The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released its portion of the Republicans’ megabill Wednesday, formally reinserting language on public land sales.
The text would require “the prudent sale” of certain Bureau of Land Management and forest lands, according to a summary.
The land would be used for “housing, increased timber sales, geothermal leasing, and compensation of states and localities for the cost of wind and solar projects on federal land.”
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The House-passed version of the megabill didn’t include a Natural Resources Committee amendment on land sales after some Republicans — mainly Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) — balked at the prospect.
