Track bills, resolutions, and amendments moving through Congress
Scarper Ridge Golden Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act
The bill clarifies and maps a proposed expansion to support future public access and streamline NPS planning, but it contains no funding or transfer authority, creating potential delays and ongoing uncertainty for local governments and property owners.
Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025
The bill increases federal involvement in DC to improve public safety and public‑space upkeep and transparency, but it raises taxpayer costs, risks to civil liberties (especially for immigrants and minority communities), potential local‑federal tensions, and trade‑offs around firearms access.
American Water Stewardship Act
The bill extends and clarifies federal water and coastal programs to provide multi‑year stability, improved monitoring, funding flexibility, and oversight—at the cost of higher potential federal spending, added burdens on small/local recipients, eligibility limits tied to national‑security concerns, and possible administrative disruptions.
Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025
The bill directs modest, targeted federal funding and emergency funds to strengthen sea turtle rescue and response while adding federal cost and compliance requirements that may burden small rehab groups and leave non-emergency conservation needs reliant on future appropriations.
Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025
The bill strengthens U.S. tools, data, and international cooperation to reduce illegal fishing and forced labor—bolstering fisheries sustainability and supply‑chain integrity—but does so at the cost of higher enforcement and diplomatic risks, greater compliance burdens for seafood businesses, and increased federal spending.
Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025
The bill helps farmers and rural landowners recover faster from wildfire damage by providing larger, earlier advance payments and expanding eligibility, but it increases federal costs, creates repayment and administrative risks, and may strain program capacity and consistency.
Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act
The bill prioritizes hunters' access and state/local control over lead-ammunition policy on federal lands, at the expense of increased human and wildlife lead exposure risk and inconsistent protections across jurisdictions.
MAWS Act of 2026
The bill creates a short-term federal market and support structure that provides new revenue and data for managing invasive blue catfish and supply certainty for processors, at the expense of taxpayer costs, potential market distortions and crowding out of private buyers, administrative burdens, and
Chiricahua National Park Act
The bill trades stronger federal protection, clearer National Park management, and formal tribal protections — likely increasing tourism and cultural preservation — against greater visitor pressure, new rules and temporary access limits, and added administrative and taxpayer costs.
North Rim Restoration Act
The bill speeds recovery and restoration of North Rim facilities and services through time-limited, streamlined and noncompetitive contracting authorities and clearer responsibilities, but does so at the cost of reduced competition, increased fiscal and integrity risks, potential exclusion of nearby
Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act
The bill focuses federal resources and new grant/contract pathways to accelerate tribal and federal reforestation and improve project success, but it creates short-term program uncertainty, administrative costs, and risks unequal access for smaller tribes without additional capacity support.
Gateway Partnership Act
The bill clarifies who manages partnerships and protects public access, park resources, and taxpayers by shifting event costs to a designated nonprofit for a limited time, but it concentrates event control with a single private partner and reduces government liability—raising concerns about privatiz
Save Our Sequoias Act
The bill directs extensive new coordination, funding, and expedited authorities to protect and restore giant sequoias—trading faster, better‑funded action and greater Tribal participation for higher federal costs, reduced routine public/environmental review, and increased role for donors and private
Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Amendment Act of 2025
The bill centralizes and secures non‑Federal conservation funds and improves transparency for the Lower Colorado River program, but it limits flexible access to investment earnings and creates investment/timing risks that could shift costs to taxpayers or delay spending.
Vicksburg National Military Park Boundary Modification Act
The bill trades a small conveyance of federal land to Mississippi that can improve public access and visitor amenities (with retained use protections) for a modest reduction in federal park acreage and potential fiscal burdens on state/local taxpayers plus forgone sale revenue.
Reversionary Interest Conveyance Act
The bill lets private title holders buy out federal reversionary interests and secures a safe, fixed rail corridor—improving title clarity for some and protecting rail operations—while shifting costs to buyers, reducing federal flexibility over conveyed parcels, and restricting some long‑standing local property claims and redevelopment options.
Apache County and Navajo County Conveyance Act of 2025
The bill gives two rural counties small parcels of National Forest land for cemeteries at no purchase price—providing local control and modest federal cost savings—but shifts conveyance costs, legal/title and environmental risks to the counties and reduces federal public land holdings.
Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act
The bill secures a specific emergency egress route and mandates environmental and alternatives reviews to reduce harm, but it also constrains federal discretion to deny the right-of-way and may create local environmental impacts and upfront cost burdens.
Enhancing Administrative Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act
The bill aims to speed and standardize permitting for communications infrastructure on public lands—potentially improving broadband access and permitting predictability—but does so via studies and administrative changes that may delay action, raise taxpayer costs, create unequal prioritization, and,
America the Beautiful Motorcycle Fairness Act
The bill reduces out‑of‑pocket costs and clarifies some coverage rules for federal recreation passholders, improving access and administration, but it may slightly lower park fee revenue and leaves some vehicle‑type coverage ambiguous, risking inconsistent enforcement.
Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025
The bill streamlines and legally clarifies land exchanges (benefiting Alaska Native entities, landowners, and federal managers and accelerating dispute resolution and conservation actions) at the cost of shifting control and potential revenues to the federal government, reducing local/state autonomy
America's National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark Act
The bill aims to improve preservation, public access, and decisionmaking for the Churchill‑related landmark through federal study and possible assistance while limiting benefits to named entities—creating clearer stewardship but risking taxpayer costs, local obligations, and potential future shifts—
Amend the Digital Coast Act to improve the acquisition, integration, and accessibility of data of the Digital Coast program and to extend the program.
The bill aims to strengthen coastal data, mapping, and authorities to improve planning and hazard preparedness for communities and infrastructure, but it risks short-term legal ambiguity and added costs or operational strain—especially if funding does not keep pace with any expanded responsibilities.
Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act
The bill improves regional water delivery and utility operations and expands protected lands, but it shifts some costs to taxpayers and raises environmental risks near the newly expanded conservation area unless mitigation and disposal siting are carefully managed.
Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025
The bill resolves and accelerates ANCSA-related land conveyances to give tribal entities clear title and preserve specified public access, but in doing so removes federal land from public control, can limit future flexibility through easements/definitions, and raises environmental and administrative risks.
Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025
This bill speeds and simplifies permitting for undersea cable work in national marine sanctuaries—reducing costs and outages—but does so by limiting NOAA’s sanctuary-specific permitting authority, which raises risks of weaker environmental protections, reduced local oversight, and inconsistent safeguards across projects.
Critical Mineral Dominance Act
The bill speeds and prioritizes domestic critical‑mineral production, data, and permitting to strengthen supply chains and create jobs, but does so at the cost of increased environmental and public‑health risks, reduced local control, potential taxpayer liabilities, and diverted agency resources.
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona.
The bill transfers a parcel to Gila County to enable faster, low-cost development of veteran services (benefiting veterans and local communities) but shifts upfront costs and legal/contamination risk to the county and reduces federally available public forest land while restricting future use flexibility.
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument Access Act
The bill clarifies and secures Monument boundaries and encourages voluntary, cooperative land conservation and visitor services—boosting tourism and preserving traditional uses—while creating uncertainty and possible economic, tax, environmental, and management costs for local landowners, governments, Tribes, and taxpayers.
Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026
The bill increases near‑term transparency, targeted funding, and program guidance to accelerate infrastructure, safety, and tribal priorities, but does so by imposing tighter congressional controls, administrative procedures, and policy restrictions that reduce agency flexibility, create legal and budgetary uncertainty, and may delay environmental, scientific, or programmatic actions.
