This bill would require the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to submit a strategy and timeline for relocating its headquarters from Washington D.C. to Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming in a manner that will save the maximum amount of taxpayer money practicable. It would also authorize the relocation.
What is Senate Bill S. 1007?
Impact
The Bureau of Land Management.
Cost of Senate Bill S. 1007
A CBO cost estimate is unavailable.
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In-Depth: Sponsoring Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) introduced this bill to move the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) headquarters to one of the 12 Western states:
“Moving BLM’s headquarters West is a commonsense solution that Coloradans from across the political spectrum support. Ninety-nine percent of the nearly 250 million acres of land managed by BLM is West of the Mississippi River, and having the decision-makers present in the communities they impact will lead to better policy. Coloradans want more Colorado common sense from Washington and this proposal accomplishes that goal.”
This legislation is supported by four Republican cosponsors in the Senate, including Sens. Orrin Hatch (UT), Dean Heller (NV), Dan Sullivan (AK), and Steve Daines (MT).
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Bureau of Land Management Headquarters Relocation Act
Official Title
A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a strategy to relocate the headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management from Washington, DC, to a western State in a manner that will save the maximum amount of taxpayer money practicable, and for other purposes.
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- Not enactedThe President has not signed this bill
- The house has not voted
- The senate has not voted
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Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesIntroducedMay 2nd, 2017
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