La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act

United States116th CongressHR-7966House of Representatives
Latest legislative activity: Sep 4, 2020

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The federal land is withdrawn from the operation of U.S. mining and mineral leasing laws.

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S-4475: La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-380.

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.

    House of Representatives

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

    House of Representatives

  4. Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

    House of Representatives