Senate Reintroduces Public Lands Sale to “Big Beautiful Bill”

An amendment to sell off public lands was recently reintroduced by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) after it had been removed from the Big Beautiful Bill—also known as H.R. 1—prior to the bill’s passage by the House of Representatives on May 22. If passed by the Senate, the amendment would allow for the sale of 0.5 to 0.75% of the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management land—roughly 2.2 to 3.3 million acres—across 11 Western states, to add housing and infrastructure.

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