S. 3157: Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2008

110th Congress · introduced 2008-06-18 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-572.

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Where it came from: introduced 2008-06-18 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-572. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2008

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Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) accept a conveyance of non-federal land in Gila, Yavapai, Maricopa, Pinal, and Coconino Counties, Arizona, from Resolution Copper Mining, LLC (Resolution Copper); (2) convey to Resolution Copper certain federal land located in Pinal County, Arizona; (3) convey specified land in Pinal County to the town of Superior, Arizona; and (4) appraise lands exchanged or conveyed under this Act. Instructs Resolution Copper to deliver to the Secretary an executed document granting a permanent conservation easement for the easement area (the surface estate of the Apache Leap Conservation Easement Area, Arizona) to an entity that is: (1) a qualified unit of government or Indian tribe; or (2) a land trust or other qualified organization. Requires Resolution Copper to determine whether the area covered by the easement should be managed to establish: (1) additional cultural and historical resource protections or measures; or (2) additional or alternative public access routes, trails, and trailheads to Apache Leap. Makes lands acquired by the Secretary under this Act part of the National Forest within which the land is located. Directs the Secretary to construct in the Global Ranger District of the Tonto National Forest, Arizona, one or more replacement campgrounds for the Oak Flat Campground. Requires Resolution Copper to make value adjustment payments to the United States based upon locatable minerals produced from federal lands in Pinal County, Arizona.

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Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2008

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Sponsor: Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] · 0 cosponsors

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Resolution: A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110s3157.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/s>

Record fed-us-cong110-s3157 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110