"The Republican Study Committee’s framework for a second reconciliation bill calls for selling off “underused and/or underutilized federal properties” for housing."
"The Republican Study Committee on Tuesday published a framework for a second reconciliation package that calls for selling off federal public lands to build housing, adopting a contentious proposal previously championed by Utah Sen. Mike Lee.
The framework from the 190-member House conservative caucus seemingly amounts to a broad endorsement from House Republicans to try once again to use the budget reconciliation process as a vehicle to privatize federal public land.
The document, titled “Making the American Dream Affordable Again,” includes the following policy priority: “Direct relevant federal agencies to sell off or lease at a low rate underused and/or underutilized federal properties to expand access to affordable private-sector housing that enables homeownership.”
This marks the third time in less than a year that Republicans have pushed such a proposal, despite broad public opposition. The framework’s wording closely mirrors the language that Lee rolled out last year when pitching his scheme to sell off as many as 3.2 million acres of federal public land to make way for homes. Hunters, anglers and other public land users revolted against the measure. Lee ultimately withdrew his proposal from the GOP budget megabill after several Republican Senators vowed to vote against the package if his provision was included."
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