It aims to convey approximately 3,400 acres of Federal land in La Paz County, Arizona to the County.
Conveyance subject to valid existing rights, conditions, and payment of fair market value.
The bill includes protection of tribal artifacts, public inspection of the map, withdrawal from mining and mineral leasing laws, and cost conditions.
Proceeds from land sale go to the Federal Land Disposal Account for use in accordance with the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act.
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 3,400 acres of identified land managed by the Bureau of Land Management to the county for fair market value.
Interior must 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 must
- 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The federal land is withdrawn from the operation of U.S. mining and mineral leasing laws.