[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1673 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1673
To preserve access to Federal land, control fires, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 18, 2021
Mr. Marshall (for himself and Mr. Cramer) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
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A BILL
To preserve access to Federal land, control fires, 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 ``30 x 30 Termination Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Federal land.--
(A) In general.--The term ``Federal land'' means--
(i) National Forest System land;
(ii) public lands (as defined in section
103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702));
(iii) the outer Continental Shelf (as
defined in section 2 of the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331)); and
(iv) Federal land within the Exclusive
Economic Zone of the United States, as
established by Presidential Proclamation 5030,
dated March 10, 1983 (16 U.S.C. 1453 note).
(B) Inclusion.--The term ``Federal land'' includes
land described in clauses (i) through (iv) of
subparagraph (A) for which the rights to the surface
estate or subsurface estate are owned by a non-Federal
entity.
(2) Multiple use.--The term ``multiple use'' has the
meaning given the term in section 103 of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702).
(3) Principal or major use.--The term ``principal or major
use'' includes domestic livestock grazing, mineral exploration
and production, rights-of-way, timber production, commercial
fishing, recreational fishing, hunting, camping, hiking,
mountain biking, horseback riding, whitewater rafting, and off-
highway vehicle use, and other outdoor recreation.
SEC. 3. REVOCATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER RELATING TO CONSERVING OUR
NATION'S LANDS AND WATERS.
(a) In General.--Section 216 of Executive Order 14008 (86 Fed. Reg.
7627; relating to tackling the climate crisis at home and abroad
(February 1, 2021)) shall have no force or effect.
(b) Limitation on Funds.--No Federal funds may be used to
implement, administer, enforce, or carry out any report or program
substantially similar to the report or program required under section
216 of the Executive Order described in subsection (a).
SEC. 4. NO NET LOSS OF NON-FEDERAL LAND.
No Federal funds may be used to acquire non-Federal land within a
State or county in which 15 percent or more of the land is managed by a
Federal agency, unless the Federal agency proposing the acquisition
disposes of an equal amount of Federal land within the State or county
in which the non-Federal land is located to ensure no net loss of non-
Federal land and taxable acreage during the fiscal year in which the
proposed acquisition occurs and subsequent fiscal years as a result of
the proposed acquisition.
SEC. 5. NO NET LOSS OF MULTIPLE USE.
No Federal funds may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or
carry out any action on Federal land that results in a net loss of
multiple use or any principal or major use within a State, unless the
action has been authorized by an Act of Congress.
SEC. 6. STATE AND CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE FEDERAL
ACQUISITION OF MORE THAN 160 ACRES OF NON-FEDERAL LAND.
No Federal funds may be used by the head of a Federal agency to
acquire more than 160 acres of non-Federal land unless--
(1) the head of the Federal agency has received from the
State in which the non-Federal land is located written notice
that the State has enacted legislation approving the proposed
acquisition; and
(2) the proposed acquisition has been authorized by an Act
of Congress.
SEC. 7. PROHIBITION ON WITHDRAWAL.
The President may not withdraw any Federal land from forms of
entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location,
entry, and patent under the mining laws, or disposition under laws
pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials
unless the withdrawal has been authorized by an Act of Congress.
SEC. 8. LIMITATIONS ON DECLARATIONS OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS.
Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(e) Limitations on Declarations.--A declaration under this
section shall not apply to a State or county in which 15 percent or
more of the land is managed by a Federal agency.''.
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