A bill to authorize a study of alternatives to the current management of certain Federal lands in Arizona.

Summary

Directs the Secretaries of Defense and the Interior to: (1) study and report to Congress on measures to improve the management of the Federal lands in Arizona constituting the Barry M. Goldwater Range and the Organ Pipe National Monument; (2) assess, under such study, the feasibility and practicability of the establishment of a national park or national preserve in all or parts of such Federal lands; and (3) develop recommendations for actions for the management of such Federal lands that would provide for the conservation and protection of archaeological, cultural, geological, historical, biological, scientific, scenic, wilderness, recreational, and wildlife values of the Sonoran Desert and contribute to the furtherance of the national defense. Authorizes appropriations.

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Timeline

1. 18 November 1999

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 18 November 1999

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14815)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 18 November 1999

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 18 November 1999 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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Sponsors

• Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] · R · Sponsor
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