A bill to require a study relating to the Minidoka National Historic Site.

Bill: 118-s-4936
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2024-08-01
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations

Historic sites and heritage areas

Idaho
Latest action: action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 634.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 634 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4936 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 1, 2024 Mr. Risch (for himself and Mr. Crapo ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources November 21, 2024 Reported by Mr. Manchin , without amendment A BILL To require a study relating to the Minidoka National Historic Site.

1. GAO study on the Minidoka National Historic Site The Secretary of the Interior may not issue any authorization for the project described in the notice of availability of the Bureau of Land Management entitled Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Lava Ridge Wind Project in Jerome, Lincoln, and Minidoka Counties, ID (89 Fed. Reg. 48681 (June 7, 2024)) (or a substantially similar project) unless and until the date on which the Comptroller General of the United States completes a report identifying potential adverse effects of the project on or to the Minidoka National Historic Site, wildlife, cultural resources, transportation, hunting, wetlands, and connected surface water and groundwater.

November 21, 2024 Reported without amendment

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4936 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 1, 2024 Mr. Risch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To require a study relating to the Minidoka National Historic Site.

1. GAO study on the Minidoka National Historic Site The Secretary of the Interior may not issue any authorization for the project described in the notice of availability of the Bureau of Land Management entitled Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Lava Ridge Wind Project in Jerome, Lincoln, and Minidoka Counties, ID (89 Fed. Reg. 48681 (June 7, 2024)) (or a substantially similar project) unless and until the date on which the Comptroller General of the United States completes a report identifying potential adverse effects of the project on or to the Minidoka National Historic Site, wildlife, cultural resources, transportation, hunting, wetlands, and connected surface water and groundwater.