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Long-Thwarted Efforts to Sell Public Lands See New Life Under Trump
- Nevada lawmakers introduced, debated, and ultimately let die a resolution and an amendment supporting a public lands bill and land sales in early 2024.
- This followed Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo's February request for a resolution backing Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto's federally backed land transfer bill.
- Rep. Mark Amodei's last-minute amendment to sell over half a million acres faced bipartisan opposition due to transparency concerns and lack of earmarked proceeds for Nevada.
- The amendment passed 36-6 in the Assembly but was rescinded and removed from the House bill, as critics said it would not solve housing shortages and lacked safeguards.
- Sen. Mike Lee plans to revive a similar public land sale proposal in the Senate amid ongoing disputes over federal land control and environmentalist opposition.
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How a resolution backing public land sales for housing died in the Nevada Legislature - The Nevada Independent
A seemingly straightforward resolution introduced by Assm. Sandra Jauregui (D-Las Vegas) failed to advance out of the Legislature thanks to a confluence of factors most notably including Rep. Mark Amodei’s (R-NV) failed last-minute federal amendment to sell off hundreds of thousands of acres of public land in Nevada as part of the Republicans’ budget reconciliation package.
To sell or not to sell?
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Long-thwarted efforts to sell public lands see new life under Trump • Nevada Current
Cattle gather around a watering hole on federal land near Monticello, Utah. Utah is among several Western states seeking to reduce federal land ownership. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)Public outcry was swift and forceful after a U.S. House committee last month hastily approved an amendment directing the federal government to sell off more than half a million acres of public land. A few days later, lawmakers advanced the larger …
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Long-thwarted efforts to sell public lands see new life under Trump
This story originally appeared in Stateline. Public outcry was swift and forceful after a U.S. House committee last month hastily approved an amendment directing the federal government to sell off more than half a million acres of public land. A…
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