Transparency in Federal Land Acquisitions Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7348 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7348

To require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
to provide an opportunity for public notice and comment with respect to 
                         land protection plans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 2026

  Mr. Arrington (for himself and Mr. Ezell) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
to provide an opportunity for public notice and comment with respect to 
                         land protection plans.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Transparency in Federal Land 
Acquisitions Act''.

SEC. 2. NOTICE AND COMMENT FOR LAND PROTECTION PLANS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 553(a) of title 5, United 
States Code, when preparing a land protection plan, the Director of the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall--
            (1) not less than 60 days before the date on which the land 
        protection plan is finalized, publish the proposed land 
        protection plan in the Federal Register; and
            (2) after the publication required by paragraph (1), give 
        interested persons an opportunity to comment on the draft land 
        protection plan through submission of written data, views, or 
        arguments.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 
land protection plan for a proposed expansion to a unit of the National 
Wildlife Refuge System if such expansion is comprised of a total 
acreage less than the greater of the following:
            (1) 50 acres.
            (2) 15 percent of the total acreage of the unit.
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