To ensure that Big Cypress National Preserve may not be designated as wilderness or as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.
Sponsored By: Representative Franklin, Scott
Introduced
Summary
A permanent ban on wilderness designation for Big Cypress National Preserve. This bill would prohibit the Big Cypress National Preserve from being designated as wilderness or from being included in the National Wilderness Preservation System in perpetuity.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
No new wilderness rules at Big Cypress
The bill would bar Big Cypress National Preserve from being named wilderness or added to the National Wilderness Preservation System. Federal land managers would not be able to apply Wilderness Act rules there. This would have no end date. People and businesses near the preserve could see fewer land-use limits. Conservation groups would lose a path to stronger legal protections. It would take effect upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Franklin, Scott
FL • R
Cosponsors
Bilirakis
FL • R
Sponsored 2/11/2025
Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-26]
FL • R
Sponsored 2/11/2025
Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
FL • R
Sponsored 2/11/2025
Webster (FL)
FL • R
Sponsored 2/11/2025
Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
FL • R
Sponsored 2/11/2025
Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-28]
FL • R
Sponsored 2/11/2025
Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13]
FL • R
Sponsored 2/11/2025
Salazar
FL • R
Sponsored 2/11/2025
Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23]
FL • D
Sponsored 2/11/2025
Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21]
FL • R
Sponsored 2/11/2025
Rep. Cammack, Kat [R-FL-3]
FL • R
Sponsored 2/11/2025
Lee (FL)
FL • R
Sponsored 2/11/2025
Rutherford
FL • R
Sponsored 2/11/2025
Fulcher
ID • R
Sponsored 4/9/2025
Haridopolos
FL • R
Sponsored 5/29/2025
Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]
FL • D
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Buchanan
FL • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Barr
KY • R
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Roll Call Votes
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