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<dc:title>119 S4412 IS: No Federal Expansion Designation in West Texas Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2026-04-28</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>119th CONGRESS</congress><session>2d Session</session><legis-num>S. 4412</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20260428">April 28, 2026</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S355">Mr. Cruz</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSEV00">Committee on Environment and Public Works</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To prohibit the implementation of a Land Protection Plan for Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge.</official-title></form><legis-body style="OLC" display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause" id="H1BEC46B5129544708798031E82C7C727"><section id="HBFF50781793147EFA69F5ED6B0CFCF87" section-type="section-one" changed="not-changed"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>No Federal Expansion Designation in West Texas Act</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>No FED in West Texas Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad0959fcc0384b08b42ca6883a2eca50"><enum>2.</enum><header>Implementation of Land Protection Plan for Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge prohibited</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide4b72b7818c7423180e6dc66322c1f64"><enum/><text>The Secretary of the Interior may not finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the Land Protection Plan described in the document published by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service entitled <quote>Final Land Protection Plan &amp; Environmental Assessment Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge</quote> and dated February 2023, or a substantially similar land protection plan.</text></subsection></section></legis-body></bill>

