S. 2262 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Jul 10, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryRestricts federal land comments to U.S. citizens
The Bureau of Land Management manages millions of acres of public land across the country. This bill would change how the agency handles public input by only accepting comments from U.S. citizens and adding a CAPTCHA test (the kind where you prove you're human, not a computer) to block artificial intelligence from flooding the system with fake comments.
How it affects you
If you're a U.S. citizen who wants to weigh in on decisions about federal lands, the CAPTCHA requirement would be a small extra step when submitting your comments. Non-U.S. citizens would no longer be able to submit comments through this system. The change aims to keep the public comment process focused on actual people rather than automated bots.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, Jul 10, 2025)
American Voices in Federal Lands Act
This bill directs the Bureau of Land Management to modify its public comment system by (1) only considering public comments from U.S. citizens; and (2) deterring attempts at public involvement via artificial intelligence (AI), such as AI bots, by establishing and implementing a Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA test).
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionS. 2262
A BILL
American Voices in Federal Lands Act
Sponsor: Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) · Introduced Jul 10, 2025 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Dec 17, 2025: “Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.”