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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1125 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide for improved management of Federal lands and increased effi- |
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| 6 | 6 | | ciencies within public land agencies while strengthening tourism, con- |
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| 7 | 7 | | servation, outdoor recreation, grazing, responsible energy production, and |
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| 8 | 8 | | other multiple uses. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | FEBRUARY7, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. H |
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| 12 | 12 | | URDof Colorado (for himself, Ms. BOEBERT, Mr. EVANSof Colorado, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Mr. C |
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| 14 | 14 | | RANK, Mr. PERRY, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. OGLES, Ms. |
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| 16 | 16 | | AGEMAN, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. GOLDMANof Texas, Ms. MALOY, Mr. |
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| 17 | 17 | | B |
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| 18 | 18 | | EGICH, Mr. PALMER, Mr. SMITHof Nebraska, and Mr. HERNof Okla- |
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| 19 | 19 | | homa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 20 | 20 | | on Natural Resources |
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| 21 | 21 | | A BILL |
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| 22 | 22 | | To provide for improved management of Federal lands and |
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| 23 | 23 | | increased efficiencies within public land agencies while |
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| 24 | 24 | | strengthening tourism, conservation, outdoor recreation, |
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| 25 | 25 | | grazing, responsible energy production, and other mul- |
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| 26 | 26 | | tiple uses. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | •HR 1125 IH |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Local Opportunities, 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Conservation, and American Lands Act’’ or the ‘‘LOCAL 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act’’. 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | In this Act: 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (1) S |
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| 39 | 39 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | the Secretary of the Interior. 8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) W |
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| 42 | 42 | | ESTERN STATE.—The term ‘‘western 9 |
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| 43 | 43 | | State’’ means any of the States of Alaska, Arizona, 10 |
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| 44 | 44 | | California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New 11 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming. 12 |
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| 46 | 46 | | SEC. 3. HEADQUARTERS OFFICE OF THE BUREAU OF LAND 13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | MANAGEMENT IN GRAND JUNCTION, COLO-14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | RADO. 15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (a) H |
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| 50 | 50 | | EADQUARTERS.—The headquarters for the Bu-16 |
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| 51 | 51 | | reau of Land Management shall be located in Grand Junc-17 |
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| 52 | 52 | | tion, Colorado. 18 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (b) E |
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| 54 | 54 | | MPLOYEESTATIONS.—All Bureau of Land 19 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Management employee positions stationed in Grand Junc-20 |
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| 56 | 56 | | tion, Colorado on the date of the enactment of this Act 21 |
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| 57 | 57 | | shall remain stationed in Grand Junction, Colorado. 22 |
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| 58 | 58 | | SEC. 4. STUDY OF RELOCATION OF EXISTING BUREAU OF 23 |
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| 59 | 59 | | LAND MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE POSITIONS. 24 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (a) S |
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| 61 | 61 | | TUDYREQUIRED.—The Secretary shall conduct 25 |
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| 62 | 62 | | a study on the feasibility of relocating more existing Bu-26 |
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| 65 | 65 | | •HR 1125 IH |
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| 66 | 66 | | reau of Land Management employee positions to the head-1 |
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| 67 | 67 | | quarters in Grand Junction, Colorado or a western State 2 |
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| 68 | 68 | | specified by the Secretary and determine amongst other 3 |
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| 69 | 69 | | things whether such relocation will improve management 4 |
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| 70 | 70 | | of Federal lands, increase coordination with local commu-5 |
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| 71 | 71 | | nities, and strengthen tourism, conservation, outdoor 6 |
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| 72 | 72 | | recreation, grazing, responsible energy production, or 7 |
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| 73 | 73 | | other multiple uses. 8 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (b) R |
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| 75 | 75 | | EPORT.—Not later than 365 days after the date 9 |
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| 76 | 76 | | of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 10 |
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| 77 | 77 | | to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 11 |
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| 78 | 78 | | Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Nat-12 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ural Resources of the Senate a report on the study re-13 |
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| 80 | 80 | | quired under subsection (a). 14 |
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