# 119-hr-1997: Productive Public Lands Act

119-hr-1997, Productive Public Lands Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3] (R-CO); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1997
- Congress: 119
- Title: Productive Public Lands Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3] (R-CO)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Directs reissuance of nine Bureau of Land Management Records of Decision and updates their preferred alternatives.** This bill would require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, to reissue nine specified Records of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendments and to update the listed preferred alternatives within 60 days of enactment. - The Secretary, through the BLM Director, would have 60 days to reissue nine specific RODs and ARMPAs and to set their preferred alternatives. - It names the affected plans and the selected preferred alternatives: Buffalo Field Office ROD — alternative B, Grand Junction Field Office RMP — alternative A, Colorado River Valley Field Office RMP — alternative B, Miles City Field Office ROD — alternative A, Rock Springs Field Office ROD — alternative C, Eastern Colorado RMP: Royal Gorge Field Office — alternative A or C, Big Game Habitat Conservation for Oil and Gas Management in Colorado RMP Amendment — alternative A, Lakeview ROD and RMP Amendment — alternative A, and Gunnison Sage-Grouse ROD and RMP Amendment — alternative A.

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large] (R-WY), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1] (R-MT), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Downing, Troy [R-MT-2] (R-MT), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] (R-CO), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bentz, Cliff [R-OR-2] (R-OR), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Faster public-lands decisions for projects: mixed, low. This bill would force Interior to reissue nine named Bureau of Land Management plans within 60 days. Each reissued plan would select the specified preferred alternative (such as Alternative A, B, or C). Those documents would be treated as meeting NEPA, FLPMA, and the Administrative Procedure Act. N…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-1997 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1997)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1997 (as of 2026-04-21).