Section 3 · The General Welfare
🌲Ch. 16 — Department of the Interior
DOI · 15 tracked
Rescind SO 3398; reinstate Trump energy-dominance secretarial orders
Proposed
Mandate’s top Interior priority is rolling back Biden climate/energy orders, rescinding SO 3398, and reinstating a long list of Trump secretarial orders on coal, offshore, NEPA streamlining, and leasing.
Resume quarterly onshore sales, max OCS sales, new five-year plan, IRA rent caps
Proposed
Mandate demands quarterly onshore lease sales, maximum offshore sales under the 2023–2028 program, a new five-year plan (and OCSLA reform for rolling sales), RMP reversals of 30x30, and rents/royalties no higher than IRA requires.
Restart ANWR Coastal Plain, NPRA leasing, coal program; abandon protective withdrawals
Proposed
Mandate would comply with statutes to lease ANWR Coastal Plain, conclude coal programmatic review and restart leasing, abandon withdrawals at Thompson Divide/Chaco buffer/Boundary Waters, and speed drilling ROWs to state timelines.
Rescind Biden ESA/MBTA/NEPA rules; reinstate Trump counterparts
Proposed
Mandate lists rulemaking to rescind Biden rules and reinstate Trump rules on BLM waste prevention, ESA critical habitat, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and CEQ NEPA reforms, plus Trump NPRA leasing plan.
Move BLM headquarters West again; put LEOs under exclusive law-enforcement chain
Proposed
Mandate insists BLM HQ belongs in the West (Grand Junction model) and that law enforcement rangers/agents report only through LE chain of command as ordered at end of Trump term then suspended.
Expand gathers/fertility control and seek law for humane disposal of wild horses
Proposed
Mandate endorses BLM’s multi-pronged gather/adoption/fertility approach and says Congress must enact laws permitting BLM to dispose humanely of excess animals.
Lift Alaska PLOs; approve NPRA/Willow/Ambler; reinstate Trump Tongass roadless exemption
Proposed
Mandate’s Alaska package revokes remaining BLM PLOs blocking state/Native entitlements, reapproves 2020 NPRA IAP and ANWR EIS/leases, expands Willow pads, approves Ambler Road, cedes fish/game lead to Alaska, asserts state ownership of navigable waters, and reinstates Trump Alaska Roadless Rule.
Vacate 30x30 implementation; shrink monuments; seek Antiquities Act repeal
Proposed
Mandate would vacate EO 14008’s 30x30 approach at DOI, restore state/local approval before LWCF acquisitions, review/shrink national monuments, defend reductions in Court, and seek repeal of the Antiquities Act.
Delist wolves/grizzlies; cede sage-grouse to states; curb 10(j); abolish USGS BRD
Proposed
Mandate’s ESA package includes delisting grizzlies and gray wolves, ceding sage-grouse to states, ending abusive 10(j) experimental populations, publicizing ESA data, triage prioritization, and abolishing USGS Biological Resources Division.
Move OSMRE HQ to Pittsburgh; cut inspectors; reinstate Schedule F
Proposed
Mandate would relocate OSMRE to Pittsburgh, reduce coal-reclamation inspectors, reinstate Schedule F, open training to company employees, and keep Trump-era Ten-Day Notice and AOC directives.
Prioritize fossil/mineral development on tribal lands; overhaul BIE; restore tribal env authority
Proposed
Mandate frames Biden climate policy as breaching trust duties and calls to end the “war on fossil fuels,” restore tribal environmental regulation primacy, secure borders for tribal safety, and overhaul BIE to put “parents first.”
Force O&C sustained-yield logging; reinstate settlement/fee transparency website
Proposed
Mandate demands immediate management of Oregon & California grant lands for permanent forest production/timber sales and reinstatement of Bernhardt-era public posting of DOI litigation settlements and attorneys’ fees.
Reinstate Trump NEPA page/time/cost limits; consider ending NEPA judicial review
Proposed
Mandate would restore Trump NEPA document limits and urges Congress to consider eliminating judicial review of NEPA adequacy.
Expand western water storage; reinstate Trump water-delivery memorandum
Proposed
Mandate directs Bureau of Reclamation actions under a Trump EO lineage: more storage via dam manual updates and real-time ops, consolidate federal water working groups, implement forecast/snow observation actions, clarify WIFIA consistency, and reinstate the 2018 Presidential Memorandum on western water supply/delivery.
Reinstate Schedule F at DOI; broaden state/tribal cooperative agreements
Proposed
Mandate says Trump Schedule F must be reinstituted for Interior reforms and DOI should broaden state–federal and tribal–federal cooperative agreements modeled on state agencies’ expertise.