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HOUSE 34119th CongressReferred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Expressing the need for the Senate to provide advice and consent to ratification of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.

Last Action
5/29/2025

Actions

  • 2026-02-10Subcommittee Hearings Held
  • 2026-02-03Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
  • 2025-01-31Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
  • 2025-01-03Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 2025-01-03Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 2025-01-03Introduced in House
  • 2025-01-03Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2025-01-03 (00)

Land And Social Security Optimization Act or the LASSO Act

This bill requires 10% of revenue generated by public lands, including submerged lands on the Outer Continental Shelf, under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to be deposited into the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, which is used to pay Social Security benefits to retirees and their families and to survivors of deceased workers.

Cosponsors (16)

  • Byron Donalds (R-FL)
  • Ralph Norman (R-SC)
  • Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ)
  • Warren Davidson (R-OH)
  • Troy Nehls (R-TX)
  • Burgess Owens (R-UT)
  • Elijah Crane (R-AZ)
  • Marlin Stutzman (R-IN)
  • Lauren Boebert (R-CO)
  • Andy Harris (R-MD)
  • Tony Wied (R-WI)
  • Derrick Van Orden (R-WI)
  • Russ Fulcher (R-ID)
  • Brian Babin (R-TX)
  • Nicholas Begich (R-AK)
  • Scott Perry (R-PA)

Subjects

  • Government trust funds
  • Social security and elderly assistance
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