H.R. 1043 · 119th Congress

La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act

Introduced on Feb 6, 2025 by Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9). 2 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Became Public Law 119-68.

Stage
Became law
Public Law 119-68
Introduced
Feb 6, 2025
Cosponsors
2
0 from the other party
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Sent to the President
  6. Became law

Official title

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land in Arizona to La Paz County, Arizona, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Arizona
  • Historical and cultural resources
  • Indian lands and resources rights
  • Land transfers

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Public Law, Dec 29, 2025). Public domain.

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The federal land is withdrawn from the operation of U.S. mining and mineral leasing laws, and thus the land is not available for new mining claims, new mineral or geothermal leases, nor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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Paul A. GosarR-AZ-9Sponsor

Republicans · 2

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Feb 6, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Feb 6, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Feb 6, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  4. Apr 9, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Apr 9, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
  6. Jul 2, 2025Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-183.
  7. Jul 2, 2025 · HouseReported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-183.
  8. Jul 2, 2025 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 148.
  9. Jul 21, 2025 · HouseMr. Gosar moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  10. Jul 21, 2025 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3498)
  11. Jul 21, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1043.
  12. Jul 21, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3498-3499)
  13. Jul 21, 2025 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3498-3499)
  14. Jul 21, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  15. Jul 22, 2025 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  16. Sep 11, 2025 · SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  17. Dec 16, 2025Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  18. Dec 16, 2025 · SenateSenate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  19. Dec 16, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
  20. Dec 16, 2025 · SenatePassed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S8766-8768)
  21. Dec 17, 2025 · SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  22. Dec 18, 2025Presented to President.
  23. Dec 18, 2025 · HousePresented to President.
  24. Dec 29, 2025Signed by President.
  25. Dec 29, 2025Signed by President.
  26. Dec 29, 2025Became Public Law No: 119-68.
  27. Dec 29, 2025Became Public Law No: 119-68.
  28. Feb 11, 2026By Senator Lee from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 119-109.
  29. Feb 11, 2026 · SenateBy Senator Lee from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 119-109.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. La Paz County, Arizona6 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)
  2. Clean Energy Buyers Association (formerly RENEWABLE ENERGY BUYERS ALLIANCE)2 reports
    $290K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.