# 119-hr-5131: Public Lands Military Readiness Act of 2025

119-hr-5131, Public Lands Military Readiness Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK); status passed_house (as of 2026-09-26).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5131
- As of: 2026-09-26
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5131
- Congress: 119
- Title: Public Lands Military Readiness Act of 2025
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-09-04
- Sponsor: Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-26

## Summary

**Extends military land withdrawals through 2051** for specified training areas and corrects official acreage and map references. - Military units and training centers: Keeps Yukon Training Area, Donnelly Training Area East and West, McGregor Range at Fort Bliss, and related Alaska lands withdrawn and reserved for military use through November 6, 2051. Fort Irwin lands in California are withdrawn and reserved through December 31, 2051. - Local land managers and nearby communities: Updates land records by correcting the McGregor Range acreage to about 605,401 acres and Fort Irwin acreage to 117,710 acres. It also replaces the Fort Irwin map reference with a February 28, 2025 map. - Federal legal framework: Amends cross-references to the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 and the Fort Irwin Military Land Withdrawal Act of 2001 to reflect the new dates, acreages, and map citation.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-10-08T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Longer military use on public lands: mixed, low. If enacted, military training withdrawals at the Yukon, Donnelly, and McGregor ranges would run until November 6, 2051. Fort Irwin’s withdrawal would run until December 31, 2051. Fort Irwin’s official area would change from 110,000 acres to 117,710 acres and use a map dated February 28, 2025. McGre…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-5131 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5131)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5131 (as of 2026-09-26).