for "national defense related operations" which is given a broad meaning in the bill.
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H.R. 168Targeted Operations to Remove Catastrophic Hazards Act (or the TORCH Act)Sponsor: LaMalfa (CA)1/3/25 - introduced and referred to HNRC and Comm. on Ag.(Related bills: H.R. 598, H.R. 1110)

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H.R. 178To require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activities to suppress wildfires, and for other purposes.Sponsor: McClintock (CA)
Cosponsors: Calvert (CA), LaMalfa (CA), Biggs (AZ), Stauber (MN), Issa (CA), Kiley (CA), Zinke (MT), Owens (UT) 		1/3/25 - introduced and referred to HNRC and Comm. on Ag.
Would apply to USFS land that (1) has a severe, extreme, or exceptional drought intensity rating; (2) has a National Wildland Fire Preparedness level of 5 (i.e., the highest level of wildland fire activity); or (3) is located in a fireshed ranked in the top 10% of wildfire exposure.
Requires the USFS to use all available resources to extinguish all fires within 24 hours of learning of them. Prohibits the USFS from "inhibiting" fire activities of the State or local agencies. Places limitations on backfires and prescribed fires.
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H.R. 179Proven Forest Management ActSponsor: McClintock (CA)
Cosponsors: Calvert (CA), LaMalfa (CA), Valadao (CA), Stauber (MN), Issa (CA), Kiley (CA), Zinke (MT), Obernolte (CA) 		1/3/25 - introduced and referred to HNRC and Comm. on Ag.
4/4/25 - referred to Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture		Would exempt from NEPA, USFS activities intended to reduce forest fuels, including mechanical thinning, if the treatment area does not exceed 10,000 acres (3,000 acres for mechanical thinning) if the project is developed:

(A) in coordination with impacted parties, specifically including representatives of local governments, such as county supervisors or county commissioners; and
(B) in consultation with other interested entities; and
(C) is consistent with the forest plan developed for the relevant National Forest System land.
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H.R. 471Fix Our ForestsSponsor: Westerman (AR)
Cosponsors: Peters (CA), Tiffany (WI), Panetta (CA), Stauber (MN), Whitesides (CA), Collins (GA), Vasquez (NM), Kim (CA), Costa (CA), Zinke (MT), Harder (CA), Johnson (SD), Bera (CA), Kiggans (VA), Garamendi (CA), Maloy (UT), Thompson (CA), Begich (AK), Correa (CA), Crank (CO), Golden (ME), Ezell (MS), Mullin (CA), Hurd (CO), Lee (NV), Valadao (CA), Gray (CA), Barr (KY), Hoyer (MD), Carter (GA), Pettersen (CO), Joyce (PA), Obernolte (CA), Walberg (MI), LaMalfa (CA), Gosar (AZ), Boebert (CO), McClintock (CA), Issa (CA), Fong (CA), Hageman (WY), Fry (SC), Amodei (NV), McDowell (NC), Bentz (OR), Hunt (TX), Wied (WI), Kiley (CA), Suozzi (NY), Wittman (VA), Newhouse (WA), Calvert (CA) 		1/16/25 - introduced and referred to HNRC, and Comms. on Ag. and Science, Space & Technology
1/23/25 - passed by the House (279 Yeas and 141 Nays)
1/28/25 - received in the Senate

