Bill · S. 1519· Senate(119-S-1519)

Arctic Refuge Protection Act of 2025

Age: 80 years

Massachusetts

Introduced: 4/29/2025
Last activity: 4/29/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sponsored by: Edward Markey
Cosponsors: - 21 - 0

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Introduced
In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is called the "Arctic Refuge Protection Act of 2025". It aims to designate a specific part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska as wilderness. This area consists of approximately 1,559,538 acres. The land is identified by a map dated October 20, 2015. This designation places the land under the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Yes· 3 of 13

Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?+10
Designates over 1.5 million acres as protected wilderness.
Does this better protect public land such as parks and forests?+8
Increases the total acreage of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Does this reduce how much oil, gas and coal is produced?+5
Wilderness designation typically prohibits commercial resource extraction like oil and gas.

The opposite· 3 of 5

Would business owners be better off under this?-4
May negatively impact businesses relying on resource extraction in the region.
Does this leave more decisions to the states?-3
Limits state or local ability to develop these lands.
Is this likely to lower the price at the pump?-2
Reducing potential drilling areas can limit domestic supply.