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S 27 113th Congress Senate Native Americans Indian lands and resources rights Land transfers Utah

Hill Creek Cultural Preservation and Energy Development Act

Introduced: January 22, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Jun 27, 2013
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 103.
Jun 27, 2013
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden without amendment. With written report No. 113-49.
May 16, 2013
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Apr 25, 2013
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-28.
Jan 22, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jan 22, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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Hill Creek Cultural Preservation and Energy Development Act - Authorizes Utah to relinquish for the benefit of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation certain of its school trust or subsurface mineral lands south of the border between Grand County and Uintah County, Utah, in exchange for certain federal subsurface mineral lands north of that border.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to reserve an overriding interest in that portion of the mineral estate composed of minerals subject to leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act in the mineral lands conveyed to Utah. Delineates the extent of that interest.

Requires Utah to reserve, for the benefit of its school trust, an overriding interest in that portion of the mineral estate composed of minerals subject to leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act in the mineral lands it relinquished to the federal government. Delineates the extent of that interest.

What's happening now June 27, 2013

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 103.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 356 Identical bill Hill Creek Cultural Preservation and Energy Development Act
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Lee, Mike
Utah · Jan 22, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 27: Hill Creek Cultural Preservation and Energy Development Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-27/
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