Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2014
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jun 19, 2014)
Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2014 - Allows Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming (western states) to relinquish state land grant parcels wholly or primarily within federal conservation areas and to select, in exchange, unappropriated public land within the state. Defines "federal conservation areas" as lands within the outer boundaries of units of the National Park, National Wilderness Preservation, National Wildlife Refuge, or National Landscape Conservation Systems and certain designated lands within the National Forest System.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to create a process for the relinquishment of such parcels.
Allows a western state to select, and the Secretary to convey, lands that are mineral in character.
Requires the overall value of the state land grant parcels and the unappropriated public land to be conveyed to be equal.
Sets forth requirements regarding records of hazardous materials on land conveyed, water rights, and grazing permits.
What just happenedJul 29, 2014
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJun 19, 2014
- Jul 29, 2014Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Federal Lands Subcommittee - Jun 26, 2014Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee - Jun 26, 2014Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee - Jun 26, 2014Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Federal Lands Subcommittee - Jun 19, 2014IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Natural Resources Committee - Jun 19, 2014IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jun 19, 2014IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House