H.R. 855: Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act of 2011
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H.R. 855: Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-03-01 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-03-01 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act of 2011
Plain summary
Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act of 2011 - Withdraws the approximately 1,068,908 acres of the Tusayan Ranger District in Arizona and federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the vicinity of Kanab Creek and in House Rock Valley from: (1) entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, and mineral materials laws. Subjects such withdrawal to valid, existing rights.
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Official text
Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] · 2 cosponsors
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Diana DeGette (D-CO), James A. Himes (D-CT)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr855.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr855 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112