HR 5583 IHCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To withdraw the Tusayan Ranger District and Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the vicinity of Kanab Creek and in House Rock Valley from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

March 11, 2008

Mr. GRIJALVA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural ResourcesCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To withdraw the Tusayan Ranger District and Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the vicinity of Kanab Creek and in House Rock Valley from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act of 2008'.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LAND FROM MINING LAWS.

(a) Withdrawal- Subject to subsection (b), the approximately 1,068,908 acres of Federal land generally depicted on the map titled XXXXXXXX, numbered XXXX, and dated XXXXXX are hereby withdrawn from--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws and mineral materials laws.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Treatment of Existing Rights- The withdrawal under subsection (a) is subject to valid, existing rights. If such rights are relinquished or otherwise acquired by the United States after the date of the enactment of this Act, the land that was subject to the rights shall be immediately withdrawn in accordance with subsection (a).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink