H.R. 718
119th Congress
House
Public Lands in Public Hands Act
Official title: To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from transferring certain Federal land, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 28, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
Jan 23, 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.
Jan 23, 2025
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Lobbying activity
62
- HIGH STREET STRATEGIES LLC
- MIKE WILLIAMS CAPITOL STRATEGIES LLC (F/K/A MW CAPITOL STRATEGIES LLC)
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP
- THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
- PORT SIDE STRATEGIES, LLC
- TROUT UNLIMITED
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Interior, Dept of (DOI)
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
- U.S. Forest Service
- Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
Cosponsors
18
D
Lofgren, Zoe
D
Panetta, Jimmy
I
Kiley, Kevin
D
Stanton, Greg
D
Hoyle, Val T.
D
Dingell, Debbie
D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
D
Neguse, Joe
R
Ciscomani, Juan
D
Vindman, Eugene Simon
R
Kean, Thomas H.
D
Schrier, Kim
D
Goodlander, Maggie
R
Kim, Young
D
Bynum, Janelle S.
R
Downing, Troy
R
Simpson, Michael K.
D
Vasquez, Gabe
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 718: Public Lands in Public Hands Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-718/
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