S. 530 – WEST Act of 2025

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The Western Economic Security Today (WEST) Act of 2025 is a Senate bill that seeks to cancel a specific BLM regulation aimed at conserving and improving the health of public‑land landscapes. By repealing the rule, the bill removes those conservation requirements and any related restrictions on land use. The change would affect the BLM’s management of federal lands, as well as stakeholders such as ranchers, miners, recreation users, and environmental groups.

Key Provisions

The bill eliminates the Bureau of Land Management’s final rule titled “Conservation and Landscape Health” (published in the Federal Register on April 3, 2023), so the rule no longer has any legal effect.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S862)

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

February 11, 2025

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Introduced in Senate

February 11, 2025

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S862)

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

February 11, 2025

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Sen. John ThuneR-SD · Feb 11, 2025

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.

Sen. John BarrassoR-WY · Feb 11, 2025

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.

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Introduced in SenateIssued February 11, 2025

II

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 530

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 11, 2025

Mr. Barrasso (for himself, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Risch, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Crapo, and Mrs. Fischer) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To repeal a rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to conservation and landscape health.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Western Economic Security Today Act of 2025 or the WEST Act of 2025.

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Repeal of Bureau of Land Management rule

The final rule based on the proposed rule of the Bureau of Land Management entitled Conservation and Landscape Health (88 Fed. Reg. 19583 (April 3, 2023)) shall have no force or effect.