Public Lands in Public Hands Act
Latest action · Feb 28, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 23, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 23, 2025 to Jul 22, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NM | Gabe Vasquez | Original | Jan 23, 2025 |
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| R-MT | Troy Downing | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Jun 27, 2025 | |
| D-NH | Maggie Goodlander | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Jul 17, 2025 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Sep 9, 2025 | |
| R-AZ | Juan Ciscomani | Sep 15, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Jan 7, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Jan 30, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Feb 4, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Feb 24, 2026 | |
| R-CA | Kevin Kiley | Apr 16, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Apr 20, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jul 22, 2026 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jan 23, 2025 |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jan 23, 2025 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Feb 28, 2025 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
- Jan 23, 2025Introduced in House
- Jan 23, 2025Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 14, January 23, 2025, page H389.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-3 | THE CFTC AT 50: EXAMINING THE PAST AND FUTURE OF COMMODITY MARKETS214 pages | Agriculture Committee | Mar 25, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from transferring certain Federal land, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Public Lands in Public Hands Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 23, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
