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A bill to maximize land management efficiencies, promote land conservation, generate education funding, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-2078| Senate 
| Updated: 8/22/2018
Martin Heinrich

Martin Heinrich

Democratic Senator

New Mexico

Cosponsors (1)
Jeff Flake (Republican)

Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee, Energy and Natural Resources Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Advancing Conservation and Education Act This bill allows the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming (western states) to relinquish state land grant parcels wholly or primarily within eligible areas and select, in exchange, public land within the state. The bill defines "eligible areas" as lands within the outer boundaries of units or components of the National Park, National Wilderness Preservation, National Wildlife Refuge, or National Landscape Conservation Systems, areas identified by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the Department of the Interior as having wilderness characteristics, certain designated lands within the National Forest System or administered by the BLM, and sentinel landscapes designated by the Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, or Interior. Interior shall create a process for the relinquishment of such parcels. A western state may select, and Interior may convey, lands that are mineral in character. The overall value of the state land grant parcels and the public land to be conveyed shall be equal. The bill sets forth requirements regarding hazardous materials on land conveyed, water rights, grazing permits, and road rights-of ways and other valid existing rights.
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Timeline
Nov 6, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Nov 6, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Aug 22, 2018
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-528.
  • November 6, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 6, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.


  • August 22, 2018
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-528.

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Related Bills

  • HR 115-4257: Advancing Conservation and Education Act
AlaskaArizonaCaliforniaColoradoEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchForests, forestry, treesIdahoIntergovernmental relationsLand transfersLand use and conservationMilitary facilities and propertyMiningMontanaMonuments and memorialsNew MexicoNorth DakotaOregonParks, recreation areas, trailsSouth DakotaState and local government operationsUtahWashington StateWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitatsWildlife conservation and habitat protectionWyoming

A bill to maximize land management efficiencies, promote land conservation, generate education funding, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-2078| Senate 
| Updated: 8/22/2018
Advancing Conservation and Education Act This bill allows the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming (western states) to relinquish state land grant parcels wholly or primarily within eligible areas and select, in exchange, public land within the state. The bill defines "eligible areas" as lands within the outer boundaries of units or components of the National Park, National Wilderness Preservation, National Wildlife Refuge, or National Landscape Conservation Systems, areas identified by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the Department of the Interior as having wilderness characteristics, certain designated lands within the National Forest System or administered by the BLM, and sentinel landscapes designated by the Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, or Interior. Interior shall create a process for the relinquishment of such parcels. A western state may select, and Interior may convey, lands that are mineral in character. The overall value of the state land grant parcels and the public land to be conveyed shall be equal. The bill sets forth requirements regarding hazardous materials on land conveyed, water rights, grazing permits, and road rights-of ways and other valid existing rights.
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Timeline
Nov 6, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Nov 6, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Aug 22, 2018
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-528.
  • November 6, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 6, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.


  • August 22, 2018
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-528.
Martin Heinrich

Martin Heinrich

Democratic Senator

New Mexico

Cosponsors (1)
Jeff Flake (Republican)

Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee, Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Related Bills

  • HR 115-4257: Advancing Conservation and Education Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
AlaskaArizonaCaliforniaColoradoEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchForests, forestry, treesIdahoIntergovernmental relationsLand transfersLand use and conservationMilitary facilities and propertyMiningMontanaMonuments and memorialsNew MexicoNorth DakotaOregonParks, recreation areas, trailsSouth DakotaState and local government operationsUtahWashington StateWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitatsWildlife conservation and habitat protectionWyoming