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Last progress December 29, 2025 (1 month ago)
Introduced on February 6, 2025 by Paul Gosar
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3498-3499)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
President of the United States
Conveys roughly 3,400 acres of BLM-managed federal land in La Paz County, Arizona to the county if the county requests the transfer and pays fair market value and related costs. The conveyance requires the county to protect tribal cultural artifacts, and the parcels are withdrawn from mining and mineral leasing; sale proceeds go to the Federal Land Disposal Account.
Defines the term “County” to mean La Paz County, Arizona.
Defines the term “Federal land” to mean the approximately 3,400 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management that are designated on the conveyance map titled “Federal Land to be Conveyed.”
Defines the term “map” to mean the map prepared by the Bureau of Land Management entitled “BLM Arizona—La Paz County Land Conveyance Map,” dated June 29, 2023.
The Secretary must convey the Federal land to La Paz County, Arizona as soon as practicable after the County requests the conveyance, notwithstanding the planning requirement of sections 202 and 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
The conveyance is subject to valid existing rights and to any terms and conditions the Secretary determines necessary.
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Who is affected and how:
La Paz County government: Directly benefits by acquiring roughly 3,400 acres for local control and potential local uses (development, conservation, public access, infrastructure). The county must pay fair market value and cover conveyance-related costs, and must comply with cultural-heritage protection obligations. Local governments may face upfront funding needs to complete the purchase and to meet stewardship conditions.
Bureau of Land Management / Federal government: BLM will complete the administrative conveyance work (surveys, title actions, and transfer). The federal government receives sale proceeds deposited into the Federal Land Disposal Account, and the parcels are removed from federal jurisdiction and from applicable mining/mineral-leasing authorities.
Tribal governments, Indigenous communities, and cultural-resource stakeholders: The law requires protection of tribal cultural artifacts; tribes may be affected through consultation needs or implementation of protection measures and may have cultural-heritage interests in the conveyed parcels.
Mining and mineral-rights interests: The statutory withdrawal of the conveyed parcels from mining and mineral-leasing authorities prevents future federal mining or mineral leasing on those lands, which could limit opportunities for mineral development for any prospective claimants.
Adjacent landowners, local businesses, and recreation users: Local landowners and outdoor-recreation businesses could experience changes in land use, access, and economic activity depending on the county’s plans following acquisition (e.g., development, conservation, recreation infrastructure).
Federal budget/accounting: The sale is structured to bring proceeds into the Federal Land Disposal Account rather than create a net appropriation out of the Treasury; the fiscal effect depends on timing and the final sale price. The bill does not appropriate new emergency funds and does not alter taxes.
Overall effect: The bill is a focused property conveyance that shifts land from federal to county ownership in exchange for fair market compensation, imposes specific protections for tribal cultural resources, withdraws the parcels from federal mining/lease eligibility, and routes receipts to an existing federal disposal account. Administrative actions by BLM and local financial capacity are the primary implementation considerations.
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