HR1997-119

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Productive Public Lands Act.

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: The Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment, dated November 2024, selecting alternative B as the preferred alternative. The Record of Decision and Approved Grand Junction Field Office Resource Management Plan, dated October 2024, selecting alternative A as the preferred alternative. The Record of Decision and Approved Colorado River Valley Field Office Resource Management Plan, dated October 2024, selecting alternative B as the preferred alternative. The Miles City Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan, dated November 2024, selecting alternative A as the preferred alternative. The Rock Springs Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan, dated December 2024, selecting alternative C as the preferred alternative. 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. 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. The Lakeview Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment, dated January 2025, selecting alternative A as the preferred alternative. The Gunnison Sage-Grouse Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment, dated October 2024, selecting alternative A as the preferred alternative.

3. Authority The documents reissued under section 2 and the preferred alternatives selected therein— 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 do not require any additional environmental analysis.