119th Congress Public Lands and Natural Resources
S. 2262: American Voices in Federal Lands Act
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Summary
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).
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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Amendments
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Cosponsors
- Michael Crapo R-IDOriginal
- John Curtis R-UTOriginal
- Cynthia Lummis R-WYOriginal
- James Risch R-IDOriginal
- Steve Daines R-MT
- Tim Sheehy R-MT
- Dan Sullivan R-AK
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by John Barrasso.
Show the full action history (5 actions)
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-237.
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S4317-4318)