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Union Calendar No. 175 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1373 

[Report No. 116–222] 

To protect, for current and future generations, the watershed, ecosystem, 

and cultural heritage of the Grand Canyon region in the State of Arizona, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 26, 2019 

Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. 

LOWENTHAL, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. COX of California, Ms. 

HAALAND, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. 

SABLAN, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 

GALLEGO, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, and 

Mr. COHEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

OCTOBER 4, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Mr. NEGUSE, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. 

CASE, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. PETERS, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. 

SCHNEIDER, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. 

KHANNA, Mr. SIRES, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. 

MOULTON, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. NEAL, 

Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. POCAN, Ms. OMAR, Ms. KUSTER of New 

Hampshire, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. CLAY, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. 

GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. WELCH, Ms. ESHOO, Mrs. 

BEATTY, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. SOTO, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 

BROWN of Maryland, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. STANTON, Mr. TONKO, Mr. 

KENNEDY, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. BEYER, 

Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. KIND, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. 

JAYAPAL, Mr. RYAN, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON

LEE, Mr. NADLER, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. MOORE, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. 

PANETTA, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. GABBARD, Ms. 

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fornia, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. NORTON, Ms. CLARKE of New 

York, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. WILD, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. HECK, 

Mr. MEEKS, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. 

FUDGE, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. AGUILAR, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. 

HIMES, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. 

DAVIDS of Kansas, Ms. WATERS, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. MENG, Mr. LEVIN of 

Michigan, Mr. CROW, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. 

SLOTKIN, Mr. KEATING, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, and Ms. CASTOR of 

Florida 

OCTOBER 4, 2019 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 26, 2019] 

A BILL 

To protect, for current and future generations, the watershed, ecosystem, and cultural heritage of the Grand Canyon region in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Grand Canyon Centen5 nial Protection Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND IN THE 

7 STATE OF ARIZONA. 

8 (a) DEFINITION OF MAP.—In this Act, the term 

9 ‘‘Map’’ means the map prepared by the Bureau of Land 

10 Management entitled ‘‘Grand Canyon Centennial Protec11 tion Act’’ and dated July 11, 2019. 

12 (b) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 

13 the approximately 1,006,545 acres of Federal land in the 

14 State of Arizona, generally depicted on the Map as ‘‘Federal 

15 Mineral Estate to be Withdrawn’’, including any land or 

16 interest in land that is acquired by the United States after 

17 the date of the enactment of this Act, are hereby withdrawn 

18 from— 

19 (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis20 posal under the public land laws; 

21 (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 

22 laws; and 

23 (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 

24 materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 


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1 (c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Map shall be kept on 

2 file and made available for public inspection in the appro3 priate offices of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land 

4 Management. 


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Union Calendar No. 175 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1373 

[Report No. 116–222] 

A BILL 

To protect, for current and future generations, the 

zona, and for other purposes. the Grand Canyon region in the State of Ariwatershed, ecosystem, and cultural heritage of 

OCTOBER 4, 2019 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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