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S 700 119th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Arizona Forests, forestry, trees Geography and mapping Land transfers

A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona.

Introduced: February 25, 2025 Introduced by: Kelly, Mark Democratic · Arizona See on congress.gov
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Feb 4, 2026
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Feb 25, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill directs the Forest Service to convey specified property to Gila County, Arizona, upon the county's submission of a written request for such conveyance. The property, identified as the Gila County Area, consists of approximately 232.9 acres of National Forest System land located in the Tonto National Forest in Arizona.

The county must use the land for the purposes of serving and supporting veterans. If any land conveyed under this bill ceases to be used for such purpose, all right, title, and interest in and to the land shall revert to the United States, at the discretion of the Forest Service.

The conveyance must be made with a quitclaim deed and without consideration (value, such as payment, provided in exchange for the property).

The Forest Service must not be required to provide any covenant or warranty for the land and improvements conveyed to the county under such conveyance.

As a condition of the conveyance, the county must pay all the costs associated with the conveyance, including any (1) surveys, (2) environmental analysis or resource survey required under federal law, and (3) analysis required to comply with certain provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act.

What's happening now February 4, 2026

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.

 Hearings & markups 1
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 837 Identical bill To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila Count…
 Bill text 1 version

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 Cosponsors 1
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Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Feb 25, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 700: A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-700/
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"S. 700: A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-700/.
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S. 700, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-700/.
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[S. 700: A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona.](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-700/)
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