Public land sales stripped from House budget bill, though drilling and mining giveaways remain
Avi Kwa Ame National Monument, NV
Mason Cummings, TWS
Package still "most extreme legislative attack on public lands" ever
WASHINGTON D.C. (May 21, 2025) — As reflected in a manager's amendment, the House budget reconciliation bill is set to advance without a widely criticized amendment that would have sold off at least 500,000 acres of public lands in Nevada and Utah.
Lydia Weiss, senior director for government relations at The Wilderness Society, made the following statement about the news:
"Selling our shared public lands to pay for tax cuts for the rich was and is an awful, un-American idea, and we appreciate Rep. Zinke's work to keep it out of the bill. His colleagues never should have considered it in the first place. Unfortunately, even without selling off public lands outright, this budget reconciliation proposal remains the most extreme legislative attack on public lands in our nation’s history. We call on Congress to reject this mass giveaway to powerful corporate interests."
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See The WIlderness Society’s analysis of key provisions in the House budget reconciliation bill
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