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H.R. 5742: Soledad Canyon Settlement Act

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H.R. 5742: Soledad Canyon Settlement Act

113th Congress · introduced 2014-11-19 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Received in the Senate.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-11-19 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Soledad Canyon Settlement Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Soledad Canyon Settlement Act - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to offer to cancel Bureau of Land Management (BLM) mineral contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901 (located in Soledad Canyon, California) and compensate the contract holder for the cancellation with proceeds from the sale of certain lands near Victorville, California. (Sec. 4) Requires the Secretary to provide to the applicable local land use authority a 30-day exclusive, preemptive right to purchase specified land located within its jurisdiction. Withdraws affected areas from further mineral entry and leasing.

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Official text

Soledad Canyon Settlement Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25] · 1 cosponsors

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Brad Sherman (D-CA)

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Words on this page, explained (1)
Jurisdiction
The area or the matters a government or court has authority over.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr5742 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113