3.0.0 2078 2023-01-11T13:39:24Z 2023-01-11T13:39:24Z Senate S 2017-11-06 115 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Hearings by 2018-08-22T14:00:08Z Referred to 2017-11-06T21:26:19Z Advancing Conservation and Education Act 115 4257 HR 2018-06-26 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Identical bill CRS 2018-08-22 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. 115-528. Committee 2017-11-06 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2017-11-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. N F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 2017-11-06 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Alaska Arizona California Colorado Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Forests, forestry, trees Idaho Intergovernmental relations Land transfers Land use and conservation Military facilities and property Mining Montana Monuments and memorials New Mexico North Dakota Oregon Parks, recreation areas, trails South Dakota State and local government operations Utah Washington State Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Wyoming Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2017-11-06 Introduced in Senate 2018-02-09T22:44:54Z Advancing Conservation and Education Act

This bill allows the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming (western states) to relinquish state land grant parcels wholly or primarily within eligible areas and select, in exchange, public land within the state.

The bill defines "eligible areas" as lands within the outer boundaries of units or components of the National Park, National Wilderness Preservation, National Wildlife Refuge, or National Landscape Conservation Systems, areas identified by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the Department of the Interior as having wilderness characteristics, certain designated lands within the National Forest System or administered by the BLM, and sentinel landscapes designated by the Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, or Interior.

Interior shall create a process for the relinquishment of such parcels.

A western state may select, and Interior may convey, lands that are mineral in character.

The overall value of the state land grant parcels and the public land to be conveyed shall be equal.

The bill sets forth requirements regarding hazardous materials on land conveyed, water rights, grazing permits, and road rights-of ways and other valid existing rights.

]]> Advancing Conservation and Education Act Display Title Advancing Conservation and Education Act Short Titles as Introduced Advancing Conservation and Education Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to maximize land management efficiencies, promote land conservation, generate education funding, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2078is/xml/BILLS-115s2078is.xml 2018-08-22 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-528. 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.