To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona.
Summary
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.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
President
Introduced Jan 31, 2025
Last action Feb 4, 2026
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The changes between the Introduced and Engrossed versions of HR 837 are purely formatting and whitespace adjustments. No substantive policy, scope, funding, eligibility, or enforcement changes were made. The bill still conveys approximately 232.9 acres of National Forest System land in the Tonto National Forest to Gila County, Arizona for use supporting veterans.
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Minor whitespace and blank-line formatting adjustments throughout the text, including added leading spaces before subsection numbers and inserted blank lines between paragraphs. No changes to substantive language.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H480)
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Elijah Crane
RRepublican
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