Advancing Conservation and Education Act

3.0.0 244 2023-01-11T13:44:07Z 2023-01-11T13:44:07Z House HR 2019-01-04 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 2 (Friday, January 4, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. STEWART:H.R. 244.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Tenth Amendment, United States Constitution Article IV,section 3, clause 2 (relating to the power of Congress todispose of and make all needful rules and regulationsrespecting the territory or other property belonging to theUnited States)[Page H228]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Discharged from 2020-09-30T17:29:26Z Hearings by 2020-06-18T14:21:47Z Referred to 2019-02-05T18:10:20Z Reported by 2020-12-14T18:06:39Z Markup by 2020-09-30T18:04:05Z Referred to 2019-01-04T14:03:05Z H. Rept. 116-639 2020-12-14 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 524. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00524 2020-12-14 Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-639. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2020-12-14 Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-639. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2020-09-30 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent. Committee 2020-09-30 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2020-09-30 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged. Committee 2020-06-18 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2019-02-05 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. Committee 2019-01-04 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2019-01-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-01-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001192 Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] Chris Stewart R UT 2 N 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 2019-01-04 Introduced in House 2019-12-10T16:35:45Z 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 through a inventory carried out in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) as having wilderness characteristics as of enactment of this bill or in a land use plan that was finalized under the FLPMA, 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 or made equal.

The bill sets forth requirements regarding hazardous materials on land to be conveyed, water rights, grazing permits, road rights-of-ways, and protection of Indian rights.

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07 2020-12-14 Reported to House 2021-05-04T18:41:33Z 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, and 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 through a inventory carried out in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) as having wilderness characteristics as of the enactment of this bill or in a land use plan that was finalized under the FLPMA, 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 or made equal.

The bill sets forth requirements regarding hazardous materials on land to be conveyed, water rights, grazing permits, road rights-of-ways, and protection of Indian rights.

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