S. 3463Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Protect Greenbury Point Conservation Area Act of 2025

Introduced December 11, 2025

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The Protect Greenbury Point Conservation Area Act of 2025 aims to stop any golf‑course development at the Greenbury Point Conservation Area located on the Naval Support Activity Annapolis in Maryland. It changes existing military construction law to explicitly forbid building a golf course there and adds environmental restoration requirements. The bill affects the Department of Defense and any parties that might propose construction on that land.

Key Provisions

  • Amends Section 2855 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for FY 2024 to replace language about limiting public access with a prohibition on developing a golf course at Greenbury Point.
  • Adds language that specifically bars constructing a golf course or any similar development on the conservation area.
  • Introduces a new paragraph requiring any restrictions to be consistent with existing environmental restoration laws and regulations for the area.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

December 11, 2025

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

December 11, 2025

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II

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 3463

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

December 11, 2025

Mr. Van Hollen (for himself and Ms. Alsobrooks) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To prohibit the development of a golf course at Greenbury Point Conservation Area at Naval Support Activity Annapolis, Maryland.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Protect Greenbury Point Conservation Area Act of 2025.

2.

Prohibition on development of a golf course at Greenbury Point Conservation Area at Naval Support Activity Annapolis, Maryland

Section 2855 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (division B of Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 766) is amended—

(1)

in the section heading, by striking Limitation on authority to modify or restrict public access to and inserting Prohibition on development of a golf course at;

(2)

in subsection (a), by inserting construct a golf course on, or otherwise before modify or restrict; and

(3)

in subsection (b)—

(A)

in paragraph (1), by striking ; or and inserting a semicolon;

(B)

in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or; and

(C)

by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

(3)

restrictions related to environmental restoration of the Greenbury Point Conservation Area in a manner consistent with existing law and regulation.

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