[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2657 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 303
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 2657
[Report No. 113-412]
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain Federal lands
in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico,
Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for
disposal, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 11, 2013
Mr. Chaffetz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
April 10, 2014
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain Federal lands
in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico,
Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for
disposal, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SALE OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LANDS PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS
SUITABLE FOR DISPOSAL.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Disposal of Excess
Federal Lands Act of 2013''.
(b) Competitive Sale of Lands.--The Secretary shall offer the
identified Federal lands for disposal by competitive sale for not less
than fair market value as determined by an independent appraiser.
(c) Existing Rights.--The sale of identified Federal lands under
this section shall be subject to valid existing rights.
(d) Proceeds of Sale of Lands.--All net proceeds from the sale of
identified Federal lands under this section shall be deposited directly
into the Treasury for reduction of the public debt.
(e) Report.--Not later than 4 years after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources of the Senate--
(1) a list of any identified Federal lands that have not
been sold under subsection (b) and the reasons such lands were
not sold; and
(2) an update of the report submitted to Congress by the
Secretary on May 27, 1997, pursuant to section 390(g) of the
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (Public
Law 104-127; 110 Stat. 1024), including a current inventory of
the Federal lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the
Secretary that are suitable for disposal.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Identified federal lands.--The term ``identified
Federal lands'' means the parcels of Federal land under the
administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary that were
identified as suitable for disposal in the report submitted to
Congress by the Secretary on May 27, 1997, pursuant to section
390(g) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of
1996 (Public Law 104-127; 110 Stat. 1024), except the
following:
(A) Lands not identified for disposal in the
applicable land use plan.
(B) Lands subject to a Recreation and Public
Purpose conveyance application.
(C) Lands identified for State selection.
(D) Lands identified for Indian tribe allotments.
(E) Lands identified for local government use.
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
Union Calendar No. 303
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 2657
[Report No. 113-412]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain Federal lands
in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico,
Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for
disposal, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
April 10, 2014
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed