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  • H.R. 775, titled the "No Net Gain in Federal Lands Act of 2025," aims to manage federal land ownership by ensuring there is no net increase in federal lands in any fiscal year. This bill stipulates that the United States can only acquire as much land in a state as it disposes...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 775 wants to make sure the amount of land the U.S. government owns doesn't get bigger each year. If they get some new land, they have to give away the same amount somewhere else.

  • H.R. 10089 aims to ensure that the amount of federal land owned by the government does not increase in any fiscal year. It mandates that if the federal government acquires new land, it must dispose of an equal amount of land. The bill requires an annual inventory and report...

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    The bill wants to make sure that if the government buys new land, they have to give away the same amount of land so that they don't have more land at the end of the year than they had at the beginning. It also plans to keep track of the land by making a list each year to check how much they own.