The House on Tuesday passed the Natural Resources Management Act, which benefited from bipartisan efforts by Sens. Martha McSally and Kyrsten Sinema to help address public land issues in Arizona such as land exchanges and maintenance funding authorization.

The bill includes provisions for fighting wildfires, funding public lands, wildlife conservation and permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., has long championed.

The bill passed the Senate two weeks ago and now heads to President Donald Trump's desk.

“Today’s passage of the lands package in the U.S. House, after years of hard work, moves us another step closer to creating jobs across Arizona and protecting our public lands for future generations,” Sinema, D-Ariz., said in a statement Tuesday.

The Land and Water Conservation Fund, originally created 55 years ago, is an account compiled of revenue from off-shore oil drilling totaling $900 million. It funds conservation and maintenance of federal, state and local lands.

It expired last year. But the bill would permanently reauthorize the LWCF. This will help many states, including Arizona, that have unfinished land maintenance projects that have been backlogged because of a lack of funding.

Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., called the bill "a huge win for Arizona." Kirkpatrick sits on the House Natural Resources Committee, which Grijalva — who has championed this legislation since the last Congress — chairs.

"The American people believe in protecting our public lands and natural resources," she said in a statement Tuesday. "I commend Chairman Grijalva, Senator McSally and Senator Sinema for their leadership."

The package also includes pieces of legislation that would help economic development by trading land ripe for development for other land that could be preserved. All but one of those bills were passed by the House last Congress.

The La Paz County Land Conveyance would allow the Bureau of Land Management to give 8,000 acres of federal land to La Paz County for economic development.

Roughly 95 percent of La Paz County is federally owned, so the county can’t develop the land, according to Sinema’s office. It’s hard for the county to advance economic development without ownership of their land.

Sinema’s office said the county plans to use the land for renewable energy projects.

The Cottonwood Land Exchange would swap 83 acres of Forest Service land in exchange for 369 acres of Yavapai County land in Coconino National Forest.

This land would be used to advance economic development in the county, Sinema's office said.

And the Black Mountain Range and Bullhead City Land Exchange would allow Bullhead City to get up to 345 acres of land around the Colorado River in exchange for roughly 1,000 acres of land up in the Black Mountain Range.

As in the other exchanges, this would give Bullhead City an opportunity for economic development and beautification. Sinema’s office said the city likely plans to build a riverwalk or other recreational projects that would help increase tourism in the area.

The bill package would also authorize the use of drones to spot wildfires, and a WaterSMART Program that would give Native American tribes more access to conservation grants through the Bureau of Reclamation.

Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., a GOP member of the House Natural Resources Committee, said the legislation included "victories" that "were bottom-up priorities put on my plate by county supervisors and people in my district."

Five of the bills were his, Gosar's office said.

"For far too long, Arizonans have suffered from poor federal lands policies and overreaching mandates enacted by out-of-touch Washington bureaucrats," Gosar said in a written statement. "This package consolidates multiple checkerboards of land, returns control to the people on the ground, and increases multiple-use as well as economic development opportunities for several communities in Arizona."

McSally, R-Ariz., said she worked with the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on championing efforts to expand conservation efforts and address the long-standing backlog issues.

“The legislation would expand the Public Lands Corps by many thousands of volunteers, including young Americans, Native Americans, and returning veterans and make it easier for civic-minded individuals to serve in the great outdoors on a variety of public lands projects, including tackling this backlog,” McSally said in a statement Feb. 12.

“The passage of this legislation is a tribute (to) Sen. McCain who inspired so many young Americans to celebrate their love of country through service,” McSally said.