S. 528: La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act
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S. 528: La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act
117th Congress · introduced 2021-03-02 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-03-02 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act
Plain summary
La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior, after receiving a request from La Paz County, Arizona, to convey approximately 4,800 acres of identified land managed by the Bureau of Land Management to the county. Interior shall exclude from the conveyance any federal land that contains significant cultural, environmental, wildlife, or recreational resources. As a condition of the conveyance, La Paz County and any subsequent owner shall make good faith efforts to avoid disturbing tribal artifacts; minimize impacts on tribal artifacts if they are disturbed; coordinate with the Colorado River Indian Tribes Tribal Historic Preservation Office to identify artifacts of cultural and historic significance; and allow tribal representatives to rebury unearthed artifacts at, or near, where they were discovered. The federal land is withdrawn from the operation of U.S. mining and mineral leasing laws.
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La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] · 1 cosponsors
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Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s528.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>
Record fed-us-cong117-s528 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117