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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1052
To withdraw certain Federal land in the State of Arizona from location,
entry, and patent under mining laws, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr.
HUFFMAN, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. STANTON, Mrs.
NAPOLITANO, Mr. SABLAN, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. NADLER, Mr.
CASTEN, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. NEGUSE, and Mr.
BLUMENAUER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To withdraw certain Federal land in the State of Arizona
from location, entry, and patent under mining laws, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Grand Canyon Protec-
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tion Act’’.
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SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND IN THE
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STATE OF ARIZONA.
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(a) DEFINITION OF MAP.—In this Act, the term
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‘‘Map’’ means the map prepared by the Bureau of Land
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Management entitled ‘‘Grand Canyon Protection Act’’ and
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dated January 22, 2021.
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(b) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights,
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the approximately 1,006,545 acres of Federal land in the
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State of Arizona, generally depicted on the Map as ‘‘Fed-
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eral Mineral Estate to be Withdrawn’’, including any land
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or interest in land that is acquired by the United States
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after the date of the enactment of this Act, are hereby
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withdrawn from—
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(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis-
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posal under the public land laws;
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(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining
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laws; and
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(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral
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materials, and geothermal leasing laws.
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(c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Map shall be kept
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on file and made available for public inspection in the ap-
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propriate offices of the Forest Service and the Bureau of
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Land Management.
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