S. 530 119th Congress Senate

WEST Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to repeal a rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to conservation and landscape health.

Introduced: February 11, 2025 Introduced by: John Barrasso Republican · Wyoming See on congress.gov

Public Lands and Natural Resources Department of the InteriorEnvironmental regulatory proceduresLand use and conservationWildlife conservation and habitat protection

Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps

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Feb 11, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Feb 11, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S862)

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What's happening now February 11, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S862)

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 6

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

DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE
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NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
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DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE
for DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE
for DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
6 filings
SENATE
6 filings
Interior, Dept of (DOI)
5 filings
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
1 filing
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
1 filing
Energy, Dept of
1 filing
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
1 filing
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
1 filing

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Cosponsors 8