H.R. 3397 explained · 118th Congress · Not enacted (118th Congress ended)
WEST Act of 2024
Cosponsors: 20 (0 D, 20 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-11
Introduced: 2023-05-17
Latest action (2024-05-01): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
What H.R. 3397 does, in plain terms
Western Economic Security Today Act of 2023 or the WEST Act of 2023 This bill requires the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to withdraw a proposed rule relating to conservation and landscape health and prohibits the BLM from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the proposed rule or any substantially similar rule.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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