A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona.
U.S. Congress · S700 ·
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What the bill says
Introduced 2025-02-25. Latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 471.
Summary (plain-language)
This bill directs the Forest Service to convey specified property to Gila County, Arizona, upon the county's submission of a written request for such conveyance. The property, identified as the Gila County Area, consists of approximately 232.9 acres of National Forest System land located in the Tonto National Forest in Arizona. The county must use the land for the purposes of serving and supporting veterans. If any land conveyed under this bill ceases to be used for such purpose, all right, title, and interest in and to the land shall revert to the United States, at the discretion of the Forest Service. The conveyance must be made with a quitclaim deed and without consideration (value, such as payment, provided in exchange for the property). The Forest Service must not be required to provide any covenant or warranty for the land and improvements conveyed to the county under such conveyance. As a condition of the conveyance, the county must pay all the costs associated with the conveyance, including any (1) surveys, (2) environmental analysis or resource survey required under federal law, and (3) analysis required to comply with certain provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act.
Sponsors
- Mark Kelly (primary)
- Ruben Gallego
Text versions
- Introduced in Senate — 2025-02-25 — XML
What analysts say
CBO cost estimates
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S. 700, a bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona
— 2026-02-24
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on February 4, 2026
Full estimate published at cbo.gov; it will appear here once an archived or committee-report copy is available.
What politicians say
No linked claims or utterances yet — no one on record has cited this measure to justify a public argument.
Action History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-23 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment. Without written report. |
| 2026-07-23 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 471. |
| 2026-02-04 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably. |
| 2025-02-25 | Introduced in Senate |
| 2025-02-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |