# 116-hr-244: Advancing Conservation and Education Act

116-hr-244, Advancing Conservation and Education Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] (R-UT); status Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 524. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-244
- Congress: 116
- Title: Advancing Conservation and Education Act
- Status: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 524.
- Introduced: 2019-01-04
- Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] (R-UT)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Advancing Conservation and Education Act This bill allows the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming (western states) to relinquish state land grant parcels wholly or primarily within eligible areas and select, in exchange, public land within the state. The bill defines "eligible areas" as lands within the outer boundaries of units or components of the National Park, National Wilderness Preservation, National Wildlife Refuge, or National Landscape Conservation Systems, areas identified by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the Department of the Interior through a inventory carried out in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) as having wilderness characteristics as of enactment of this bill or in a land use plan that was finalized under the FLPMA, certain designated lands within the National Forest System or administered by the BLM, and sentinel landscapes designated by the Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, or Interior. Interior shall create a process for the relinquishment of such parcels. A western state may select, and Interior may convey, lands that are mineral in character. The overall value of the state land grant parcels and the public land to be conveyed shall be equal or made equal. The bill sets forth requirements regarding hazardous materials on land to be conveyed, water rights, grazing permits, road rights-of-ways, and protection of Indian rights.

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- 116-hr-8899: Transatlantic Te­le­com­mu­ni­ca­tions Security Act
- 116-hr-8866: MORE USDA Grants Act
- 116-hr-8865: MORE DOT Grants Act
- 116-hr-8864: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into agreements with States to allow continued operation of facilities and programs that have been determined…
- 116-hr-8863: Utah Land Sovereignty Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-244 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/244)

## Related
- [116-hr-8920: The PASTEUR Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8920)
- [116-hr-8899: Transatlantic Te­le­com­mu­ni­ca­tions Security Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8899)
- [116-hr-8866: MORE USDA Grants Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8866)
- [116-hr-8865: MORE DOT Grants Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8865)
- [116-hr-8864: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into agreements with States to…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8864)
- [116-hr-8863: Utah Land Sovereignty Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8863)
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