S 2273

Introduced

Wyoming Education Trust Modernization Act

S. 2273 To amend the Act of July 10, 1890, to modify certain provisions relating to the disposal of public land in the State of Wyoming for educational purposes.

Introduced Jul 14, 2025

Latest action (Jul 23, 2026) Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 483.

Referred to

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Policy area

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Issues

Education

Summary

Amends the Act of July 10, 1890, which governs the disposal of public land in Wyoming for educational purposes.
Updates terminology in sections 5, 7, and 8 of the 1890 Act regarding earnings and income from public land.
Replaces references to "interest of" and "income thereof" with "earnings on" in the specified sections of the Act.

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Sponsor (1)

Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] (R-WY)

1 cosponsor

Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] (R-WY)

Actions (6)

Jul 23, 2026 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 483. · senate
Jul 23, 2026 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report. · senate
Dec 17, 2025 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. · senate
Dec 2, 2025 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. · senate
Jul 14, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · senate
Jul 14, 2025 Introduced in Senate

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Meetings where this bill was on the agenda

Business meeting to consider S.291, to establish an interest-bearing account for the non-Federal contributions to the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, S.858, to authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a commemorative work on the National Mall to honor the extraordinary acts of valor, selfless service, and sacrifice displayed by Medal of Honor recipients, S.1341, to amend the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add certain land to the Sarvis Creek Wilderness, S.1363, to provide for greater cooperation and coordination between the Federal Government and the governing bodies and community users of land grant-mercedes in New Mexico relating to historical or traditional uses of certain land grant-mercedes on Federal public land, S.1377, to ensure the maintenance of a herd of horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, S.1470, to require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to prioritize the completion of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, S.1787, to establish the Dolores River National Conservation Area and the Dolores River Special Management Area in the State of Colorado, to protect private water rights in the State, S.1860, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to Brian Head Town, Utah, certain National Forest System land, S.2015, to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by the Department of the Interior or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western and southeastern United States, to acknowledge and support the long-standing use of cultural burning by Indian Tribes and Indigenous practitioners, S.2016, to exchange non-Federal land held by the Chugach Alaska Corporation for certain Federal Land in the Chugach Region, S.2033, to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on existing programs, rules, and authorities that enable or inhibit wildfire mitigation across land ownership boundaries on Federal and non-Federal land, S.2262, to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to clarify the nature of public investment for purposes of certain rulemaking, S.2273, to amend the Act of July 10, 1890, to modify certain provisions relating to the disposal of public land in the State of Wyoming for educational purposes, S.2546, to provide for an extension of the legislative authority of the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, S.2881, to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of California.Energy and Natural Resources CommitteeDec 17, 2025Business meeting

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

July 14, 2025

Ms. Lummis (for herself and Mr. Barrasso) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

July 23, 2026

Reported by Mr. Lee, without amendment

A BILL

To amend the Act of July 10, 1890, to modify certain provisions relating to the disposal of public land in the State of Wyoming for educational purposes.

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 “Wyoming Education Trust Modernization Act”.

SEC. 2. DISPOSAL OF PUBLIC LAND IN THE STATE OF WYOMING FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.

The Act of July 10, 1890 (26 Stat. 222, chapter 664), is amended—

(1) in section 5, in the first sentence, by striking “interest of” and inserting “earnings on”;

(2) in section 7, by striking “interest of” and inserting “earnings on”; and

(3) in section 8, in the first sentence, by striking “income thereof” and inserting “earnings on which”. Calendar No. 483

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 2273

A BILL

To amend the Act of July 10, 1890, to modify certain provisions relating to the disposal of public land in the State of Wyoming for educational purposes.

July 23, 2026

Reported without amendment

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