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William Perry Pendley

William Perry Pendley was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He earned a BA and an MA from George Washington University, was a U.S. Marine Corps captain, and earned his JD from the University of Wyoming College of Law. He was an attorney on Capitol Hill, a senior official for President Ronald Reagan, and leader of the Bureau of Land Management for President Donald Trump. For 30 years, he was president of Mountain States Legal Foundation where he argued and won cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. He authored five books, including Sagebrush Rebel: Reagan’s Battle with Environmental Extremists and Why It Matters Today.

Bylined chapters

• 16. Department of the Interior

Major recommendations in those chapters

1. 16 · 521 Reinstate the Trump-era Energy Dominance Agenda at Interior Not started
2. 16 · 523 Amend OCSLA to replace five-year plans with rolling lease sales Needs Congress Not started
3. 16 · 523 Establish oil and gas leasing in the ANWR Coastal Plain (Section 1002 Area) Not started
4. 16 · 523 Conclude the coal leasing review and restart the federal coal program Not started
5. 16 · 531 Rescind Executive Order 14008 (30 by 30 plan / America the Beautiful) Not started
6. 16 · 532 Review and shrink national monuments, including those in Maine and Oregon Not started
7. 16 · 532 Repeal the Antiquities Act of 1906 Needs Congress Not started
8. 16 · 533 Amend NEPA to eliminate judicial review of NEPA documents Needs Congress Not started
9. 16 · 533 Amend the Endangered Species Act to restore its original purpose Needs Congress Not started
10. 16 · 537 End federal mandates and subsidies for electric vehicles Needs Congress Not started

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