The "No FED in West Texas Act" prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from finalizing or enforcing a land protection plan for Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge in West Texas. The plan — a February 2023 document published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service — would have guided how the agency acquires and manages land to protect the refuge's wetlands and wildlife habitat. Blocking it means the refuge boundaries and land-use priorities laid out in that plan cannot be put into effect. Landowners and local governments near the refuge would not face acquisition pressure or management restrictions the plan envisioned.
Environmental Concerns
- Muleshoe NWR habitat protections — prohibits finalization and enforcement of the 2023 land protection plan
Congressional Summary
No Federal Expansion Designation in West Texas Act or the No FED in West Texas ActThis bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing its 2023 final land protection plan and environmental assessment for the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge in Texas. The plan allows Interior to expand the refuge and purchase lands or acquire conservation easements on up to 700,000 acres of land in the Southern High Plains region along the Texas-New Mexico border.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2026-04-28
- Date Added
- 2026-06-08
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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