Bills · 119th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources

La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act

Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent — no individual positions were recorded.

Official summary (CRS)

La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act

This act 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.

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Sponsor
Rep. Paul A. Gosar ( Republican · AZ-9)
Cosponsors
2
Introduced
2/6/25
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Status
2/6/25Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2/6/25Introduced in House
4/9/25Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
4/9/25Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
7/2/25Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 148.
7/2/25Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-183.
7/21/25Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
7/21/25On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3498-3499)
7/21/25Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3498-3499)
7/21/25DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1043.
7/21/25Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3498)
7/21/25Mr. Gosar moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
7/22/25Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
9/11/25Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
12/16/25Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S8766-8768)
12/16/25Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
12/16/25Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
12/17/25Message on Senate action sent to the House.
12/18/25Presented to President.
12/29/25Became Public Law No: 119-68.
12/29/25Signed by President.
2/11/26By Senator Lee from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 119-109.