H.R. 34 119th Congress House

LASSO Act

Official title: To deposit portions of revenue generated from public lands into the Social Security Trust Fund.

Introduced: January 3, 2025 Introduced by: Paul A. Gosar Republican · Arizona See on congress.gov

Public Lands and Natural Resources Government trust fundsSocial security and elderly assistance

Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps

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Became law

Feb 10, 2026

Subcommittee Hearings Held

Feb 3, 2026

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Jan 31, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.

Jan 3, 2025

Introduced in House

Jan 3, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.

Votes taken on this bill 2

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
Dec 7, 2016	Senate · vote #157	On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment …	Agreed To	94–5	See who voted →
Dec 5, 2016	Senate · vote #156	On the Cloture Motion H.R. 34	Agreed To	85–13	See who voted →

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Land And Social Security Optimization Act or the LASSO Act

This bill requires 10% of revenue generated by public lands, including submerged lands on the Outer Continental Shelf, under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to be deposited into the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, which is used to pay Social Security benefits to retirees and their families and to survivors of deceased workers.

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Committees of jurisdiction 4

Agriculture Committee
House of Representatives
Federal Lands Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Natural Resources Committee
Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Agriculture Committee
Natural Resources Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 8

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

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AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
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AARP
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Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8 filings
SENATE
8 filings
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
5 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
4 filings
White House Office
4 filings
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
3 filings
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
3 filings
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
3 filings

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Cosponsors 16