Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1350
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2013-03-21
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona

Mining

Water use and supply

Watersheds

Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act of 2013 - Withdraws the approximately 982,550 acres of the Tusayan Ranger District in Arizona and federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the vicinity of Kanab Creek and in House Rock Valley from: (1) entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, and mineral materials laws. Subjects such withdrawal to valid, existing rights. </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1350 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 21, 2013 Mr. Grijalva (for himself, Mr. Polis , Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York , Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Ellison , Mr. Conyers , Ms. Slaughter , Mr. Huffman , Mr. Nadler , Mr. Blumenauer , Ms. McCollum , Mr. Farr , Ms. Chu , Mrs. Kirkpatrick , and Mr. Pastor of Arizona ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To withdraw the Tusayan Ranger District and Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the vicinity of Kanab Creek and in House Rock Valley from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act of 2013 . 2. Withdrawal of Federal land from mining laws (a) Withdrawal Subject to subsection (b), the approximately 982,550 acres of Federal land generally depicted on the map titled Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act and dated February 22, 2013, are hereby withdrawn from— (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws and mineral materials laws. (b) Treatment of Existing Rights The withdrawal under subsection (a) is subject to valid, existing rights. If such rights are relinquished or otherwise acquired by the United States after the date of the enactment of this Act, the land that was subject to the rights shall be immediately withdrawn in accordance with subsection (a).