H.R. 1183: Southern Arizona Public Lands Protection Act of 2013

Introduced:
Mar 14, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Rep. Raúl Grijalva [D-AZ3]
Status:
Referred to Committee

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This bill was assigned to a congressional committee on March 14, 2013, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate as a whole.

Progress
Introduced Mar 14, 2013
Referred to Committee Mar 14, 2013
Reported by Committee ...
Passed House ...
Passed Senate ...
Signed by the President ...
Prognosis

5% chance of getting past committee.
1% chance of being enacted.

Only 11% of House bills made it past committee and only 3% were enacted in 2011–2013. [show factors | methodology]

Cosponsors
none
Committees

House Natural Resources

↪ Energy and Mineral Resources

↪ Public Lands and Environmental Regulation

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Full Title

To withdraw certain Federal lands and interests located in Pima and Santa Cruz counties, Arizona, from the mining and mineral leasing laws of the United States, and for other purposes.

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Text

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Last updated Mar 14, 2013.
3 pages

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3/14/2013--Introduced.
Southern Arizona Public Lands Protection Act of 2013 - Withdraws federal lands and interests located in Pima and Santa Cruz Counties, Arizona, as well as all federally owned subsurface interests under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in lands in Pima County, from:
(1) all forms of 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 and geothermal leasing laws, and the mineral materials laws.
Withdraws all federally owned interests in BLM lands in Pima County from entry, location, or patent under the general mining laws.

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