[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1052 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1052

To withdraw certain Federal land in the State of Arizona from location, 
      entry, and patent under mining laws, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2021

Mr. Grijalva (for himself, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. 
 Huffman, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Stanton, Mrs. Napolitano, 
  Mr. Sablan, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Casten, Mr. Levin of 
California, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Neguse, and Mr. Blumenauer) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To withdraw certain Federal land in the State of Arizona from location, 
      entry, and patent under 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 Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

    (a) Definition of Map.--In this Act, the term ``Map'' means the map 
prepared by the Bureau of Land Management entitled ``Grand Canyon 
Protection Act'' and dated January 22, 2021.
    (b) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
approximately 1,006,545 acres of Federal land in the State of Arizona, 
generally depicted on the Map as ``Federal Mineral Estate to be 
Withdrawn'', including any land or interest in land that is acquired by 
the United States after the date of the enactment of this Act, 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hereby withdrawn from--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, mineral materials, 
        and geothermal leasing laws.
    (c) Availability of Map.--The Map shall be kept on file and made 
available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.
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