Congress turns an Interior Department order into law.
H.R. 10128 — To codify Secretary's Order 3434 of the Department of the Interior. · Filed by Tom McClintock (R-CA) · Introduced Aug 20, 2026 · Hearing held
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What it does
This bill makes Secretary's Order 3434 into binding law. The order came from the Interior Department on June 25, 2025. It is about working with towns near public lands. The bill does not explain what the order says.
Who it affects
Towns near public lands may be hit by this. The bill does not say what these towns are. Once the order becomes law, the Secretary cannot change it.
One thing to notice
The bill makes an order into law but does not print the order's text in the law. Congress is letting a separate paper define what towns are and what working together means.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Aug 20, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Aug 20, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources”
- Sep 2, 2026 — Hearing held · Congress.gov: “Subcommittee Hearings Held”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Secretary's Order 3434 — a rule from Interior Department issued June 25, 2025, about working with towns
- Interior Department — the agency that runs public lands and nature
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (781 characters) on Aug 24, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,342 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-18.
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