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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Nov 17, 2016
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to sell at fair market value specified rights, title, and interest to federal lands in Mohave County, Arizona (covered land), to qualified entities (i.e., the current owner of the mining claims, millsites, or tunnel site on the covered land, the lessee, or other successor in interest of the owner, or a subsequent successor in interest). A qualified entity shall receive fee simple title to such covered land.
Interior shall determine the market value of the covered land in accordance with:
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, and
the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.
Interior's authority to sell covered land expires 10 years after the enactment of this bill.
People & committees
Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] · R–AZ
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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