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S 2262In committeePublic Landssenate
American Voices in Federal Lands Act
Introduced Jul 10, 2025 by Sen. John Barrasso
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Latest action · Dec 17, 2025
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
What it does
This bill directs the Bureau of Land Management to modify its public comment system by (1) only considering public comments from U.S. citizens; and (2) deterring attempts at public involvement via artificial intelligence (AI), such as AI bots, by establishing and implementing a Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA test).
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
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