[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4936 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4936

  To require a study relating to the Minidoka National Historic Site.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 1, 2024

   Mr. Risch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require a study relating to the Minidoka National Historic Site.

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

SECTION 1. GAO STUDY ON THE MINIDOKA NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.

    The Secretary of the Interior may not issue any authorization for 
the project described in the notice of availability of the Bureau of 
Land Management entitled ``Notice of Availability of the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Lava Ridge Wind Project 
in Jerome, Lincoln, and Minidoka Counties, ID'' (89 Fed. Reg. 48681 
(June 7, 2024)) (or a substantially similar project) unless and until 
the date on which the Comptroller General of the United States 
completes a report identifying potential adverse effects of the project 
on or to the Minidoka National Historic Site, wildlife, cultural 
resources, transportation, hunting, wetlands, and connected surface 
water and groundwater.
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