HR8517-118

Introduced

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land in Arizona to La Paz County, Arizona, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced May 23, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land in Arizona to La Paz County, Arizona, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Civil Rights, Energy.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HEF74F1961B6B4D81873CC82FA3FDF9AB: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act.
  • Section H81F72C2D8F5B4A2DBB08DF8F81CCFF01: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term County means La Paz County, Arizona. The term Federal land means the approximately 3,400 acres of land managed by the...
  • Section H117CCDC42D6E4D45806F864DBE320B8D: 3. Conveyance to La Paz County, Arizona Notwithstanding the planning requirement of sections 202 and 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land in Arizona to La Paz County, Arizona, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Civil Rights, Energy

Primary Purpose

This bill, To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land in Arizona to La Paz County, Arizona, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Civil Rights Energy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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federal implementing agencies:
environmental regulators and natural-resource users:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
May 23, 2024

Mr. Gosar introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Civil Rights Energy
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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