House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Public Lands Military Readiness Act of 2025
Official title: To extend military land withdrawals in Alaska, New Mexico, and California for a period of 25 years and to make technical corrections to descriptions for certain military land withdrawals, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Nicholas Begich R-AKWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 4, 2025
- Committee actionNov 20, 2025
- Passed HouseDec 9, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 10, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5131.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-397 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 9, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/397
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5131, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5131
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BEGICH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 145, September 4, 2025, Page H3862):Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 4, 2025 ↗
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- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5131, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5131
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Congress.gov noteThe text of H.R.5131 is contained in the text of S.1071, which became Public Law 119-60.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 24, 2026 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5131, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5131
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b2ffa112736a99b8ae3d13f7fcaea78bfb6d25cad475092371cdb2fbe762660b
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nicholas Begich.
- H.R. 2815 (119th) Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025
- H.R. 3620 (119th) Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025
- H.R. 410 (119th) Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act of 2025
- H.J.Res. 106 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land…
- H.J.Res. 131 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land…
- H.R. 42 (119th) Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.