Congress blocks golf course at Navy conservation area in Maryland
S. 3463 — Protect Greenbury Point Conservation Area Act of 2025 · Filed by Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Dec 11, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill amends the 2024 Military Construction Authorization Act to explicitly prohibit the Department of Defense from building a golf course at Greenbury Point Conservation Area at Naval Support Activity Annapolis, Maryland. It carves out an exception allowing environmental restoration work at the site to proceed under existing environmental law.
Why we flagged it
The bill's operative mechanism is a straightforward prohibition on a specific development project at a federal conservation area, with an explicit carve-out for environmental restoration work consistent with existing law.
What the text implies
- The amendment to Section 2855 of the 2024 MILCON Act suggests a prior authorization or proposal for golf course development at this site; this bill blocks that specific project without addressing whether other development proposals might be pursued under different authority.
- The carve-out for 'environmental restoration...in a manner consistent with existing law and regulation' preserves DoD's ability to conduct restoration work but does not expand it—the scope is limited to what existing environmental statutes already permit.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill prevents a golf course development at a conservation area within a naval facility, preserving environmental protections and public access rights that would otherwise be at risk. The carve-out for environmental restoration ensures legitimate conservation work can proceed.
Named in the bill
Naval Support Activity Annapolis, Greenbury Point Conservation Area, Department of Defense, Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, Public Law 118–31
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Dec 11, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Dec 11, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,022 characters) on Sep 27, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 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 2026-10-20.
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