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US HR418

US HR418
Confirming State Land Grants for Education Act


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Introduced
01/09/2019
In Committee
02/05/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

To authorize the State of Utah to select certain lands that are available for disposal under the Pony Express Resource Management Plan to be used for the support and benefit of State institutions, and for other purposes. This bill allows the state of Utah, subject to valid existing rights, to select certain lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the Department of the Interior that are identified as available for disposal by land exchange in the Record of Decision for the Pony Express Resource Management Plan and Rangeland Program Summary for Utah County in fulfillment of certain land grants made to Utah upon being admitted as a state to further the purposes of the State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, without further land use planning action by the BLM. The criteria listed in Decision 3 of the Lands Program of the resource management plan shall not apply to any lands selected by Utah pursuant to this bill.

AI Summary

This bill, the Confirming State Land Grants for Education Act, authorizes the state of Utah to select certain lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that are identified as available for disposal by land exchange in the Pony Express Resource Management Plan, without further land use planning action by the BLM. This is to fulfill certain land grants made to Utah upon being admitted as a state, to further the purposes of the State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration. The criteria listed in Decision 3 of the Lands Program of the resource management plan shall not apply to any lands selected by Utah under this bill. The bill does not affect the limitation established under section 2815(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000.

Committee Categories

Agriculture and Natural Resources

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. (on 02/05/2019)

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