H.R. 1043 House Public Lands and Natural Resources
La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act
BECAME LAW FEB 11, 2026
Became Law on Feb 11, 2026.
- House Introduced in House Feb 6, 2025
- House Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Feb 6, 2025
- House Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Apr 9, 2025
- House Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent. Apr 9, 2025
- House Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-183. Jul 2, 2025
- House Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 148. Jul 2, 2025
- House Mr. Gosar moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Jul 21, 2025
- House Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3498) Jul 21, 2025
- House DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1043. Jul 21, 2025
- House Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3498-3499) Jul 21, 2025
- House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3498-3499) Jul 21, 2025
- House Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Jul 21, 2025
- Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Jul 22, 2025
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Sep 11, 2025
- House Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. Dec 16, 2025
- House Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. Dec 16, 2025
- Senate Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S8766-8768) Dec 16, 2025
- Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Dec 17, 2025
- HousePresented to President. Dec 18, 2025
- HouseSigned by President. Dec 29, 2025
- HouseBecame Public Law No: 119-68. Dec 29, 2025
- House By Senator Lee from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 119-109. Feb 11, 2026
Cosponsors
2
Subjects
ArizonaHistorical and cultural resourcesIndian lands and resources rightsLand transfers
Committees
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Reported By , Feb 11, 2026
- Discharged From , Dec 16, 2025
- Markup By , Sep 11, 2025
- Referred To , Jul 22, 2025
- Natural Resources Committee
- Reported By , Jul 2, 2025
- Markup By , Apr 9, 2025
- Referred To , Feb 6, 2025
Summary
La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation ActThis act 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 mustmake 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; andallow 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, and thus the land is not available for new mining claims, new mineral or geothermal leases, nor sales of mineral materials.The county must pay all costs related to the conveyance.
Summary as of: Public Law
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