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To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue certain Records of Decision and Resource Management Plans.
Summary
This bill would direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue nine Resource Management Plans and Records of Decision for various Bureau of Land Management field offices within 60 days of enactment. For each plan, the bill specifies which alternative should be selected as the preferred management approach, covering areas in Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming related to land use, oil and gas development, and wildlife habitat. The bill exempts these reissued documents from requiring additional environmental analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act and the Administrative Procedure Act.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3] (R-CO)
6 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Jeff Hurd’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP $99,650
- RDV CORPORATION $23,100
- SHAW CONSTRUCTION $18,600
- HASELDEN CONSTRUCTION $16,500
- WHEELER TRIGG O'DONNELL LLP $15,575
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Actions (2)
- Mar 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. · house
- Mar 10, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 10, 2025
Mr. Hurd of Colorado (for himself, Mr. LaMalfa, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Downing, Mr. Evans of Colorado, and Mr. Bentz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue certain Records of Decision and Resource Management Plans.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Productive Public Lands Act”.
SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATION OF RECORDS OF DECISION.
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, shall reissue each of the following and update the preferred alternative accordingly:
(1) The Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment, dated November 2024, selecting alternative B as the preferred alternative.
(2) The Record of Decision and Approved Grand Junction Field Office Resource Management Plan, dated October 2024, selecting alternative A as the preferred alternative.
(3) The Record of Decision and Approved Colorado River Valley Field Office Resource Management Plan, dated October 2024, selecting alternative B as the preferred alternative.
(4) The Miles City Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan, dated November 2024, selecting alternative A as the preferred alternative.
(5) The Rock Springs Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan, dated December 2024, selecting alternative C as the preferred alternative.
(6) The Record of Decision and Approved Eastern Colorado Resource Management Plan: Royal Gorge Field Office, dated January 2024, selecting alternative A or C as the preferred alternative.
(7) The Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment for Big Game Habitat Conservation for Oil and Gas Management in Colorado, dated October 2024, selecting alternative A as the preferred alternative.
(8) The Lakeview Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment, dated January 2025, selecting alternative A as the preferred alternative.
(9) The Gunnison Sage-Grouse Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment, dated October 2024, selecting alternative A as the preferred alternative.
SEC. 3. AUTHORITY.
The documents reissued under section 2 and the preferred alternatives selected therein—
(1) shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the “Administrative Procedure Act”); and
(2) do not require any additional environmental analysis. <all>
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