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S 4475 116th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Arizona Historical and cultural resources Indian lands and resources rights Land transfers

La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act

Introduced: August 6, 2020 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Sep 16, 2020
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-380.
Aug 6, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Aug 6, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act

This bill directs the Department of the Interior, after receiving a request from La Paz County, Arizona, to convey approximately 4,800 acres of identified land managed by the Bureau of Land Management to the county.

Interior shall 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 shall

  • 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The federal land is withdrawn from the operation of U.S. mining and mineral leasing laws.

What's happening now September 16, 2020

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-380.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 54 Related bill La Paz County Land Conveyance Act of 2019
  • HR 7966 Identical bill La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act
  • HR 304 Related bill La Paz County Land Conveyance Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
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All 2 Democratic 1
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Kelly, Mark
Arizona · Dec 19, 2020
McSally, Martha
· Aug 6, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4475: La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4475/
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