Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2007

To authorize and direct the exchange and conveyance of certain National Forest land and other land in southeast Arizona.

8/1/2007--Introduced.
Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) to convey to Resolution Copper Mining, LLC, all and interest of the United States in and to specified federal land in Pinal County, Arizona, in exchange for Resolution Copper conveying to the United States title to:
(1) the Secretary to specified non-federal land in Gila, Yavapai, Maricopa, Pinal, and Coconino Counties, Arizona, and
(2) the Secretary of the Interior to specified non-federal land in Pinal and Gila Counties, Arizona. Directs the Secretary to convey specified land in Pinal County to the town of Superior, Arizona. Instructs Resolution Copper to deliver to the Secretary an executed document reviewed by, and acceptable to, the Secretary which grants a permanent conservation easement to the easement area (the surface estate of the Apache Leap Natural and Cultural Resource Conservation Easement Area) to one or more of the following grantees:
(1) a qualified unit of government or Indian tribe; or
(2) a land trust or other qualified organization. Requires Resolution Copper and the grantee or grantees to determine whether the area covered by the easement should be managed to establish additional cultural and historic resource protections or measures. Directs:
(1) the Secretary to construct in the Global Ranger District of the Tonto National Forest one or more replacement campgrounds for the Oak Flat Campground; and
(2) the Secretary of the Interior to immediately convey to the Arizona State Parks Board approximately 2,000 acres of land under such Secretary's jurisdiction within the exterior boundary of the proposed Tam O'Shanter Area State Park for the establishment of such Park. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, immediately upon request by the Board, to grant the Board a right-of-way for a State Park access road across any federal lands on the Tam O' Shanter Access Road in order to provide public access to the proposed State Park.

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Sponsor

• Rep. Edward Pastor [D, AZ-4]
• and 3 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Jeff Flake [R, AZ-6]
  • Rep. Harry Mitchell [D, AZ-5]
  • Rep. John Shadegg [R, AZ-3]
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Committees

• House Natural Resources
• 1 more
  • House Natural Resources
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.3301

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
August 01, 2007

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• Nov 01, 2007: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
• Aug 13, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
• Aug 01, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
• Introduced on Aug 01, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• S.1862
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Related Issue Areas:

• Transportation
• State parks
• State and local government
• Sports
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• Road construction
• Right-of-way
• Natural resources
• National forests
• Minorities
• Land transfers
• Indians
• Indian lands
• Humanities
• History
• Historic sites
• Environmental protection
• Cultural property
• Conservation easements
• Commemorations
• Camping
• Arizona
• Public lands

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November 28, 2007 Chairman's Corner

... the US Natural Resources Committee in Washington, DC, regarding the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2007 in HR 3301, on Nov. 1. ...

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November 07, 2007 Vote not taken on land exchange

"On behalf of the Apache Tribe and other Indian nationsšwe urge you not to support HR 3301 (Resolution Copper Land Exchange) in any form and take all ...

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August 06, 2008 Company Report: BHP Billiton

Chairman San Carlos Apache Tribe submitted his testimony to express The Tribe’s strong opposition to the legislative land exchange proposed by HR 3301, which would allow foreign owned mining giants, Rio Tinto PLC (UK) and BHP Billiton ...

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August 26, 2007 defend native lands

A related bill, HR 3301, was introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative Pastor (D-AZ) on August 1, 2007. The proposed bills would, among other things, convey federally-owned land known as Oak Flat, Devils Canyon, ...

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July 31, 2007 HR 3301, To authorize and direct the exchange and conveyance of ...

HR 3301 would authorize and direct the exchange and conveyance of certain National Forest land and other land in southeast Arizona....

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