Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6373
Sponsor: Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2006-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Archaeology
Arizona
Arts, Culture, Religion
Boundaries
Camping
Charities
Conservation easements
Construction costs
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Housing and Community Development
Indian lands
Infrastructure
Land transfers
Land use
Maps
Mines and mineral resources
Mining engineering
Minorities
National forests
Native Americans
Natural areas
Outdoor recreation
Real estate appraisal
Road construction
Roads and highways
Small towns
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
State parks
Trails
Transportation and Public Works
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-05
text: 
Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) to convey to Resolution Copper Mining, LLC, all, right, title, and interest of the United States in and to specified federal land in Pinal county, Arizona, in exchange for Resolution Copper conveying to the United States title to: (1) the Secretary to specified non-federal land in Gila, Yavapai, Maricopa, Pinal, and Coconino counties, Arizona, and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to specified non-federal land in Pinal, Santa Cruz, and Gila counties, Arizona. 
 
Directs the Secretary to convey specified land in Pinal county to the town of Superior, Arizona. 
 
Instructs Resolution Copper to deliver to the Secretary an executed document reviewed by, and acceptable to, the Secretary which grants a permanent conservation easement to the easement area (the surface estate of the Apache Leap Natural and Cultural Resource Conservation Easement Area) to one or more of the following grantees: (1) a qualified unit of government or Indian tribe; or (2) a land trust or other qualified organization. Requires Resolution Copper the grantee or grantees, in consultation with the town, the Secretary, interested Apache Indian tribes, and other interested parties, to determine whether the area covered by the easement should be managed to establish additional cultural and historic resource protections or measures. 
 
Directs: (1) the Secretary, in consultation with Resolution Copper, the town, and other interested parties, to construct in the Global Ranger District of the Tonto National Forest one or more replacement campgrounds for the Oak Flat Campground; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to immediately convey to the Arizona State Parks Board approximately 2,000 acres of land under such Secretary's jurisdiction within the exterior boundary of the proposed Tam O'Shanter Area State Park for the establishment of such Park. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior, immediately upon request by the Board, to grant the Board a right-of-way for a State Park access road across any federal lands on the Tam O' Shanter Access Road in order to provide public access to the proposed State Park. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2006-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-12-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2104)
action_date: 2006-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-12-05
text: Introduced in House