Bills have been introduced in Congress to advance a major land swap between the state of Utah and the federal government inside Bears Ears National Monument.
Hearings will begin in Washington D.C. this week for bills proposed by Rep. John Curtis and Sen. Mike Lee. Utah's entire Republican congressional delegation has signed on as co-sponsors.
What's being proposed is a trade: the Utah School Institutional Trust Lands Administration will give up parcels it has inside the Bears Ears boundaries and by the Bonneville Salt Flats. In exchange, the U.S. Department of Interior will give the state lands it controls that are scattered across Utah. That land can be used for energy development, grazing or other needs and generate money for Utah's public school system.
Last year, legislative leaders gave initial approval to start negotiating a land exchange. House Majority Leader Mike Schultz, R-Hooper, made the motion to move forward with this latest deal at last week's hearing on Utah's Capitol Hill. It passed unanimously in the committee with no debate.
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