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Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2] · R–UT
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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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PlainBill explanation
Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-11 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This bill would strip legal effect from the Bureau of Land Management’s final rule based on its “Conservation and Landscape Health” proposal. It would change which rules govern the agency’s work. The supplied text proposes this change; it does not establish that the change became law.
The final rule based on the proposed rule of the Bureau of Land Management entitled Conservation and Landscape Health (88 Fed. Reg. 19583 (April 3, 2023)) shall have no force or effect.
The bill provides the short title “Western Economic Security Today Act of 2025,” or “WEST Act of 2025.”
This Act may be cited as the Western Economic Security Today Act of 2025 or the WEST Act of 2025.
The official-actions snapshot updated May 7, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 11, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-05-07T15:09:10Z. 2025-02-11: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. 2025-02-11: Introduced in House
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-02-11. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy change attached to appropriations was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion does not cover other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No congressionally directed spending for particular recipients or places was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. Other versions and earmark disclosures or accompanying materials are not supplied.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No materially narrow carve-out, special exemption, or preferential treatment was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version; the referenced rule is not supplied.
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