Title: LOCAL Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Local Opportunities, Conservation, and American Lands Act or the LOCAL Act
This bill directs that the headquarters for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) shall remain located in Grand Junction, Colorado.
The Department of the Interior shall study the feasibility of relocating more existing BLM employee positions to Grand Junction or Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming. Interior must determine, among other things, whether such relocation will improve management of federal lands, increase coordination with local communities, and strengthen tourism, conservation, outdoor recreation, grazing, or responsible energy production.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2081 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2081

   To provide for improved management of Federal lands and increased 
 efficiencies within public land agencies while strengthening tourism, 
     conservation, outdoor recreation, grazing, responsible energy 
                  production, and other multiple uses.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 19, 2021

Mrs. Boebert (for herself, Mr. Buck, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Weber of 
Texas, Mr. Perry, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. LaMalfa, 
and Mr. Young) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for improved management of Federal lands and increased 
 efficiencies within public land agencies while strengthening tourism, 
     conservation, outdoor recreation, grazing, responsible energy 
                  production, and other multiple uses.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Local Opportunities, Conservation, 
and American Lands Act'' or the ``LOCAL Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (2) Western state.--The term ``western State'' means any of 
        the States of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, 
        Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, or 
        Wyoming.

SEC. 3. HEADQUARTERS OFFICE OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT IN GRAND 
              JUNCTION, COLORADO.

    (a) Headquarters.--The headquarters for the Bureau of Land 
Management shall remain located in Grand Junction, Colorado.
    (b) Employee Stations.--All Bureau of Land Management employee 
positions stationed in Grand Junction, Colorado on the date of the 
enactment of this Act shall remain stationed in Grand Junction, 
Colorado.

SEC. 4. STUDY OF RELOCATION OF EXISTING BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
              EMPLOYEE POSITIONS.

    (a) Study Required.--The Secretary shall conduct a study on the 
feasibility of relocating more existing Bureau of Land Management 
employee positions to the headquarters in Grand Junction, Colorado or a 
western State specified by the Secretary and determine amongst other 
things whether such relocation will improve management of Federal 
lands, increase coordination with local communities, and strengthen 
tourism, conservation, outdoor recreation, grazing, responsible energy 
production, or other multiple uses.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 365 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on the study 
required under subsection (a).
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