HR 1043 United States House · 119th Congress

La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act

Summary
La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act This act directs the Department of the Interior, after receiving a request from La Paz County, Arizona, to convey approximately 3,400 acres of identified land managed by the Bureau of Land Management to the county for fair market value. Interior must exclude from the conveyance any federal land that contains significant cultural, environmental, wildlife, or recreational resources. As a condition of the conveyance, La Paz County and any subsequent owner must make good faith efforts to avoid disturbing tribal artifacts; minimize impacts on tribal artifacts if they are disturbed; coordinate with the Colorado River Indian Tribes Tribal Historic Preservation Office to identify artifacts of cultural and historic significance; and allow tribal representatives to rebury unearthed artifacts at, or near, where they were discovered. The federal land is withdrawn from the operation of U.S. mining and mineral leasing laws, and thus the land is not available for new mining claims, new mineral or geothermal leases, nor sales of mineral materials. The county must pay all costs related to the conveyance.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Jul 2025
Senate Passage
Dec 2025
Signed into Law
Dec 2025
Introduced Feb 6, 2025 Signed Dec 29, 2025
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Introduced in House Engrossed in House · 2 edits · Jul 21, 2025
MINOR
All changes between the Introduced and Engrossed versions of HR 1043 are purely formatting in nature. The bill adds spaces after section and subsection numbers (e.g., changing '2.Definitions' to '2. Definitions') and inserts blank lines between paragraphs for improved readability. No substantive policy, scope, funding, or eligibility changes were made.
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Spaces were added after section and subsection numbering throughout the bill (e.g., '2.Definitions' became '2. Definitions', '(a)In general' became '(a) In general') for consistent formatting.

Blank lines were inserted between paragraphs and before sub-lists in multiple sections (3(a), 3(b), 3(d), 3(e), 3(g)) to improve visual readability of the bill text.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
9
Committee
7
Feb 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
By Senator Lee from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 119-109.
upper
Dec 29, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by President.
executive
Dec 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S8766-8768)
upper
Dec 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
upper
Dec 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
upper
Sep 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
upper
Jul 22, 2025
Committee
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
upper
Jul 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3498-3499)
lower
Jul 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-183.
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

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