Congressional Public Lands Score by More Than Just Parks

James Gallagher

Republican · U.S. House · California, District 1

0% on 1 vote

Not ranked until 5 counted votes (1 so far)

Sworn in June 2026

Scored under 60%.

Rep. James Gallagher, a Republican representing California's 1st District, earns an F on the Congressional Public Lands Score, graded on 1 vote, not ranked until 5 scored votes. Gallagher cast the one scored House vote held while in office against public lands. That vote: Yea on Protecting Domestic Mining Act (H.R.1501), 218 to 201. Every House seat, this one included, is on the ballot in November 2026.

Every scored vote: 1 of 17 U.S. House votes counted

Anti-lands
Protecting Domestic Mining Act H.R.1501
Bill writing mining permanently into the FAST-41 fast track and barring the Permitting Council from limiting that treatment to critical minerals projects. Any mining infrastructure project on BLM or National Forest land qualifies for compressed environmental review. Passed the House 218-201 on September 2, 2026.
Voted Yea · September 2, 2026 · Roll call 294, 218 to 201
Not in office
Lead Ammunition on Federal Lands (Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act) H.R.556
Bill barring the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service from banning lead ammunition or fishing tackle on federal land and water open to hunting or fishing, or regulating the lead in it, unless field data show lead is the main cause of a wildlife decline on that unit and the state agrees. Passed the House 215-202 on March 18, 2026.
Not in office · March 18, 2026 · Roll call 93
Not in office
Critical Mineral Dominance Act H.R.4090
Codifies provisions of Trump Executive Orders 14154 and 14241, directing Interior, in consultation with the Agriculture Department, to fast-track hardrock mining projects on BLM and National Forest land and inventory federal land for mining potential. The House rejected, 209-212, a motion to bar expedited treatment for mines owned by companies from China and other adversary nations.
Not in office · February 4, 2026 · Roll call 55, 224 to 195
Not in office
Overturning Boundary Waters Mining Ban H.J.Res.140
CRA resolution overturning the 20-year mineral withdrawal on about 225,000 acres of the Superior National Forest upstream of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, opening the watershed to sulfide-ore copper mining. Became Public Law 119-85.
Not in office · January 21, 2026 · Roll call 38, 214 to 208
Not in office
SPEED Act H.R.4776
Bill rewriting the National Environmental Policy Act to narrow and speed federal environmental reviews, including for energy and mining projects on public lands, and to limit court challenges
Not in office · December 18, 2025 · Roll call 356, 221 to 196
Not in office
Opening Public Lands to Mining H.R.1366
Bill letting mining companies claim additional mill sites on public land for waste rock, tailings and processing without a valid mineral discovery, reversing the Rosemont Copper court decision
Not in office · December 18, 2025 · Roll call 358, 219 to 198
Not in office
Gray Wolf Delisting (Pet and Livestock Protection Act) H.R.845
Bill requiring the reissue of the 2020 rule removing gray wolves in the lower 48 states, outside the Mexican wolf range, from the endangered species list, and barring court review of it. Sponsored by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO).
Not in office · December 18, 2025 · Roll call 360, 211 to 204
Not in office
Overturning Powder River Basin Coal Protections (WY) H.J.Res.130
CRA resolution nullifying the Bureau of Land Management's 2024 Buffalo Field Office resource management plan amendment in Wyoming, which made approximately 413,000 acres of federal coal unavailable for future leasing in the Powder River Basin
Not in office · November 18, 2025 · Roll call 294, 214 to 212
Not in office
Opening Arctic Refuge to Drilling H.J.Res.131
CRA resolution overturning the 2024 environmental protections for oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain, stripping safeguards from the 1.56-million-acre coastal plain calving grounds of the Porcupine caribou herd
Not in office · November 18, 2025 · Roll call 295, 217 to 209
Not in office
Opening Western Arctic to Drilling S.J.Res.80
CRA resolution reversing land management safeguards to expand oil and gas drilling across Alaska's 23-million-acre Western Arctic reserve
Not in office · November 18, 2025 · Roll call 296, 216 to 209
Not in office
Overturning Miles City BLM Protections (MT) H.J.Res.104
CRA resolution rolling back the Bureau of Land Management plan amendment for the Miles City Field Office in Montana, which had ended new federal coal leasing in the state's Powder River Basin
Not in office · September 3, 2025 · Roll call 224, 211 to 208
Not in office
Overturning Central Yukon Protections (AK) H.J.Res.106
CRA resolution nullifying the Bureau of Land Management's Central Yukon resource management plan in Alaska, which designated 21 areas of critical environmental concern covering approximately 3.6 million acres. The resolution effectively resurrected the Ambler Road project through Gates of the Arctic. Signed into law as Pub.L. 119-50.
Not in office · September 3, 2025 · Roll call 225, 215 to 210
Not in office
Overturning North Dakota BLM Protections H.J.Res.105
CRA resolution rolling back Bureau of Land Management resource management plans for the North Dakota Field Office, removing protections from public lands across the state
Not in office · September 3, 2025 · Roll call 226, 215 to 211
Not in office
One Big Beautiful Bill Final Passage H.R.1
Final passage of the reconciliation bill mandating quarterly oil and gas lease sales on public lands, requiring BLM to offer at least 50% of nominated acreage, and reducing royalty rates for drilling on federal land
Not in office · July 3, 2025 · Roll call 190, 218 to 214
Not in office
One Big Beautiful Bill H.R.1
Reconciliation bill mandating Arctic Refuge and National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska lease sales, a four-million-acre coal leasing mandate, and higher timber sale targets on federal land
Not in office · May 22, 2025 · Roll call 145, 215 to 214
Not in office
Overturning Glen Canyon Safeguards H.J.Res.60
CRA resolution overturning the National Park Service rule limiting off-road vehicle use in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, reopening those routes to motorized use
Not in office · April 29, 2025 · Roll call 110, 219 to 205
Not in office
Fix Our Forests Act H.R.471
Bill expanding categorical exclusions from 3,000 to 10,000 acres for fuel-reduction and forest-health logging projects on national forests, letting large treatments skip environmental impact statements under NEPA
Not in office · January 23, 2025 · Roll call 25, 279 to 141

