introduced bipartisan legislation, H.R.9167 ... to prevent future efforts to sell off public lands through the Congressional reconciliation process
Prevent future efforts to sell off public lands through the congressional reconciliation process.
Occurrences
Evidence
AP reported that House Republicans added a reconciliation provision authorizing sales of hundreds of thousands of acres of public land in Nevada and Utah, including land-sale language advanced by the House Natural Resources Committee.
Axios reported that the Senate parliamentarian ruled Sen. Mike Lee's proposal to sell about 3.3 million acres of federal public lands could not be included in the reconciliation bill because it violated Senate reconciliation rules.
The enacted reconciliation law's Title V, Subtitle C, Lands, lists sections on timber sales, renewable energy fees and revenue sharing, rescission of National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management funds, and America's 250th anniversary; it does not list a broad federal public-land disposal or housing sale mandate.
The Clerk records the final House vote on H.R. 1 as passed 218-214 on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment; Rep. Titus, Democrat of Nevada, voted No.
The Clerk records the initial House passage vote on H.R. 1 as passed 215-214-1; Rep. Titus, Democrat of Nevada, voted Nay.
Assessments
The 2025 reconciliation fight included public-land sale language affecting Nevada and Utah, so the promise was not fully fulfilled as a blanket prevention of future reconciliation-based selloff efforts. The final enacted reconciliation law omitted the broad public-land disposal provision, and Titus voted against the reconciliation vehicle, showing same-term opposition and some contribution. However, the decisive removal appears tied substantially to Senate procedural rulings and broader legislative dynamics, and there is no evidence of a durable procedural bar preventing future attempts.