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119TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-183
LA PAZ COUNTY SOLAR ENERGY AND
JOB CREATION ACT
JULY 2, 2025.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 1043]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1043) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey cer-
tain Federal land in Arizona to La Paz County, Arizona, and for
other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION
The purpose of H.R. 1043 is to direct the Secretary of the Interior
to convey certain Federal land in Arizona to La Paz County, Ari-
zona, and for other purposes.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
Approximately 95 percent of the land in La Paz County, Arizona,
is under federal, state, or Tribal management, with only five per-
cent of the land available for private ownership.1 The Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) is the largest single land manager in
this rural county, controlling roughly 58 percent of the total land
mass.2 The county's economy is primarily dependent on tourism
and agriculture.3 Like many other Western communities with large
federal land footprints, La Paz County faces significant challenges
in meeting the economic needs of its residents.
'Arizona Commerce Authority, County Profile for La Paz County, https://www.
azcommerce.com/a/profilesNiewProfile/8/La+Paz+County/#:-:text=The%20U.S.%2OBureau%20of
%20Land,owned%20privately%20or%20by%20corporations.
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3Information provided by the Office of Congressman Gosar and available on the Committee's
website; https://naturalresources.house.gov/uploadedfiles/the la pazcounty solar energy and
job creation act_-_one page.pdf.
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