[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4044 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4044
To reauthorize the Foundation for America?s Public Lands, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 17, 2025
Mr. Moore of Utah (for himself and Mr. Neguse) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
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A BILL
To reauthorize the Foundation for America?s Public Lands, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Foundation for America's Public
Lands Reauthorization Act''.
SEC. 2. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION.
Section 122 of division G of Public Law 115-31 (43 U.S.C. 1748c) is
amended as follows:
(1) In subsection (a)(3), by striking ``Bureau of Land
Management Foundation'' and inserting ``Foundation for
America's Public Lands''.
(2) In subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``Bureau of
Land Management Foundation'' and inserting ``Foundation
for America's Public Lands''; and
(B) in paragraph (2)(D)--
(i) in clause (ii), by striking ``; and''
and inserting a semicolon;
(ii) in clause (iii), by striking the
period and inserting ``; and''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(iv) the fulfillment of the Bureau of
Land Management's multiple use mandate.''.
(3) By amending subsection (c)(1)(B)(i) to read as follows:
``(i) Number of board members.--The number
of members on the Board shall be as follows:
``(I) Not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of the
Foundation for America's Public Lands
Reauthorization Act, not more than 12
members.
``(II) Two years after the date of
the enactment of the Foundation for
America's Public Lands Reauthorization
Act, not more than 15 members.
``(III) Four years after the date
of the enactment of the Foundation for
America's Public Lands Reauthorization
Act and thereafter, not more than 18
members.''.
(4) By amending subsection (c)(1)(C)(ii) to read as
follows:
``(ii) Expertise; representation.--
``(I) Expertise.--Not less than
one-third of the members of the Board
shall have education or experience
relating to natural, cultural,
conservation, or other resource
management, law, or research.
``(II) Representation.--Not later
than 4 years after the date of the
enactment of the Foundation for
America's Public Lands Reauthorization
Act, the 18 members of the Board shall
include not fewer than--
``(aa) two members with
experience in energy
production; including one with
experience with fossil fuels
and one with experience in non-
fossil fueled energy
production;
``(bb) one member with
experience ranching or grazing
on Federal land under the
administrative jurisdiction of
the Bureau of Land Management;
``(cc) one member from the
non-motorized outdoor
recreation community;
``(dd) one member from the
motorized outdoor recreation
community;
``(ee) one member from the
hunting/fishing community or
one member from the
recreational shooting industry;
and
``(ff) one member from the
mining industry.''.
(5) By inserting after subsection (i) the following:
``(j) Prohibition on Use of Amounts for Litigation and Lobbying
Expenses.--Amounts made available under this Act shall not be used
for--
``(1) any expense related to litigation; or
``(2) any activity the purpose of which is to influence
legislation pending before Congress.
``(k) Use of Gifts, Devises, or Bequests of Money or Other
Property.--Any gifts, devises, or bequests of amounts or other
property, or any other amounts or other property, transferred to,
deposited with, or otherwise in the possession of the Foundation
pursuant to this Act, may be made available by the Foundation to
Federal departments, agencies, or instrumentalities and may be accepted
and expended (or the disposition of the amounts or property directed),
without further appropriation, by those Federal departments, agencies,
or instrumentalities, subject to the condition that the amounts or
property be used for purposes that further the multiple use mission of
the Bureau of Land Mangement.''.
(6) By redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (l).
(7) In subsection (l) (as so redesignated by paragraph (7)
of this subsection), by striking ``such sums as are necessary
to carry out this section'' and inserting ``to the Secretary of
the Interior to carry out this Act, $10,000,000 for each of the
five fiscal years after the date of the enactment of this
Act''.
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