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H.R. 5131 119th Congress House

Public Lands Military Readiness Act of 2025

Official title: To extend military land withdrawals in Alaska, New Mexico, and California for a period of 25 years and to make technical corrections to descriptions for certai… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To extend military land withdrawals in Alaska, New Mexico, and California for a period of 25 years and to make technical corrections to descriptions for certain military land withdrawals, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 4, 2025 Introduced by: Nicholas J. Begich III Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security AlaskaCaliforniaLand transfersLand use and conservation
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Military facilities and propertyNew Mexico
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 Everywhere this bill has been 17 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 10, 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Dec 9, 2025
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 9, 2025
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5091-5092)
Dec 9, 2025
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5091-5092)
Dec 9, 2025
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5131.
Dec 9, 2025
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5091-5093)
Dec 9, 2025
Mr. Crank moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Dec 9, 2025
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 346.
Dec 9, 2025
Committee on Armed Services discharged.
Dec 9, 2025
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-397, Part I.
Nov 20, 2025
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 20, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Nov 20, 2025
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
Sep 18, 2025
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Sep 11, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Sep 4, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
Sep 4, 2025
Introduced in House
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Public Lands Military Readiness Act of 2025

This bill extends by 25 years the reservation of certain public lands for military use and the withdrawal of such lands from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws (e.g., mining laws). Specifically, the bill extends the withdrawal and reservation of the Fort Greely and Fort Wainwright Training Ranges in Alaska and the McGregor Range at Fort Bliss in New Mexico until November 6, 2051. It also extends the withdrawal and reservation of Fort Irwin military land in California until December 31, 2051.

The bill also makes technical changes to the land descriptions of the McGregor Range and Fort Irwin lands.

 Hearings & markups 1
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Vindman, Eugene Simon
Virginia · Oct 8, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5131: Public Lands Military Readiness Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5131/
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