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AZ HCM2009
CM
Status
Introduced
1/22/2026
Primary Sponsor
Pamela Carter
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AI Summary
- Urges Congress to extend the "Wyoming exception" to Arizona, requiring Congressional, state legislative, and local government approval before designating new national monuments in the state
- Requests Congress quantify and compensate states for subsurface mineral rights located under federal land withdrawals that state land departments cannot access
- Calls on the President to streamline mine permitting in the West and on the Bureau of Land Management to develop land swap plans with states and private owners to eliminate checkerboard ownership patterns
- Asks the Secretary of the Interior to rescind specific regulations (43 CFR 3809.31 and 3809.2) that classify Stock-Raising Homestead Act lands as "public lands" subject to federal surface management requirements
- Cites copper's addition to the 2025 Critical Minerals List and notes that resources including copper, uranium, and potash in areas like Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni National Monument and Ironwood Forest National Monument are currently off-limits to development
Legislative Description
Subsurface minerals; access; federal policy
Last Action
House consent calendar
2/16/2026
Committee Referrals
Rules1/22/2026
Natural Resources, Energy & Water1/22/2026
Full Bill Text
No bill text available