Moreno introduces bill on federal land revenue
Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno's bill on revenue from acquired federal lands heads to a Senate committee.
U.S. Senator Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, introduced the Acquired Lands Revenue Modernization Act in the Senate on October 15, 2026 Congress.gov. The bill, S. 5688, was ordered read twice and sent to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources the same day Congress.gov. Moreno represents all of Ohio, including New Carlisle, as one of the state's two U.S. senators Congress.gov.
What the bill does
Congress.gov files the bill under the Energy policy area, but the record does not spell out what changes it would make to how revenue from acquired federal lands is handled Congress.gov. No committee hearing or further action is listed beyond the referral Congress.gov.
Other bills filed the same day
Moreno also introduced a second bill, the RECLAIM Act, on October 15, 2026, which went to the Senate Committee on Finance Congress.gov. Ohio's other federal lawmakers were active that week too: Rep. Mike Carey, who represents New Carlisle in the state's 15th congressional district, introduced the Historic Preservation and Land Conservation Certainty Act and the Armenian American Cultural Heritage Act on the same day, sending them to the House Ways and Means and House Administration committees Congress.gov +1. None of these bills' summaries say how, or whether, they would affect New Carlisle specifically Congress.gov +3.
This report is based on the bill status page for S. 5688 on Congress.gov, current as of its October 15, 2026 introduction and referral Congress.gov.
Sources
The source filing
| Bill | S. 5688 |
|---|---|
| Title | Acquired Lands Revenue Modernization Act |
| Sponsor | U.S. Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) |
| Represents New Carlisle | yes |
| Introduced | October 15, 2026 |
| Latest action | Under authority of the order of the Senate of September 30, 2026, ordered read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| Latest action date | October 15, 2026 |
| Policy area | Energy |
| Congress | 119 |
Published by Library of Congress (Congress.gov API). This is the agency's public filing as The Lantern received it, shown with its fields named in plain English.