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S. Rept. 119-109 1 (2026-02-11)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaicz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED r U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 119TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT 2d Session JSENATE 119-109 LA PAZ COUNTY SOLAR ENERGY AND JOB CREATION ACT FEBRUARY 11, 2026.-Ordered to be printed Mr. LEE, from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 1043] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was referred the bill (H.R. 1043) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land in Arizona to La Paz County, Ari- zona, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE 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. BACKGROUND AND NEED More than 60 percent of the land within the county boundary of La Paz County, Arizona, is owned by the United States and man- aged by the Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). In 2019, section 1008 of Public Law 116-9, the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recre- ation Act, authorized the conveyance to the County of 5,935 acres of BLM lands to allow the County to proceed with the development of a large-scale solar farm. H.R. 1043 would require the Secretary of the Interior to convey an additional 3,400 acres of BLM land in Arizona to La Paz Coun- ty, Arizona, at fair market value. 69-010