Desert Lands Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-8479
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2022-07-21
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Latest action: action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong><strong>Desert Lands Protection Act</strong></strong></p> <p>This bill revises a provision regarding the California Desert Conservation Area to specify that the prohibition on activities contrary to the conservation purposes of the area only applies within the area.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8479 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 21, 2022 Mr. Ruiz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 with respect to the definition of the term conservation land , and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Desert Lands Protection Act . 2. Prohibited uses of acquired, donated, and conservation land Section 714(a) of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 ( Public Law 103–433 ; 16 U.S.C. 410aaa–81c(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: (3) Conservation land The term conservation land means— (A) any land within the Conservation Area that is designated to satisfy the conditions of a Federal habitat conservation plan, general conservation plan, or State natural communities conservation plan; (B) any national conservation land within the Conservation Area established pursuant to section 2002(b)(2)(D) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( 16 U.S.C. 7202(b)(2)(D) ); and (C) any area of critical environmental concern within the Conservation Area established pursuant to section 202(c)(3) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1712(c)(3) ). .