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EnvironmentH.R. 1043Comments

La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act

Official title: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land in Arizona to La Paz County, Arizona, and for other purposes.

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What This Bill Does

This act directs the Department of the Interior, after receiving a request from La Paz County, Arizona, to convey approximately 3,400 acres of identified land managed by the Bureau of Land Management to the county for fair market value.

Interior must exclude from the conveyance any federal land that contains significant cultural, environmental, wildlife, or recreational resources.

As a condition of the conveyance, La Paz County and any subsequent owner must

  • make good faith efforts to avoid disturbing tribal artifacts;
  • minimize impacts on tribal artifacts if they are disturbed;
  • coordinate with the Colorado River Indian Tribes Tribal Historic Preservation Office to identify artifacts of cultural and historic significance; and
  • allow tribal representatives to rebury unearthed artifacts at, or near, where they were discovered.

The federal land is withdrawn from the operation of U.S. mining and mineral leasing laws, and thus the land is not available for new mining claims, new mineral or geothermal leases, nor sales of mineral materials.

The county must pay all costs related to the conveyance.

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Timeline

  1. SenateBy Senator Lee from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 119-109.
  2. Library of CongressSigned by President.
  3. Became Law
  4. House floor actionsPresented to President.
  5. SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  6. SenateSenate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  7. Library of CongressPassed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
  8. Floor Vote
  9. SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  10. SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  11. House floor actionsMr. Gosar moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  12. House floor actionsReported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-183.
  13. House committee actionsCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  14. Library of CongressIntroduced in House
  15. House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  16. Introduced
  17. Committee

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