H.R. 34

Summary

H.R. 34, the LASSO Act, was introduced in the House on Jan 3, 2025 by Rep. Paul Gosar (R) with 16 co-sponsors. It was referred to Subcommittee on Federal Lands, and last saw action on Feb 10, 2026: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Record

Text

H.R. 34 has 16 co-sponsors.

119 HR 34 IH: Land And Social Security Optimization Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-03
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 34  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   January 3, 2025   Mr. Gosar  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Natural Resources , and in addition to the Committee on  Agriculture , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned   A BILL
To deposit portions of revenue generated from public lands into the Social Security Trust Fund.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Land And Social Security Optimization Act   or   LASSO Act  .
2.
Public land revenue for Social Security Trust Fund
(a)
In general
Notwithstanding any other law, each fiscal year, 10 percent of amounts collected by the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture from the revenue generated by covered public lands during the preceding fiscal year shall be deposited into the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Trust Fund established under section 201(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 401(a) ).
(b)
Rules of construction
Nothing in this Act shall be construed as—
(1)
authorizing the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to raise the price of any of the activities through which revenue is generated on covered public lands; or
(2)
reducing amounts made available to States, Indian Tribes, territories, or local governments from revenue generated by covered public lands.
(c)
Covered public lands defined
In this Act, the term  covered public lands  means any land under the administrative jurisdiction—
(1)
of the Department of the Interior, including submerged lands on the Outer Continental Shelf (as such term is defined in section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 ); or
(2)
the Forest Service.

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Paul Gosar (R) sponsors H.R. 34, and 16 members have co-sponsored it.

Paul Gosar

Rep. · R–AZ-9 · Sponsor

Introduced Jan 3, 2025

Byron Donalds

Rep. · R–FL-19 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2025

Abraham Hamadeh

Rep. · R–AZ-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 6, 2025

Ralph Norman

Rep. · R–SC-5 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 6, 2025

Warren Davidson

Rep. · R–OH-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 7, 2025

Elijah Crane

Rep. · R–AZ-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 10, 2025

Troy Nehls

Rep. · R–TX-22 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 10, 2025

Burgess Owens

Rep. · R–UT-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 10, 2025

Marlin Stutzman

Rep. · R–IN-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 11, 2025

Lauren Boebert

Rep. · R–CO-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 21, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 34 went before 4 committees: Federal Lands Subcommittee, Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee, Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Federal Lands Subcommittee

Federal Lands Subcommittee

Hearings By (subcommittee) · Feb 10, 2026 · 34 Bills

Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee

Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee

Referred to · Jan 31, 2025 · 45 Bills

Agriculture

Agriculture

Referred To · Jan 3, 2025 · 226 Bills

Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Referred To · Jan 3, 2025 · 395 Bills

Actions

H.R. 34 has taken 5 actions since Jan 3, 2025, the latest on Feb 10, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 34 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 34 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• LASSO Act — Display Title
• LASSO Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Land And Social Security Optimization Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To deposit portions of revenue generated from public lands into the Social Security Trust Fund. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

5 clients hired 5 firms and 55 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 34 in 13 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Agriculture, Housing, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Medicare/Medicaid.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 55.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 34 under Public Lands and Natural Resources, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 2 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 34’s is Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 34 carries 2 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Government trust funds to Social security and elderly assistance.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 34, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 1 (Friday, January 3, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GOSAR:H.R. 34.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8The single subject of this legislation is:To deposit portions of revenue generated from public landsinto the Social Security Trust Fund[Page H36]

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