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S. 4412

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 4412, the No FED in West Texas Act, was introduced in the Senate on Apr 28, 2026 by Sen. Ted Cruz (R). It was referred to Environment And Public Works, and last saw action on Apr 28, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Record

Text

S. 4412 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

sb4412/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S4412 IS: No Federal Expansion Designation in West Texas Act
 U.S. Senate
 2026-04-28
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  S. 4412  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   April 28, 2026   Mr. Cruz  introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Environment and Public Works    A BILL
To prohibit the implementation of a Land Protection Plan for Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   No Federal Expansion Designation in West Texas Act   or the   No FED in West Texas Act  .
2.
Implementation of Land Protection Plan for Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge prohibited
The Secretary of the Interior may not finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the Land Protection Plan described in the document published by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service entitled  Final Land Protection Plan & Environmental Assessment Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge  and dated February 2023, or a substantially similar land protection plan.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2026-04-28
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in Senate Apr 28, 2026

sb4412/introduced-in-senate.md

Shown Here:
Introduced in Senate (04/28/2026)

No Federal Expansion Designation in West Texas Act or the No FED in West Texas Act

This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing its 2023 final land protection plan and environmental assessment for the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge in Texas. The plan allows Interior to expand the refuge and purchase lands or acquire conservation easements on up to 700,000 acres of land in the Southern High Plains region along the Texas-New Mexico border.

Sponsors

Sen. Ted Cruz (R) sponsors S. 4412 alone.

Ted Cruz

Sen. · R–TX · Sponsor

Committees

S. 4412 went before 1 committee: Environment and Public Works.

Environment and Public Works
Environment and Public Works
Referred To · Apr 28, 2026 · 257 Bills

Actions

S. 4412 has taken 2 actions since Apr 28, 2026.

ChamberAction
Apr 28, 2026
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.Environment and Public Works Committee
Apr 28, 2026
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 4412 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to S. 4412.

Titles

S. 4412 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • No FED in West Texas Act — Display Title
  • No FED in West Texas Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • No Federal Expansion Designation in West Texas Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • A bill to prohibit the implementation of a Land Protection Plan for Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 6 registered lobbyists who named S. 4412 in 1 quarterly filing, 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 Animals, Budget/Appropriations, Energy/Nuclear, Homeland Security, Immigration, Natural Resources.

Clients

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

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE—District of Columbia11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
CASSIE FERRI111
CHRISTOPHER WESTFALL111
DANIEL MOSS111
MARY BEETHAM111
MICHAEL LEAHY111
TAYLOR RUSH111

Filings

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

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFEDEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE2026 second_quarter$270K2nd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 4412 under Public Lands and Natural Resources, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 4412’s is Public Lands and Natural Resources.

s4412/policy-areas.txt
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com