S 2262 119th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Agriculture Land use and conservation Public participation and lobbying

American Voices in Federal Lands Act

Introduced: July 10, 2025 Introduced by: Barrasso, John Republican · Wyoming See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Dec 17, 2025

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Dec 2, 2025

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.

Jul 10, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S4317-4318)

Jul 10, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Votes taken on this bill 2

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
May 12, 2014	Senate · vote #142	On the Cloture Motion S. 2262	Rejected	55–36	See who voted →
May 6, 2014	Senate · vote #131	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 2262	Agreed To	79–20	See who voted →

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American Voices in Federal Lands Act

This bill directs the Bureau of Land Management to modify its public comment system by (1) only considering public comments from U.S. citizens; and (2) deterring attempts at public involvement via artificial intelligence (AI), such as AI bots, by establishing and implementing a Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA test).

What's happening now December 17, 2025

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Hearings & markups 2

Business meeting to consider S.291, to establish an interest-bearing account for the non-Federal contributions to the L…
Meeting Dec 17, 2025 · 9:30 AM EST · Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Hearings to examine S.90, to prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of the Interior to finalize and implement certa…
Meeting Dec 2, 2025 · 3:00 PM EST · Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Senate
Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
Senate · subcommittee of Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Lobbying activity 1

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

BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS
for BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS · Montana · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025

Cosponsors 7

Sullivan, Dan

Alaska · Jul 23, 2025

Sheehy, Tim

Montana · Jul 21, 2025

Daines, Steve

Montana · Jul 14, 2025

Wyoming · Jul 10, 2025

Risch, James E.

Idaho · Jul 10, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2262: American Voices in Federal Lands Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2262/

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"S. 2262: American Voices in Federal Lands Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2262/.

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S. 2262, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2262/.

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