Southern Arizona Public Lands Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2924
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2015-06-25
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona

Land use and conservation

Mining
Latest action: action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-06-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Southern Arizona Public Lands Protection Act of 2015</b></p> <p>Withdraws federal lands and interests located in Pima and Santa Cruz Counties, Arizona, as well as all federally owned subsurface interests under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in lands in Pima County, 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 the mineral materials laws.</p> <p>Withdraws all federally owned interests in BLM lands in Pima County from entry, location, or patent under the general mining laws.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2924 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 25, 2015 Mr. Grijalva introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To withdraw certain Federal lands and interests located in Pima and Santa Cruz counties, Arizona, from the mining and mineral leasing laws of the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Southern Arizona Public Lands Protection Act of 2015 . 2. Withdrawal of Federal lands and interests located in Pima and Santa Cruz counties, Arizona Subject to valid existing rights, after the date of enactment of this Act— (1) all federally owned interests in National Forest lands in Santa Cruz County and Pima County, Arizona, are withdrawn from— (A) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (B) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (C) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, and the mineral materials laws; (2) all federally owned subsurface interests under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in lands in Pima County, Arizona, with respect to which the surface interests are owned by such county, including in such lands located in Davidson Canyon, are withdrawn from— (A) all forms of entry, appropriation and disposal under the public land laws; (B) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (C) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, and the mineral materials laws; and (3) all federally owned interests in Bureau of Land Management lands in Pima County, Arizona, are withdrawn from entry, location, or patent under the general mining laws.