HR1043Enacted into Law

La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
Passed Both
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-02-06
Introduced
2
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Sponsor

Paul A. Gosar
Paul A. Gosar
Republican · AZ · Representative
Votes with party: 89.3% (535 recorded votes)

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By Senator Lee from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 119-109.

2026-02-11

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Plain-English Summary

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 3,400 acres of identified land managed by the Bureau of Land Management to the county for fair market value. Interior must 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 must 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 The federal land is withdrawn from the operation of U.S. mining and mineral leasing laws.

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