LASSO Act has not moved since its introduction on Jan 3, 2025, with cosponsors, all Republicans
IntroducedJan 3, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 72 words.
Land And Social Security Optimization Act or the LASSO Act This bill requires 10% of revenue generated by public lands, including submerged lands on the Outer Continental Shelf, under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to be deposited into the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, which is used to pay Social Security benefits to retirees and their families and to survivors of deceased workers.
Context
- Committees
- House Agriculture Committee
House Natural Resources Committee - Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources: 136 of 3,779 bills became law, 113th–118th (3.6%)
- Sponsor
- 8 of 198 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 216 words
- Subjects
- Government trust fundsSocial security and elderly assistance
- Latest action
- Feb 10, 2026: Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]