U.S. Sen. Mike Lee says he's pulled his controversial proposal to sell federal public lands to state and private buyers from congressional Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill.” ...

Utah Sen. Mike Lee withdraws public lands sale provision from the "big beautiful bill" after facing opposition from Republican colleagues ahead of July 4th deadline.

Sen. Lee's announcement on Monday, June 23, 2025, removed all US Forest Service land from the bill's mandatory public land sale provision. His initial revision also promised to significantly reduce ...

The Senate’s death blow to Lee’s bill removes pressure on the House of Representatives to kill the language. The House had been considered the “backwall” in efforts to make sure the land-sale ...

Sen. Lee's announcement on Monday, June 23, 2025, removed all US Forest Service land from the bill's mandatory public land sale provision. His initial revision also promised to significantly ...

Sen. Mike Lee announced changes to his controversial public lands sale provision in the "big beautiful" budget bill, that U.S. Forest Service Lands would no longer be included, and that Bureau of ...

The 940-page bill Senate Republican leaders unveiled Friday night to implement President Trump’s agenda includes a revised section pushed by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) to sell public land.