119-hr1997

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1997 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1997

 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue certain Records of 
 Decision and Resource Management Plans.

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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

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 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.
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