Public Lands in Public Hands Act

Key Provisions

• Bans federal agencies from selling or giving away many public lands that people can access.
• Defines 'publicly accessible land' as federal land reachable by public roads, trails, waterways, easements, or rights-of-way.
• Allows exceptions for transfers of small land parcels, specifically less than 300 acres, or less than 5 acres if accessible by water, if authorized under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
• Maintains existing land transfer programs for specific groups, like those in Alaska or Southern Nevada.
• Blocks federal agencies from dividing larger land parcels into smaller ones to get around these new rules.