[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8479 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8479

 To amend the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 with respect to 
    the definition of the term ``conservation land'', and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 21, 2022

   Mr. Ruiz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 with respect to 
    the definition of the term ``conservation land'', and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Desert Lands Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITED USES OF ACQUIRED, DONATED, AND CONSERVATION LAND.

    Section 714(a) of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103-433; 16 U.S.C. 410aaa-81c(a)) is amended by striking 
paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
            ``(3) Conservation land.--The term `conservation land' 
        means--
                    ``(A) any land within the Conservation Area that is 
                designated to satisfy the conditions of a Federal 
                habitat conservation plan, general conservation plan, 
                or State natural communities conservation plan;
                    ``(B) any national conservation land within the 
                Conservation Area established pursuant to section 
                2002(b)(2)(D) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act 
                of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 7202(b)(2)(D)); and
                    ``(C) any area of critical environmental concern 
                within the Conservation Area established pursuant to 
                section 202(c)(3) of the Federal Land Policy and 
                Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712(c)(3)).''.
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