The Western Economic Security Today Act of 2025 (WEST Act of 2025) would require the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to withdraw the BLM final rule titled “Conservation and Landscape Health,” which was based on a proposed rule published in the Federal Register. In effect, the bill would render that final rule null and void and remove its force or effect. The measure appears aimed at stopping or reversing a BLM effort to implement conservation and landscape health policies on federal lands, returning or preserving the regulatory state that existed before the rule’s finalization. The bill is introductory and procedural: it names the short title, identifies the targeted rule, and directs withdrawal. It does not create new rules, provide funding, or alter other laws beyond instructing withdrawal of the specified BLM rule.
Key Points
- 1Short title: The act may be cited as the “Western Economic Security Today Act of 2025” or the “WEST Act of 2025.”
- 2Purpose: To require the withdrawal of a specific BLM rule.
- 3Targeted rule: The final rule based on the BLM proposed rule titled “Conservation and Landscape Health,” published in the Federal Register (88 Fed. Reg. 19583) on April 3, 2023.
- 4Effect of withdrawal: The final rule “shall have no force or effect,” meaning it would be nullified and not enforceable.
- 5Status and process: Introduced in the House on February 11, 2025 by Rep. Maloy (and listed co-sponsors), and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.