The latest version of a controversial bill that would require the sale of federal land to pay for tax cuts limits the scope of Bureau of Land Management property eligible for sale, but remains unacceptable to hunting, fishing, and conservation leaders.
The revision of the Interior Department’s budget proposal, drafted by Utah Sen. Mike Lee (R) and released last night, would limit BLM land sales to within five miles of “population centers” but retains ambiguous language that could put 1.225 million acres of public land on the auction block. It’s unclear whether Lee’s revision will pass muster with the Senate parliamentarian, who earlier ruled that land-sale provisions aren’t strictly budgetary and must face a 60-vote passage in the Senate, where Republicans have only a 3-seat majority.
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