Kansas Republicans Rep. Tracey Mann and Senators Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall introduced legislation in response to President Biden's 30x30 executive order calling for conserving at least 30% of the nation’s lands and waters by 2030. The “30 x 30 Termination Act” as named in the Senate and the “No Land Grab Act of 2021” in the House, seeks to limit the executive branch’s ability to infringe upon farmers’ private property rights.
On January 27, President Biden issued Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. Section 216 of the order directs the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, and other heads of agencies to achieve the goal of conserving at least 30% of our lands and waters by 2030. While a subsequent report was released in May, the legislators state a “lack of details left many questions and concerns remaining from landowners across the country.”