S. 2262 · 119th Congress · Senate

American Voices in Federal Lands Act

Active· Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Introduced
Jul 10, 25
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

American Voices in Federal Lands Act

This bill directs the Bureau of Land Management to modify its public comment system by (1) only considering public comments from U.S. citizens; and (2) deterring attempts at public involvement via artificial intelligence (AI), such as AI bots, by establishing and implementing a Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA test).  

Action Timeline

4
  1. DEC 17, 2025Senate

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

    Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

  2. DEC 02, 2025Senate

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.

  3. JUL 10, 2025Senate

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

    (text: CR S4317-4318)

    4317Yea
    4318Nay
    0NV
  4. JUL 10, 2025Library of Congress

    Introduced in Senate

Committees

2

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

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Referred: Dec 17, 2025

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Energy and Natural Resources Committee

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Referred: Jul 10, 2025

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