3.0.0 1712 2023-01-11T13:30:11Z 2023-01-11T13:30:11Z Senate S 2015-07-07 114 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2015-07-16T14:08:34Z Referred to 2015-07-07T22:34:57Z National Forest Small Tracts Act Amendments Act of 2015 114 1214 HR 2015-09-17 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2015-07-16 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held. Committee 2015-07-07 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2015-07-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO N Public Lands and Natural Resources Cemeteries and funerals Forests, forestry, trees Government trust funds Land transfers Outdoor recreation Solid waste and recycling Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2015-07-07 Introduced in Senate 2015-10-07T21:05:30Z National Forest Small Tracts Act Amendments Act of 2015

Amends the Small Tract Act of 1983 (the Act) to permit the sale, exchange, or interchange under such Act of National Forest System lands the sale or exchange of which is not practicable under any other authority of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) which have a value determined to be not more than $500,000.

Includes as those lands permitted to be sold, exchanged, or interchanged under the Act:

  • parcels of 40 acres or less that are determined to be physically isolated, to be inaccessible, or to have lost their National Forest character;
  • parcels of 10 acres or less which are not eligible for conveyance under such Act, but which are encroached on by a permanent habitable improvement for which there is no evidence that the encroachment was intentional or negligent; or
  • parcels used as a cemetery, a landfill, or a sewage treatment plant under a special use authorization issued by the USDA.

Requires any proceeds under this Act to be deposited in the special fund established under the Sisk Act and made available for:

  • the acquisition of land or interests in land for administrative sites for the National Forest System (NFS) in the state from which the amounts were derived;
  • the acquisition of land or interests in land for inclusion in the NFS in that state, including those which enhance opportunities for recreational access;
  • the performance of deferred maintenance on administrative sites for the NFS in that state or other deferred maintenance activities in that state which enhance opportunities for recreational access; and
  • the reimbursement of the USDA for costs incurred in preparing a competitive sale conducted under the authority of the Act.
]]> National Forest Small Tracts Act Amendments Act of 2015 Display Title National Forest Small Tracts Act Amendments Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Small Tract Act of 1983 to expand the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange small parcels of National Forest System land to enhance the management of the National Forest System, resolve minor encroachments, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced National Forest Small Tracts Act Amendments Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1712is/xml/BILLS-114s1712is.xml 2015-07-16 Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held. 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.