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HR 5131 · in committee · significant

Public Lands Military Readiness Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The bill extends military use of four military training ranges in Alaska, New Mexico, and California for 25 years.
  • This affects military operations and prevents mining or other civilian resource extraction on these public lands.
  • The bill makes technical updates to land descriptions and has no direct federal spending requirement.

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  1. 01

    How might extending military use of these training ranges for 25 years affect local communities' access to and economic opportunities on these public lands?

  2. 02

    What evidence supports the claim that these four specific ranges are essential for military readiness over the next quarter-century?

  3. 03

    What alternative locations or methods could the military use if these training ranges were unavailable, and why were they not selected?

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Sponsor · R-AK

Nicholas J. Begich III

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Introduced 2025-12-10

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-12-10 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

  2. 2025-12-09 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2025-12-09 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5091-5092)

  4. 2025-12-09 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5091-5092)

  5. 2025-12-09 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5131.

  6. 2025-12-09 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5091-5093)

  7. 2025-12-09 · house · Floor

    Mr. Crank moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  8. 2025-12-09 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 346.

  9. 2025-12-09 · house · Discharge

    Committee on Armed Services discharged.

  10. 2025-12-09 · Committee

    Committee on Armed Services discharged.

  11. 2025-12-09 · house · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-397, Part I.

  12. 2025-12-09 · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-397, Part I.

  13. 2025-11-20 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.

  14. 2025-11-20 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  15. 2025-11-20 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged

  16. 2025-09-18 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held

  17. 2025-09-11 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

  18. 2025-09-04 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  19. 2025-09-04 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  20. 2025-09-04 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  21. 2025-09-04 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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