H.R. 1459
119th Congress
House
Protect the West Act of 2025
Official title: To establish an Outdoor Restoration Fund for restoration and resilience projects, and for other purposes.
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Advisory bodiesAppropriationsCongressional oversightDepartment of the Interior
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EcologyEconomic developmentEmployee hiringEmployment and training programsEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchExecutive agency funding and structureFiresForests, forestry, treesGovernment trust fundsLand use and conservationPest managementWatershedsWildlife conservation and habitat protection
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 20, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Feb 21, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 21, 2025
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Lobbying activity
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- METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
- METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
- METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
- ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES
- METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
- ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES
Bodies those filers lobbied
- Bureau of Reclamation
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- Interior, Dept of (DOI)
- SENATE
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
- Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
- Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1459: Protect the West Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1459/
"H.R. 1459: Protect the West Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1459/.
H.R. 1459, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1459/.
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