Wyoming Public Lands Initiative Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill provides designation of wilderness areas, provides fire management plan establishment for wilderness areas, and provides release of Wilderness Study Areas Act. It relies on appropriations and reporting requirements. The main policy areas are Environment.
Who Benefits and How
Wilderness Study Areas listed in subsection (b) could face lower compliance burdens and Federal land administered by the Bureau in the State could gain revenue opportunities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Public and private entities seeking land appropriation or disposal within the designated area could face higher barriers and Federal land in designated areas could face higher barriers.
Key Provisions
- Provides designation of wilderness areas.
- Provides fire management plan establishment for wilderness areas.
- Provides release of Wilderness Study Areas Act.
- Establishes Dubois Badlands National Conservation Area.
- Establishes Dubois Motorized Recreation Area.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill provides designation of wilderness areas, provides fire management plan establishment for wilderness areas, and provides release of Wilderness Study Areas Act.
Key Policy Areas
Environment
Primary Purpose
The bill provides designation of wilderness areas, provides fire management plan establishment for wilderness areas, and provides release of Wilderness Study Areas Act.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- Wilderness Study Areas listed in subsection (b)
- Federal land administered by the Bureau in the State
Identified Costs
- Public and private entities seeking land appropriation or disposal within the designated area
- Federal land in designated areas
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Barrasso (for himself and Ms. Lummis) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Bureau of Land Management, Federal land administered by the Bureau in the State, Forest Service
Public and private entities seeking land appropriation or disposal within the designated area
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Fremont County, Wyoming. The Secretary shall pursue transfers in which land managed by the Bureau in the County is exchanged for land owned by the State that is within the boundaries of— the Lander Slope Area of Critical Environmental Concern
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