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S. Rept. 117-186 1 (2022-10-18)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaevs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION . Gps Calendar No. 537 117TH CONGRESS 2d Session J SENATE I1 REPORT 117-186 CONSENT TO STATE OF NEW MEXICO CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT OCTOBER 18, 2022.-Ordered to be printed Filed, under authority of the order of the Senate of October 14, 2022 Mr. MANCHIN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany S. 3404] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was referred the bill (S. 3404), to provide the consent of Congress to an amendment to the Constitution of the State of New Mexico, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE The purpose of S. 3404 is to provide the consent of Congress to an amendment to the Constitution of the State of New Mexico. BACKGROUND AND NEED The New Mexico-Arizona Enabling Act of 1910 enabled New Mexico and Arizona to become states.1 Like the enabling acts of most states admitted to the Union since 1802,2 the Enabling Act of 1910 granted New Mexico and Arizona large tracts of federal land for the support of public schools and other public institutions. Unlike most other enabling acts, however, the 1910 Act imposed 'Act of June 20, 1910, 36 Stat. 557. Sections 1-18 provided for New Mexico; sections 19-35 provided for Arizona. 2See Andrus u. Utah, 446 U.S. 500, 506 (1980). 39-010