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H. Rept. 119-435 1 (2026-01-08)

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                    119TH CONGRESS                                       REPORT
                       2d Session  j HOUSE   OF REPRESENTATIVES          119-435





                              NO  FEDERAL EXPANSION DESIGNATION
                                         IN WEST   TEXAS ACT


                     JANUARY 8, 2026.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
                                     of the Union and ordered to be printed


                       Mr. WESTERMAN,   from the Committee  on Natural Resources,
                                        submitted  the following


                                            REPORT

                                              together with

                                          DISSENTING VIEWS

                                          [To accompany H.R. 839]
                      The Committee  on Natural  Resources, to whom  was referred the
                    bill (H.R. 839) to prohibit the implementation of a Land Protection
                    Plan for Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, having considered the
                    same,  reports favorably thereon  with  an  amendment   and  rec-
                    ommends  that the bill as amended do pass.
                      The amendment   is as follows:
                      Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
                    SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
                    This Act may be cited as the No Federal Expansion Designation in West Texas
                    Act or the No FED in West Texas Act.
                    SEC. 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF LAND PROTECTION PLAN FOR MULESHOE NATIONAL WILDLIFE
                           REFUGE PROHIBITED.
                     The Secretary of the Interior may not finalize, implement, administer, or enforce
                     the Land Protection Plan described in the document published by the United States
                     Fish and Wildlife Service titled Final Land Protection Plan & Environmental As-
                     sessment Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge (February 2023).
                                      PURPOSE  OF THE LEGISLATION
                      The purpose  of H.R. 839 is to prohibit the implementation of a
                    Land Protection Plan for Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge.


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