S. 4455 · 119th Congress
Public Lands Integrity Act
Introduced on Apr 30, 2026 by Michael F. Bennet (D-CO). 5 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Apr 30, 2026): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
- Stage
- Introduced
- Introduced
- Apr 30, 2026
- Cosponsors
- 5
- 0 from the other party
- Policy area
- Economics and Public Finance
Progress
The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.
- Introduced
- 2Reported by committee
- 3Passed one chamber
- 4Passed both chambers
- 5Sent to the President
- 6Became law
Official title
A bill to amend section 313 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to designate provisions resulting in the sale, disposal, or transfer of Federal lands as extraneous under the Byrd Rule.
Summary
By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, Apr 30, 2026). Public domain.
Public Lands Integrity Act
This bill generally prohibits provisions that result in the sale, disposal, or transfer of federal lands from being included in reconciliation legislation by requiring the provisions to be considered extraneous under the Senate's Byrd Rule.
The Senate's Byrd Rule (named after it's principal author, Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia) prohibits the inclusion of matter in reconciliation legislation that is extraneous to a congressional committee's reconciliation directives in the associated congressional budget resolution. Reconciliation is an expedited method by which Congress may adopt changes in spending and revenue laws to achieve the budgetary goals reflected in a congressional budget resolution. Reconciliation bills are considered by Congress using expedited legislative procedures that prevent a filibuster and restrict amendments in the Senate.
For additional information, see CRS Report R48640, The Senate’s Byrd Rule: Frequently Asked Questions.
Sponsor and cosponsors
Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.
Democrats · 5
- Martin HeinrichD-NMoriginal
- Jeff MerkleyD-ORoriginal
- Ron WydenD-ORoriginal
- John W. HickenlooperD-COsigned on May 20, 2026
- Catherine Cortez MastoD-NVsigned on Jun 23, 2026
Roll calls
Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.
No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.
History
Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.
- Apr 30, 2026Introduced in Senate
- Apr 30, 2026 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Committees
Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.
Who lobbied on it
Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.
- CITY OF SANTA CLARA1 report$10K reported (all issues)
- DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE1 report$270K reported (all issues)
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS, INC1 report$230K reported (all issues)
- The Nature Conservancy1 report
- Trout Unlimited1 report$120K reported (all issues)
Reports filed in 2026.
Sources and method
Every figure on this page traces to these records.
- Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
- House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
- Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
- Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.