Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act of 2013”.
Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act of 2013
A BILL
To withdraw the Tusayan Ranger District and Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the vicinity of Kanab Creek and in House Rock Valley from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Withdrawal of Federal land from mining laws
Withdrawal— Subject to subsection (b), the approximately 982,550 acres of Federal land generally depicted on the map titled “Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act” and dated February 22, 2013, are hereby withdrawn from—
all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws;
location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws and mineral materials laws.
Treatment of Existing Rights— The withdrawal under subsection (a) is subject to valid, existing rights. If such rights are relinquished or otherwise acquired by the United States after the date of the enactment of this Act, the land that was subject to the rights shall be immediately withdrawn in accordance with subsection (a).