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To amend section 313 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to designate provisions resulting in the sale, disposal, or transfer of Federal lands as extraneous under the Byrd Rule.
Summary
This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act to designate provisions involving the sale, disposal, or transfer of federal public lands as "extraneous" under the Byrd Rule. The Byrd Rule is a Senate procedure that allows certain provisions to be removed from budget reconciliation bills. By adding federal land disposal provisions to the list of extraneous matters, this bill would prevent such land transactions from being included in budget bills passed through the reconciliation process. This would require any federal land sales or transfers to go through the regular legislative process rather than being attached to budget measures.
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Actions (2)
- Apr 30, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. · senate
- Apr 30, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 30, 2026
Mr. Bennet (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget
A BILL
To amend section 313 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to designate provisions resulting in the sale, disposal, or transfer of Federal lands as extraneous under the Byrd Rule.
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 “Public Lands Integrity Act”.
SEC. 2. PROVISIONS RESULTING IN THE SALE, DISPOSAL, OR TRANSFER OF FEDERAL LANDS DESIGNATED AS EXTRANEOUS UNDER THE BYRD RULE.
Section 313(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(b)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking “and (F)” and inserting “(F)”; and
(2) by inserting “; and (G) a provision that results in the sale, disposal, or transfer of Federal lands shall be considered extraneous” before the period at the end. <all>
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