# Plain Language Summary: 30 x 30 Termination Act

This bill is designed to block a federal conservation initiative known as "30 x 30," which aimed to protect 30 percent of America's lands and waters by 2030. The bill specifically cancels this program and prevents the federal government from spending any money to implement anything similar to it. Essentially, it's a direct rejection of the Biden administration's conservation goals that were outlined in an executive order.

Beyond just canceling the 30 x 30 program, the bill creates several new restrictions on how the federal government can manage public lands. It prevents the government from buying private land in areas where the federal government already controls 15 percent or more of the land, unless the government sells an equal amount of federal land in that same area first. This is meant to stop what the bill's supporters see as excessive federal land accumulation. The bill also restricts the president's ability to create new national monuments or withdraw federal land from mining, drilling, and other resource extraction activities—these actions would now require approval from Congress rather than being done through executive order alone.

The bill emphasizes what it calls "multiple use" of federal lands, which includes activities like cattle grazing, mining, timber harvesting, hunting, fishing, and off-road vehicle use. It prohibits any federal action that would reduce these types of uses on public lands unless Congress specifically authorizes it. This means environmental protections that might limit grazing, mining, or other extractive activities would face significant legal barriers unless lawmakers pass a new law to allow them.

In practical terms, this bill would make it much harder for the federal government to expand protected areas, acquire new conservation land, or restrict resource extraction on public lands without explicit congressional approval. Environmental groups would likely oppose it as an obstacle to conservation, while supporters argue it protects state and local control over land use and preserves economic opportunities like mining and logging.

30 x 30 Termination Act

Boebert, Lauren

30 x 30 Termination Act This bill limits federal acquisition of land or declaration of a national monument in certain areas and nullifies a provision of an executive order related to conservation. In a state or county where 15% or more of the land is managed by a federal agency (1) federal funds may not be used to acquire nonfederal land unless the agency proposing the acquisition disposes of an equal amount of federal land within the state or county, and (2) a declaration of a national monument shall not apply. The bill prohibits from having the force and effect of law a provision of Executive Order 14008 (86 Fed. Reg. 7619), titled Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, that requires the Department of the Interior to recommend steps to achieve the goal of conserving at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. No federal funds may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out any report or program substantially similar to such provision. No federal funds may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out any action on federal land that results in a net-loss of multiple use or any principal or major use, unless such action has been authorized by federal statute.