Roll calls and tallies from clerk.house.gov, read October 26, 2026. Which side counts as pro-lands is the scorecard's call on each vote (methodology). Provision ratings: none of these bills has an approved rating yet, so none is named here.

Call Representative Gallagher through the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121.

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Public lands bills Gallagher sponsors or cosponsors

In the 119th Congress, Gallagher sponsors 0 and cosponsors 1 public lands bill.

H.R.9250 Great American Outdoors Act 250
Cosponsor · Signed on July 30, 2026 · Not yet rated

Bills and cosponsors from the congress.gov API, read September 7, 2026. A bill is rated only when a named person approves a rating that quotes its provision; none of these has one yet.

Public lands in California's 1st District

213 federal land units lie in or reach into California's 1st District. The park with a More Than Just Parks guide: Lassen Volcanic National Park.

Listed park guides first, then by size; the largest 40 of 213 are named.

Lassen Volcanic National Park 107,423 acres
Modoc National Forest 1,679,907 acres
Klamath National Forest 1,647,749 acres
Shasta National Forest 1,185,779 acres
Lassen National Forest 1,068,351 acres
Mendocino National Forest 929,122 acres
Eagle Lake Field Office Bureau of Land Management · 700,622 acres
Applegate Field Office Bureau of Land Management · 684,641 acres
Redding Field Office Bureau of Land Management · 252,406 acres
Marble Mountain Wilderness 225,301 acres
Whiskeytown Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area 202,347 acres
Lassen Volcanic Wilderness Area 78,645 acres
South Warner Wilderness 70,288 acres
Skedaddle Wilderness Study Area 62,656 acres
Siskiyou Roadless Area 54,039 acres
Klamath, California Wild and Scenic River 52,196 acres
Rogue River National Forest 51,948 acres
Orleans Mtn. Roadless Area 49,090 acres
Five Springs Wilderness Study Area 48,853 acres
Lava Beds National Monument 46,872 acres
Kangaroo Roadless Area 46,602 acres
Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge 44,322 acres
Ishi Wilderness 42,483 acres
Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area 42,126 acres
Sacramento River/bend Area of Critical Environmental Concern 39,899 acres
Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge 37,698 acres
Mt. Shasta Wilderness 37,550 acres
West Girard Roadless Area 37,516 acres
Eagle Lake Basin Area of Critical Environmental Concern Bureau of Land Management · 32,033 acres
Lava Beds Wilderness Area 28,073 acres
East Girard Roadless Area 27,894 acres
Grindstone Roadless Area 26,031 acres
Sierra Army Depot Defense Department · 25,992 acres
Lavas Roadless Area 25,864 acres
Damon Butte Roadless Area 25,022 acres
Name Unknown Roadless Area 23,938 acres
Snoozer Roadless Area 23,414 acres
Beale Air Force Base 23,160 acres
Ishi Roadless Area 21,805 acres
Russian Roadless Area 21,771 acres

Fires burning on public land in California's 1st District

Soda Fire 14 acres, updated October 20, 2026

Drilling, mining and logging on record in California's 1st District: 1,312 timber sales (85,157 acres); 529 hardrock mining claims (15,655 acres); 34 sand and gravel sales (5,034 acres); 3 geothermal leases (1,200 acres); 3 oil and gas leases (106 acres).

Threatened public lands in California

Federal land units from PAD-US, matched to the district in the More Than Just Parks record, refreshed October 21, 2026; acres are each unit's full size, and units overlap, so they are not added up. Easements on private land are left out. Fires from NIFC; mining claims, leases and timber sales from BLM and Forest Service records; read October 26, 2026.

How Gallagher compares

The median representative scores 6%. Gallagher scores 0%, graded on 1 vote, not ranked until 5 scored votes.

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What to ask Gallagher

Washington office: 408 Cannon House Office Building. Phone (202) 225-3076. Write to Gallagher · Official site

From Gallagher's own record:

Why did you vote Yea on Protecting Domestic Mining Act (H.R.1501)?

Offices and phones from the Senate and House member feeds and unitedstates/congress-legislators, checked October 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

How did James Gallagher vote on Protecting Domestic Mining Act?

James Gallagher voted Yea on Protecting Domestic Mining Act (H.R.1501) on September 2, 2026. The House vote was 218 to 201, and the scorecard counts Nay as the vote for public lands.

Is James Gallagher up for election in 2026?

Yes. Every House seat, including California's 1st District, is on the ballot on November 3, 2026. Gallagher's grade on the 1 scored House vote so far is an F.

What public lands are in California's 1st District?

213 federal land units lie in or reach into California's 1st District. The largest are Modoc National Forest (1,679,907 acres), Klamath National Forest (1,647,749 acres) and Shasta National Forest (1,185,779 acres).

Not in the record for James Gallagher yet: committee seats and campaign money.