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SACRAMENTO – Today Assemblyman Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, commended Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon's for his final efforts on his bill HR 5742, the Soledad Canyon Settlement Act.
HR 5742 mirrors Senator Boxer's Soledad Canyon Settlement Act and will require the Bureau of Land Management to cancel the mining contracts held by CEMEX and to not allow mining in the area moving forward. A specified mechanism to cancel the contracts and use the proceeds of selling land already identified for disposal to compensate CEMEX for the canceled contracts will earn the bill a “zero cost” score from the Congressional Budget Office and will not constitute an earmark.
“Without this measure, our local economy will be threatened economically and environmentally so I thank Congressman McKeon for his efforts in getting his bill off the floor and for putting our community first,” Wilk said. “I know it's the waning days of the legislative session, but I encourage Senator Barbara Boxer to pull out all stops to get this measure to the President's desk.”
HR 5742 passed the floor of the House of Representatives and now heads to the United States Senate for presentation.