Public Lands Military Readiness Act of 2025 passed the House 96 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the Senate
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Public Lands Military Readiness Act of 2025 This bill extends by 25 years the reservation of certain public lands for military use and the withdrawal of such lands from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws (e.g., mining laws). Specifically, the bill extends the withdrawal and reservation of the Fort Greely and Fort Wainwright Training Ranges in Alaska and the McGregor Range at Fort Bliss in New Mexico until November 6, 2051. It also extends the withdrawal and reservation of Fort Irwin military land in California until December 31, 2051. The bill also makes technical changes to the land descriptions of the McGregor Range and Fort Irwin lands.
- Committees
- House Armed Services Committee
House Natural Resources Committee
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee - Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security: 268 of 6,567 bills became law, 113th–118th (4.1%)
- Sponsor
- 7 of 41 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 4, from introduced in house to referred in senate · 276 words
- Subjects
- AlaskaCaliforniaLand transfersLand use and conservationMilitary facilities and propertyNew Mexico
- Latest action
- Dec 10, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Shared text, or included in a law · 1
- 119th S. 1071 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 R · Law