(Dez 2014) Industry has pushed for access to these lands for the past decade, and both the U.S. House and Senate have repeatedly rejected the proposal in the past. This time around, the provision was made public only at 11:00 p.m. on Dec. 2, after a House of Representatives committee posted the full 1,700-page NDAA draft online. That was the night before the House was scheduled to vote on the bill.