S 2471 · 98th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources

Utah Federal and State Land Management Improvement Act of 1984

Introduced 1984-03-22· Sponsored by Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-1253.(1984-10-02)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Utah Federal and State Land Management Improvement Act of 1984 - Conveys specified Federal land to the State of Utah. Specifies conditions of such conveyance. Exempts such conveyance from title II of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Includes in each conveyance under this Act the entire surface and subsurface estate. Prohibits the conveyance of oil or gas interests which are subject to lease during the calendar year 1984. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, within five years, to seek a unitization agreement for specified areas with the State of Utah regarding oil and gas resource management. Requires such agreement to distribute revenues from oil and gas lease production to the State and the United States, respectively. Maintains the rights and privileges of permits and leases for domestic livestock grazing on lands affected by the exchanges under this Act. Requires the State and the United States to assume each other's rights and duties under grazing leases and permits as existed prior to the land exchanges under this Act. Prescribes guidelines to protect valid existing claims for metalliferous minerals on exchanged lands. Extinguishes any claim which is conve…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

Cosponsors (1)

1 Republican