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S. 759: Soledad Canyon High Desert, California Public Lands Conservation and Management Act of 2011

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S. 759: Soledad Canyon High Desert, California Public Lands Conservation and Management Act of 2011

112th Congress · introduced 2011-04-07 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-04-07 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Soledad Canyon High Desert, California Public Lands Conservation and Management Act of 2011

Plain summary

Soledad Canyon High Desert, California Public Lands Conservation and Management Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to cancel Bureau of Land Management (BLM) mineral contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901 and withdraw the areas that were subject to such contracts from further mineral entry under all mineral leasing and sales authorities available to the Secretary. Requires the holder of such contracts to receive specified compensation for the cancellation. Deems: (1) any negotiated agreement between the Secretary and the contract holder as to the amount of compensation to be a compromise settlement of imminent litigation, and (2) judgment by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to be final. Directs the Secretary to offer for sale by competitive bidding specified lands identified for disposition near Victorville, California, and provides for the acquisition of environmentally sensitive land and interests with the proceeds of such sale.

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Official text

Soledad Canyon High Desert, California Public Lands Conservation and Management Act of 2011

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-s759 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112