The Public Lands in Public Hands Bill is a bipartisan bill before the 119th Congress. This bill would require congressional approval before the Bureau of Land Management can sell public lands. The law states that the BLM can select lands for sale if, through land-use planning, they are found to meet one of three criteria: 1) they are scattered, isolated tracts that are difficult or uneconomic to manage; 2) they were acquired for a specific purpose and are no longer needed for that purpose; or 3) disposal of the land will serve important public objectives, such as community expansion and economic development. This indivisi-bill would allow some public control via our representatives.
