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.

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

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

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.

Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee is scaling back his controversial proposal to sell off public land around the West.

Just one day after Sen. Mike Lee's initial proposal was struck down by a Senate leader, an updated public lands sale proposal ...

Oregon Republican Congressman Cliff Bentz issued a statement Wednesday saying he supports selling off federal land in some ...

As the Senate primes to vote on the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" this weekend, a public land sale provision has been top of ...

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 ...

A budget proposal from Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee would mandate the sale of more than 3,125 square miles (8,093 square kilometers) of federal lands to state or other entities.