,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbfb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #aj1     
#bjbe ,mr4 ,barrasso 7for himself1 ,ms4 
,lummis1 ,mr4 ,crapo1 ,mr4 ,risch1 and  
,mr4 ,curtis7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,federal ,land ,policy and    
,management ,act of #aigf to clarify the
 nature of public involvement for       
purposes of certain rulemaking1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4  ,short title      
,this ,act may be cited as the ,american
 ,voices in ,federal ,lands ,act4  #b4  
,public involvement in certain public   
land rulemaking  7a7  ,definition of    
public involvement  ,section #ajc7;d7 of
 the ,federal ,land ,policy and         
,management ,act of #aigf 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4
 #agjb7;d77 is amended by striking      
citizens and inserting citizens of the  
,united ,states1 in accordance with     
section #caj7;d71 as applicable14  7b7  

,public involvement relating to certain 
rules and regulations  ,section #caj of 
the ,federal ,land ,policy and          
,management ,act of #aigf 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4
 #agdj7 is amended to read as follows3  
#caj4  ,rules and regulations  7a7      
,authorization  7#a7  ,secretary        
,subject to subsection 7d71 the         
,secretary1 with respect to public      
lands1 shall promulgate rules and       
regulations to carry out the purposes   
of--  7,a7 this ,act2 and  7,b7 other   
laws applicable to public lands4  7#b7  
,secretary of ,agriculture  ,the        
,secretary of ,agriculture1 with respect
 to land in the ,national ,forest       
,system1 shall promulgate rules and     
regulations to carry out the purposes of
 this ,act4  7b7  ,requirement  ,the    
promulgation of rules and regulations   
pursuant to this section shall be in    
accordance with chapter #e of title #e1 
,united ,states ,code1 without regard to
 section #eec7;a77#b7 of that title4    
7c7  ,absence of regulation  ,before the

 promulgation of a rule or regulation   
pursuant to this section with respect to
 public lands or land in the ,national  
,forest ,system1 the applicable land    
shall be administered under existing    
rules and regulations concerning the    
land1 to the maximum extent practicable4
  7d7  ,public involvement relating to  
,bureau land  ,notwithstanding any other
 provision of law1 with respect to      
public lands managed by the ,bureau1 the
 ,secretary--  7#a7 in promulgating any 
applicable regulations pursuant to this 
or any other ,act1 may take into        
consideration only public comments      
received from citizens of the ,united   
,states2 and  7#b7 in any public        
involvement under this ,act or any other
 provision of law 7including            
regulations71 shall establish and       
implement a process commonly known as   
,completely ,automated ,public ,test to 
tell ,computers and ,humans ,apart      
7,,captcha7 to deter attempts at public 
involvement via artificial intelligence4

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