119-hr4044

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4044 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4044

To reauthorize the Foundation for America?s Public Lands, and for other 
 purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 17, 2025

Mr. Moore of Utah (for himself and Mr. Neguse) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

To reauthorize the Foundation for America?s Public Lands, and for other 
 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 ``Foundation for America's Public 
Lands Reauthorization Act''.

SEC. 2. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION.

 

Section 122 of division G of Public Law 115-31 (43 U.S.C. 1748c) is 
amended as follows:

    (1) In subsection

    (a)

    (3) , by striking ``Bureau of Land 
 Management Foundation'' and inserting ``Foundation for 
 America's Public Lands''.

    (2) In subsection

    (b) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (1)
        (A) , by striking ``Bureau of 
 Land Management Foundation'' and inserting ``Foundation 
 for America's Public Lands''; and
        (B) in paragraph

    (2)
            (D) --
            (i) in clause
            (ii) , by striking ``; and'' 
 and inserting a semicolon;
            (ii) in clause
            (iii) , by striking the 
 period and inserting ``; and''; and
            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (iv) the fulfillment of the Bureau of 
 Land Management's multiple use mandate.''.

    (3) By amending subsection
            (c) (1)
        (B)
            (i) to read as follows:
 ``
            (i) Number of board members.--The number 
 of members on the Board shall be as follows:
 ``
            (I) Not later than 180 days after 
 the date of the enactment of the 
 Foundation for America's Public Lands 
 Reauthorization Act, not more than 12 
 members.
 ``
            (II) Two years after the date of 
 the enactment of the Foundation for 
 America's Public Lands Reauthorization 
 Act, not more than 15 members.
 ``
            (III) Four years after the date 
 of the enactment of the Foundation for 
 America's Public Lands Reauthorization 
 Act and thereafter, not more than 18 
 members.''.

    (4) By amending subsection
            (c) (1)
            (C) 
            (ii) to read as 
 follows:
 ``
            (ii) Expertise; representation.--
 ``
            (I) Expertise.--Not less than 
 one-third of the members of the Board 
 shall have education or experience 
 relating to natural, cultural, 
 conservation, or other resource 
 management, law, or research.
 ``
            (II) Representation.--Not later 
 than 4 years after the date of the 
 enactment of the Foundation for 
 America's Public Lands Reauthorization 
 Act, the 18 members of the Board shall 
 include not fewer than--
 ``

    (aa) two members with 
 experience in energy 
 production; including one with 
 experience with fossil fuels 
 and one with experience in non-
 fossil fueled energy 
 production;
 ``

    (bb) one member with 
 experience ranching or grazing 
 on Federal land under the 
 administrative jurisdiction of 
 the Bureau of Land Management;
 ``
            (cc) one member from the 
 non-motorized outdoor 
 recreation community;
 ``
            (dd) one member from the 
 motorized outdoor recreation 
 community;
 ``

    (ee) one member from the 
 hunting/fishing community or 
 one member from the 
 recreational shooting industry; 
 and
 ``

    (ff) one member from the 
 mining industry.''.

    (5) By inserting after subsection
            (i) the following:
 ``

    (j) Prohibition on Use of Amounts for Litigation and Lobbying 
Expenses.--Amounts made available under this Act shall not be used 
for--
 ``

    (1) any expense related to litigation; or
 ``

    (2) any activity the purpose of which is to influence 
 legislation pending before Congress.
 ``

    (k) Use of Gifts, Devises, or Bequests of Money or Other 
Property.--Any gifts, devises, or bequests of amounts or other 
property, or any other amounts or other property, transferred to, 
deposited with, or otherwise in the possession of the Foundation 
pursuant to this Act, may be made available by the Foundation to 
Federal departments, agencies, or instrumentalities and may be accepted 
and expended (or the disposition of the amounts or property directed), 
without further appropriation, by those Federal departments, agencies, 
or instrumentalities, subject to the condition that the amounts or 
property be used for purposes that further the multiple use mission of 
the Bureau of Land Mangement.''.

    (6) By redesignating subsection

    (j) as subsection
            (l) .

    (7) In subsection
            (l) (as so redesignated by paragraph

    (7) of this subsection), by striking ``such sums as are necessary 
 to carry out this section'' and inserting ``to the Secretary of 
 the Interior to carry out this Act, $10,000,000 for each of the 
 five fiscal years after the date of the enactment of this 
 Act''.
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