Sen. Mike Lee, who chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, included a mandate for the sales in a draft provision of the GOP’s sweeping tax cut package released Wednesday.

A Republican-sponsored proposal before Congress to mandate the sale of federal public lands is getting a mixed reception from ...

When a GOP senator proposed using federal land for affordable housing, right-wing forces revolted to protect what they see as ...

Grand County has escaped for now from the proposed sale of public lands mainly in the American West as proposed by Sen Mike ...

Lee introduced a now-removed amendment to Trump’s policy megabill that mandated the sale of up to 3 million acres. It did ...

The provision would have forced the sale of thousands of acres of federal public land across Arizona and other Western states ...

Senator Mike Lee retracts a proposal to sell 3.3 million acres of federal land due to backlash and budget constraints.

Efforts to sell public lands fail, but lawmakers and advocates remain concerned about the environmental impact of the “big ...

The Utah Republican announced the decision in a social media post, ending a weeks-long battle over the measure that had ...

Once a rallying cry, now a reality. A controversial proposal to require the sale of a fraction of a percent of federally owned public lands isn’t moving forward. U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah Republican ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — More than 2 million acres of federal lands would be sold to states or other entities under a budget proposal from Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee, reviving a longtime ...

More than 2 million acres of federal lands would be sold or transferred to states or other entities under a budget proposal from Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee, reviving a longtime ambition of ...