# 119-hr-839: No FED in West Texas Act

119-hr-839, No FED in West Texas Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19] (R-TX); status in_committee (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-839
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-839
- Congress: 119
- Title: No FED in West Texas Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-01-31
- Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-11-04

## Summary

**Blocks finalization and enforcement of the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge Land Protection Plan.** This bill would create an explicit statutory prohibition targeting the specific Final Land Protection Plan & Environmental Assessment for Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in February 2023. - Federal agencies: The Secretary of the Interior and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would be barred from finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing the February 2023 land protection plan. - Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge: The specified land‑protection initiative would be prevented from taking effect, leaving the refuge's status quo unchanged relative to that plan.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Hunt, Wesley [R-TX-38] (R-TX), 2025-05-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Blocks Muleshoe Refuge land plan: benefit, low. This bill would prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing the Land Protection Plan described in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service document "Final Land Protection Plan & Environmental Assessment Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge" (February 202…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act
- 119-hr-2395: SHORT Act
- 119-hr-1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act
- 119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-513: Offshore Lands Authorities Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-839 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/839)

## Related
- [119-hr-1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1)
- [119-hr-2395: SHORT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2395)
- [119-hr-1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1181)
- [119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-987)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-513: Offshore Lands Authorities Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-513)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-839 (as of 2026-11-04).