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S 909 119th 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: March 10, 2025 Introduced by: Gallego, Ruben Democratic · Arizona See on congress.gov
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Feb 11, 2026
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. With written report No. 119-107.
Feb 11, 2026
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 336.
Sep 11, 2025
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Mar 10, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 10, 2025
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 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The federal land is withdrawn from the operation of U.S. mining and mineral leasing laws.

What's happening now February 11, 2026

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 336.

 Hearings & markups 1
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1043 Related bill La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act
 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 5

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • MARCUS G. FAUST, PC
    for LA PAZ COUNTY, ARIZONA · Arizona · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
  • MARCUS G. FAUST, PC
    for LA PAZ COUNTY, ARIZONA · Arizona · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
  • MARCUS G. FAUST, PC
    for LA PAZ COUNTY, ARIZONA · Arizona · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025
  • MARCUS G. FAUST, PC
    for LA PAZ COUNTY, ARIZONA · Arizona · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025
  • MARCUS G. FAUST, PC
    for LA PAZ COUNTY, ARIZONA · Arizona · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Kelly, Mark
Arizona · Mar 10, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 909: La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-909/
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"S. 909: La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-909/.
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S. 909, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-909/.
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