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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 15 (Thursday, January 24, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. GOSAR:H.R. 755.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (the Property Clause).Under this clause, Congress has the power to dispose of andmake all needful rules and regulations respecting theterritory or other property belonging to the United States.By virtue of this enumerated power, Congress has governingauthority over the lands, territories, or other property ofthe United States--and with this authority Congress is vestedwith the power to all owners in fee, the ability to sell,lease, dispose, exchange, convey, or simply preserve land.The Supreme Court has described this enumerated grant as one``without limitation'' Kleppe v New Mexico, 426 U.S. 529,542-543 (1976) (``And while the furthest reaches of the powergranted by the Property Clause have not been definitelyresolved, we have repeatedly observed that the power over thepublic land thus entrusted to Congress is withoutlimitation.'') The transfers codified by this legislation arethus constitutional.[Page H1212]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Black Mountain Range and Bullhead City Land Exchange Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of the Interior, upon request by&nbsp;Bullhead City, Arizona, to convey to to the city 345.2 acres of specified federal land in exchange for 1,100 acres of city-owned land in the Black Mountain Range. </p> <p>The lands acquired by Interior shall be, upon acquisition, automatically and permanently withdrawn from appropriation and disposal under the public land laws and specified laws regarding geothermal resources. </p>]]></text>
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