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Revised Senate bill includes updated Lee language to sell public lands

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28.06.2025

The 940-page bill Senate Republican leaders unveiled Friday night to implement President Trump’s agenda includes a section pushed by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) to sell public lands, although a smaller amount of land than was in a provision rejected earlier in the week by Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough.

The updated language in the bill directs the secretary of the Interior Department to select for sale not less than 0.25 percent and not more than 0.50 percent of the Bureau of Land Management’s land with certain restrictions.

The Interior secretary would be directed to “dispose” of land that has the “highest value,” is nominated for sale by........

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