3/6/25 - hearings held - Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology		Includes several potentially helpful provisions to address wildfires, but all are unfunded mandates. Also contains numerous bad provisions that contain attacks on bedrock conservation laws such as the ESA and NEPA as well as checks and balances (i.e., judicial review of land management agencies). Also requires USFS to do a study of the benefits of a western HQ (also unfunded). Includes a "Cottonwood Fix" provision (see H.R. 598 below)
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H.R. 521Ending Presidential Overreach on Public LandsSponsor: Maloy (UT)
Cosponsors: Amodei (NV), La Malfa (CA), Gosar (AZ), Moore (UT), Begich (AK), Newhouse (WA), Stauber (MN), Fischbach (MN), Estes (KS), Owens (UT), Kennedy (UT), Fong (CA), Crane (AZ), Hurd (CO), Issa (CA)		1/16/25 - introduced and referrred to HNRC(House version of S. 220)
Would amend the Antiquities Act of 1906 to state that establishment or extension of a national monument may be undertaken only by express authorization of Congress.
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H.R. 556Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers ActSponsor: Wittman (VA) Cosponsors: McGuire (VA), Weber (TX), Scott (GA), De La Cruz (TX), Wagner (MO), Bean (FL), Tenney (NY), Calvert (CA), Zinke (MT), Stauber (MN), Edwards (NC), Norman (SC), McClintock (CA), Guest (MS), Thompson (PA), Moolenaar (MI), Rogers (AL), Webster (FL), Finstad (MN), Murphy (NC), Newhouse (WA), Walberg (MI), Moore (AL), Biggs (AZ), Kiggans (VA), Fulcher (ID), Bost (IL), Hudson (NC), Hageman (WY), Boebert (CO), Cline (VA), Carter, (GA), Tiffany (WI), Williams (TX), Bergman (MI), Balderson (OH), Messmer (IN), Fischbach (MN), Fitzgerald (WI), Letlow (LA), Fleischmann (TN), Gosar (AZ), Owens (UT), Self (TX), Carter (TX), Grothman (WI), Biggs (SC), Fallon (TX), Hurd (CO), Langworthy (NY), Babin (TX), Moore (NC), Womack (AR), McDowell (NC), Estes (KS), Rutherford (FL), Fry (SC), Johnson (SD), Kustoff (TN), Rulli (OH), Donalds (FL), Mann (KS), Hinson (IA), Sessions (TX), Harrigan (NC), Stefanik (NY), Wied (WI), Downing (MT), Hamadeh (AZ), Crank (CO), Latta (OH)
Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R		1/16/25 - introduced and referred to HNRC and Ag. Comm.
2/20/25 - referred to Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture
(Senate version - S.537
Would prohibit (with some exceptions) the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting the use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal land or water under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture.
Would not impact "access" as the bill's name implies.
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H.R. 598Forest Information Reform Act (FIR Act)Sponsor: Zinke (MT) Cosponsors: Newhouse (WA), Fulcher (ID)
1/21/25 - introduced and referred to HNRC and Ag. Comm.(Related bill: H.R. 168)
Would reduce protections of the Endangered Species Act by overturning a 2015 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision (Cottonwood Environmental Law Center v. U.S. Forest Service) that reaffirmed the consultation duty of the Forest Service with regard to endangered species and their critical habitat.
Would 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 if a new species is listed or critical habitat is designated or new information reveals effects of the land use plan that may affect a listed species or critical habitat. This has become known as "The Cottonwood Fix".
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H.R. 676To exempt Federal actions related to energy and mineral activities on certain Federal lands from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy ActSponsor: Hageman (WY) 1/2325 - introduced and referred to HNRCWould allow federal agencies to approve/renew a lease, easement, or right-of-way that would be for exploration, development, or production of oil, gas, or coal and would allow the approval/renewal of a permit for exploration, location, development, or extraction of a critical mineral on land that is open to mineral entry, with: no notice to the public, no environmental review, and no opportunities for public input or comment. (It should be noted that the administration will be "reviewing" the list of critical minerals and will likely add even more minerals to that list.
The 2022 list of critical minerals includes: aluminum, antimony, arsenic, barite, beryllium, bismuth, cerium, cesium, chromium, cobalt, dysprosium, erbium, europium, fluorspar, gadolinium, gallium, germanium, graphite, hafnium, holmium, indium, iridium, lanthanum, lithium, lutetium, magnesium, manganese, neodymium, nickel, niobium, palladium, platinum, praseodymium, rhodium, rubidium, ruthenium, samarium, scandium, tantalum, tellurium, terbium, thulium, tin, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, ytterbium, yttrium, zinc, and zirconium.
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H.R. 1125Local Opportunities, Conservation, and American Lands (LOCAL) ActSponsor: Hurd (CO)
Cosponsors: Fischbach (MN), Taylor (OH), Hern (OK), Smith (NE), Palmer (AL), Begich (AK), Maloy (UT), Goldman (TX), Sessions (TX), Hageman (WY), Ogles (TN), Zinke (MT), Baird (IN), Perry (PA), Crank (CO), Evans (CO), Boebert (CO)		2/7/25 - referred to HNRCWould move the BLM Headquarters from DC to Grand Junction, CO. Would also require the DOI Secretary to conduct a study on the feasibility of relocating more existing BLM employee positions to the headquarters or a western State specified by the Secretary and "determine amongst other things whether such relocation will improve management of Federal lands, increase coordination with local communities, and strengthen tourism, conservation, outdoor recreation, grazing, responsible energy production, or other multiple uses".
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H.R. 1206Western Economic Security Today Act (or WEST Act)Sponsor: Maloy (UT)
Cosponsors: Fulcher (ID), Hageman (WY), Newhouse (WA), Owens (UT), Bentz (OR), Zinke (MT), Hurd (CO), Kennedy (UT)		2/11/25 - introduced and referred to HNRC(House version of S.530)
Would cause the “Conservation and Landscape Health” Rule (aka Public Lands Rule), to have no force or effect.
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H.R. 1366Mining Regulatory Clarity ActSponsor: Amodei (NV)
Cosponsors: Horsford (NV)		2/14/25 - introduced and referred to HNRC(Related bill: S.544)
"Modifies" (eliminates) all mineral withdrawals.
Limits the right of the federal government to regulate mining and mining-related activities (including requiring validity exams) under FLPMA, the Wilderness Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, the ESA and other laws.
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H.R. 1897ESA Amendments ActSponsor: Westerman (AR)
Cosponsors: Hageman (WY), Stauber (MN), Tiffany (WI), Gosar (AZ), Hurd (CO), Newhouse (WA), Bentz (OR), Fulcher (ID), Begich (AK), Ezell (MS), Amodei (NV), Hunt (TX), Maloy (UT), Biggs (AZ), LaMalfa (CA), Boebert (CO), McDowell (NC), Collins (GA), Calvert (CA), Walberg (MI), Downing (MT), Higgins (LA), Grothman (WI), Latta (OH), Rulli (OH)
3/6/25 - introduced and referred to HNRC
3/18/25 - referred to the Subcommittee on Water Wildlife & Fisheries
3/25/25 - Subcommittee hearings held		Would roll back key ESA protections. Would slow-walk species listing under the ESA and then fast-track their delisting. Threatens to undermine the work of the federal experts, including scientists, by shifting key pieces of imperiled species management to state agencies that may lack the resources to do this critical work. Would also gut the consultation process that ensures that federal agencies themselves do not take actions likely to make species go extinct.
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H.R. 2645Congressional oversight of the Antiquities ActSponsor: Miller-Meeks
Cosponsors: Newhouse (WA), Bentz (OR)		4/3/25 - introduced and referred to HNRCWould amend the Antiquities Act to make a national monument designation last for a maximum of 6 months, unless extended or modified by an Act of Congress. If that does not take place, the lands that were included in the national monument cannot be included in a future national monument or monument expansion for 25 years.
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