I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4044 
To reauthorize the Foundation for America?s Public Lands, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 17, 2025 
Mr. MOORE of Utah (for himself and Mr. NEGUSE) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Foundation for America?s Public Lands, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foundation for Amer-
ica’s Public Lands Reauthorization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION. 
Section 122 of division G of Public Law 115–31 (43 
U.S.C. 1748c) is amended as follows: 
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(1) In subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘Bureau of 
Land Management Foundation’’ and inserting 
‘‘Foundation for America’s Public Lands’’. 
(2) In subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘Bu-
reau of Land Management Foundation’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Foundation for America’s Public 
Lands’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(D)— 
(i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) in clause (iii), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iv) the fulfillment of the Bureau of 
Land Management’s multiple use man-
date.’’. 
(3) By amending subsection (c)(1)(B)(i) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(i) NUMBER OF BOARD MEMBERS.— 
The number of members on the Board 
shall be as follows: 
‘‘(I) Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of the 
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Foundation 
for 
America’s 
Public 
Lands Reauthorization Act, not more 
than 12 members. 
‘‘(II) Two years after the date of 
the enactment of the Foundation for 
America’s Public Lands Reauthoriza-
tion Act, not more than 15 members. 
‘‘(III) Four years after the date 
of the enactment of the Foundation 
for America’s Public Lands Reauthor-
ization Act and thereafter, not more 
than 18 members.’’. 
(4) By amending subsection (c)(1)(C)(ii) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(ii) 
EXPERTISE; 
REPRESENTA-
TION.— 
‘‘(I) EXPERTISE.—Not less than 
one-third of the members of the 
Board shall have education or experi-
ence relating to natural, cultural, con-
servation, or other resource manage-
ment, law, or research. 
‘‘(II) 
REPRESENTATION.—Not 
later than 4 years after the date of 
the enactment of the Foundation for 
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‘‘(ff) one member from the 
mining industry.’’. 
(5) By inserting after subsection (i) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(j) PROHIBITION ON USE OF AMOUNTS FOR LITIGA-
TION AND LOBBYING EXPENSES.—Amounts made avail-
able under this Act shall not be used for— 
‘‘(1) any expense related to litigation; or 
‘‘(2) any activity the purpose of which is to in-
fluence legislation pending before Congress. 
‘‘(k) USE OF GIFTS, DEVISES, OR BEQUESTS OF 
MONEY OR OTHER PROPERTY.—Any gifts, devises, or be-
quests of amounts or other property, or any other amounts 
or other property, transferred to, deposited with, or other-
wise in the possession of the Foundation pursuant to this 
Act, may be made available by the Foundation to Federal 
departments, agencies, or instrumentalities and may be 
accepted and expended (or the disposition of the amounts 
or property directed), without further appropriation, by 
those Federal departments, agencies, or instrumentalities, 
subject to the condition that the amounts or property be 
used for purposes that further the multiple use mission 
of the Bureau of Land Mangement.’’. 
(6) By redesignating subsection (j) as sub-
section (l). 
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(7) In subsection (l) (as so redesignated by 
paragraph (7) of this subsection), by striking ‘‘such 
sums as are necessary to carry out this section’’ and 
inserting ‘‘to the Secretary of the Interior to carry 
out this Act, $10,000,000 for each of the five fiscal 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act’’. 
Æ 
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