[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 644 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 644

To withdraw the Tusayan Ranger District and Federal land managed by the 
 Bureau of Land Management in the vicinity of Kanab Creek and in House 
Rock Valley from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 22, 2009

 Mr. Grijalva (for himself, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Rahall, and Mr. Pastor of 
   Arizona) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To withdraw the Tusayan Ranger District and Federal land managed by the 
 Bureau of Land Management in the vicinity of Kanab Creek and in House 
Rock Valley from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection 
Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LAND FROM MINING LAWS.

    (a) Withdrawal.--Subject to subsection (b), the approximately 
1,068,908 acres of Federal land generally depicted on the map titled 
``Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act of 2008'' and dated May 28, 
2008, are hereby withdrawn from--
            (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under 
        the public land laws;
            (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
            (3) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing 
        laws and mineral materials laws.
    (b) Treatment of Existing Rights.--The withdrawal under subsection 
(a) is subject to valid, existing rights. If such rights are 
relinquished or otherwise acquired by the United States after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the land that was subject to the rights 
shall be immediately withdrawn in accordance with subsection (a).
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