S. 4412 119th Congress Senate

No FED in West Texas Act

Official title: A bill to prohibit the implementation of a Land Protection Plan for Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge.

Introduced: April 28, 2026 Introduced by: Ted Cruz Republican · Texas See on congress.gov

Public Lands and Natural Resources

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Apr 28, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Apr 28, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

No Federal Expansion Designation in West Texas Act or the No FED in West Texas Act

This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing its 2023 final land protection plan and environmental assessment for the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge in Texas. The plan allows Interior to expand the refuge and purchase lands or acquire conservation easements on up to 700,000 acres of land in the Southern High Plains region along the Texas-New Mexico border.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4412: No FED in West Texas Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4412/

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