The "Productive Public Lands Act" mandates the Secretary of the Interior to reissue nine specific Records of Decision (RODs) and Resource Management Plans (RMPs) within 60 days of the bill's enactment. These reissuances, to be carried out through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, cover various field offices and management areas across several states, including Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming. For each specified ROD and RMP, the Secretary is directed to update the preferred alternative to a pre-determined option , such as Alternative B for the Buffalo Field Office or Alternative A for the Grand Junction Field Office. A critical provision of the bill states that these reissued documents and their selected preferred alternatives are considered to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Furthermore, the bill explicitly states that these documents do not require any additional environmental analysis , effectively streamlining their implementation by bypassing further review processes.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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Productive Public Lands Act
USA119th CongressHR-1997| House
| Updated: 3/10/2025
The "Productive Public Lands Act" mandates the Secretary of the Interior to reissue nine specific Records of Decision (RODs) and Resource Management Plans (RMPs) within 60 days of the bill's enactment. These reissuances, to be carried out through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, cover various field offices and management areas across several states, including Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming. For each specified ROD and RMP, the Secretary is directed to update the preferred alternative to a pre-determined option , such as Alternative B for the Buffalo Field Office or Alternative A for the Grand Junction Field Office. A critical provision of the bill states that these reissued documents and their selected preferred alternatives are considered to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Furthermore, the bill explicitly states that these documents do not require any additional environmental analysis , effectively streamlining their implementation by bypassing further review processes.