3.0.0 528 2023-01-11T13:47:50Z 2023-01-11T13:47:50Z Senate S 2021-03-02 117 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Hearings by 2021-10-19T18:30:24Z Referred to 2021-03-02T20:21:12Z La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act of 2021 117 1499 HR 2021-04-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. Related bill CRS 2021-10-19 sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. Committee 2021-03-02 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2021-03-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ N K000377 Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] Mark Kelly D AZ 2021-03-02 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Arizona Historical and cultural resources Indian lands and resources rights Land transfers Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2021-03-02 Introduced in Senate 2021-04-13T15:23:18Z 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 4,800 acres of identified land managed by the Bureau of Land Management to the county.

Interior shall 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 shall

  • 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The federal land is withdrawn from the operation of U.S. mining and mineral leasing laws.

]]> La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act Display Title La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to La Paz County, Arizona, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s528is/xml/BILLS-117s528is.xml 2021-10-19 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. 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.