3.0.0 339 2022-11-15T16:34:20Z 2022-11-15T16:34:20Z Senate S S 2013-02-14 113 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Hearings by 2013-11-20T20:30:00Z Referred to 2013-02-14T17:59:32Z Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013 113 687 HR 2013-09-26 Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 687 as unfinished business. 15:35:50 Identical bill CRS 2013-11-20 sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-342. Committee 2013-02-14 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2013-02-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY N F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 2013-02-14 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Arizona Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Forests, forestry, trees Historical and cultural resources Indian lands and resources rights Land transfers Mining Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2013-02-14 Introduced in Senate 2013-03-01T16:03:28Z Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013 - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) (the Secretary), if Resolution Copper Mining, LLC offers to convey specified parcels of non-federal land in Gila, Yavapi, Maricopa, Coconino, Pinal, and/or Santa Cruz Counties, Arizona, that are acceptable to the Secretary or the Secretary of the Interior, to convey certain federal land in Pinal County, Arizona, to Resolution Copper.

Makes the federal lands available to Resolution Copper for use for mining and related activities.

Requires the Secretary, if so requested by Resolution Copper, to issue separate special use permits to it to carry out mineral exploration activities: (1) under the Oak Flat Withdrawal Area from existing drill pads outside the Area, if they would not disturb the surface of the area; and (2) within the Withdrawal Area (with the exception of within the Oak Flat Campground), if they are conducted from a single exploratory drill pad which is located to minimize visual and noise impacts on the Campground.

Makes lands acquired by the Secretary under this Act part of the National Forest within which the land is located.

Adds certain of the non-federal land acquired by the Secretary of the Interior in Pinal and Santa Cruz Counties to the San Pedro Riparian and Las Cienegas National Conservation Areas, respectively.

Instructs Resolution Copper to surrender, without compensation, the rights held by it under mining and other U.S. laws to commercially extract minerals under Apache Leap.

Requires Resolution Copper to make value adjustment payments to the United States based upon locatable minerals produced from the federal land in Pinal County, Arizona.

Authorizes the Secretary to issue to Resolution Copper special use permits that allow it to carry out underground activities (other than the commercial extraction of minerals) under the surface of Apache Leap that would not disturb the surface.

Requires preparation of a management plan for Apache Leap.

Directs the Secretary to convey specified lands in Pinal County to the town of Superior, Arizona.

]]> Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013 Display Title Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to facilitate the efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2013-02-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s339is/xml/BILLS-113s339is.xml 2013-11-20 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-342. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.