3.0.0 4473 2023-01-11T13:32:10Z 2023-01-11T13:32:10Z House HR 2016-02-04 114 [Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 21 (Thursday, February 4, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GOSAR:H.R. 4473.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (the Property Clause).Under this clause, Congress has the power to dispose of andmake all needful rules and regulations respecting theterritory or other property belonging to the United States.By virtue of this enumerated power, Congress has governingauthority over the lands, territories, or other property ofthe United States- and with this authority Congress is vestedwith the power to all owners in fee, the ability to sell,lease, dispose, exchange, convey, or simply preserve land.The Supreme Court has described this enumerated grant as one``without limitation'' Kleppe v New Mexico, 426 U.S. 529,542-543 (1976) (``And while the furthest reaches of the powergranted by the Property Clause have not been definitelyresolved, we have repeatedly observed that the power over thepublic land thus entrusted to Congress is withoutlimitation.'')Historically, the federal government transferred ownershipof federal property to either private ownership or the statesin order to pay off large Revolutionary War debts and toassist with the development of infrastructure. The transferscodified by this legislation are thus constitutional.[Page H591]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2016-02-09T22:14:09Z Referred to 2016-02-04T15:04:40Z 2016-02-09 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. Committee 2016-02-04 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2016-02-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2016-02-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000565 Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] Paul Gosar R AZ A. 4 N F000448 Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8] Trent Franks R AZ 8 2016-02-04 True S000018 Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5] MATT SALMON R AZ 5 2016-02-04 True S001183 Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6] David Schweikert R AZ 6 2016-02-04 True K000368 Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1] Ann Kirkpatrick D AZ 1 2016-02-04 True G000574 Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7] Ruben Gallego D AZ 7 2016-02-04 True S001191 Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 9 2016-02-04 True M001197 Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2] Martha McSally R AZ 2 2016-02-04 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Arizona Forests, forestry, trees Land transfers Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2016-02-04 Introduced in House 2016-05-09T22:23:50Z Cottonwood Land Exchange Act of 2016

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA), if Yavapai County in Arizona offers to convey to the USDA 369 acres of specified nonfederal land in the county, to accept the offer and convey to Yavapai County 80 acres of specified federal land within the Coconino National Forest in the county.

The USDA shall determine the values of the lands to be exchanged through appraisals following specified requirements. The values shall be equal, or if they are not equal, equalized as prescribed by this bill.

Lands acquired by the USDA under this bill shall become part of the Coconino National Forest.

]]> Cottonwood Land Exchange Act of 2016 Display Title Cottonwood Land Exchange Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced To authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land exchange in Yavapai County, Arizona, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Cottonwood Land Exchange Act of 2016 Introduced in House 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr4473ih/xml/BILLS-114hr4473ih.xml 2016-02-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.