ShareTrails | Amendments BRC Supports in the Department of Interior Appropriations Bill

The United States House is working to pass amendments in the 2024 Department of Interior House Appropriations bill. There are several amendments being voted on that will greatly affect our access to public lands and future recreation. Take a look at the following amendments and why we support them and send a letter to your representatives letting them know to support these. The U.S. House is voting on these amendments July 23rd and they move through really fast. Taking the time to let the staff, who is working late, know that you support these amendments can make the difference in if they pass or not.

Amendment 19: Prohibits the use of any federal funds to create National monuments in Malheur County, Oregon under the Antiquities Act

Amendment 43: Prohibits the Bureau of Land Management from finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing its proposed Western Solar Plan

Amendment 54: Prohibits the Bureau of Land Management from finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing the proposed Resource Management Plans by the BLM’s Buffalo Field Office in Wyoming and the Miles City Field Office in Montana

Amendment 55: Prohibits the Bureau of Land Management from finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing the Rock Springs Resource Management Plan in Wyoming

Amendment 98: Prohibits funds made available by this Act to be used to declare a national monument with the use of the antiquities Act in Montrose County, Colorado; Mesa County, Colorado; Monezuma County, Colorado; San Juan County, Colorado; or Dolores County, Colorado

Amendment 173: Strikes funding for the removal of roads that are no longer needed