Last progress July 10, 2025 (4 months ago)
Introduced on July 10, 2025 by John A. Barrasso
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S4317-4318)
This bill changes how the government gathers public input when making rules about federal public lands. It says agencies can only consider comments from U.S. citizens on rules for lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and it requires using tools like CAPTCHA to block bots and AI from flooding the comment system . It also confirms that, until new rules are issued, agencies should follow the current rules as much as possible, and that rulemaking must follow standard federal procedures for public notice and comment .
It updates the definition of “public involvement” to make clear it means involvement by U.S. citizens in these processes, tied to the new limits above .