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Committee hears update on state legal challenge to federal land ownership and local enforcement concerns
Summary
Speakers described a state‑led question to the U.S. Supreme Court about whether unappropriated federal lands must be disposed of; committee members also urged transferring law‑enforcement control from federal BLM officers to elected county sheriffs.
Committee members discussed possible changes to federal land management policy and local law‑enforcement authority during the meeting.
Speaker 3 told the committee that the State of Utah has taken a Supreme Court question asking whether unappropriated federal lands may remain under federal ownership indefinitely or whether they must be disposed of. "The state of Utah has led out on a challenge... asking if it's proper and appropriate for unappropriated federal…
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