[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1651 Introduced in House (IH)]
114th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1651
To reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 26, 2015
Mr. Newhouse (for himself, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Gosar, Mr.
Stewart, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Simpson, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Coffman, Mr.
Labrador, and Mr. Ben Ray Lujaan of New Mexico) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural
Resources
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A BILL
To reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Land Transaction
Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2015''.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL LAND TRANSACTION FACILITATION ACT.
The Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act is amended--
(1) in section 203(1) (43 U.S.C. 2302(1)), by striking
``cultural, or'' and inserting ``cultural, recreational access
and use, or other'';
(2) in section 203(2) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ``on the date of enactment of this Act was''
and inserting ``is'';
(3) in section 205 (43 U.S.C. 2304)--
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ``section 206''
and all that follows through the period and inserting
the following: ``section 206--
``(1) to complete appraisals and satisfy other legal
requirements for the sale or exchange of public land identified
for disposal under approved land use plans under section 202 of
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1712);
``(2) not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act
Reauthorization of 2015, to establish and make available to the
public, on the website of the Department of the Interior, a
database containing a comprehensive list of all the land
referred to in paragraph (1); and
``(3) to maintain the database referred to in paragraph
(2).''; and
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ``11'' and
inserting ``20'';
(4) in section 206(c)(2) (43 U.S.C. 2305(c)(2)), by adding
at the end the following:
``(E) Any funds made available under subparagraph
(D) that are not obligated or expended by the end of
the fourth full fiscal year after the date of the sale
or exchange of land that generated the funds may be
expended in any State.'';
(5) in section 206(c)(3) (43 U.S.C. 2305(c)(3))--
(A) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the
following:
``(B) the extent to which the acquisition of the
land or interest therein will increase the public
availability of resources for, and facilitate public
access to, hunting, fishing, and other recreational
activities;''; and
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and
(D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E);
(6) in section 206(f) (43 U.S.C. 2305(f)), by amending
paragraph (2) to read as follows:
``(2) any remaining balance in the account shall be
deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction,
except that in the case of a fiscal year for which there is no
Federal budget deficit, such amounts shall be used to reduce
the Federal debt (in such manner as the Secretary of the
Treasury considers appropriate).''; and
(7) in section 207(b) (43 U.S.C. 2306(b))--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by striking ``96-568'' and inserting
``96-586''; and
(ii) by striking ``; or'' and inserting a
semicolon;
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) by inserting ``Public Law 105-263;''
before ``112 Stat.''; and
(ii) by striking the period at the end and
inserting a semicolon; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) the White Pine County Conservation, Recreation, and
Development Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-432; 120 Stat. 3028);
``(4) the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and
Development Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-424; 118 Stat. 2403);
``(5) subtitle F of title I of the Omnibus Public Land
Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 111-
11);
``(6) subtitle O of title I of the Omnibus Public Land
Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 460www note, 1132 note;
Public Law 111-11);
``(7) section 2601 of the Omnibus Public Land Management
Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-11; 123 Stat. 1108); or
``(8) section 2606 of the Omnibus Public Land Management
Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-11; 123 Stat. 1121).''.
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