[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2206 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2206

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer public lands for 
             the purposes of providing affordable housing.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 1993

 Mr. Bilbray introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer public lands for 
             the purposes of providing affordable housing.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF PUBLIC LANDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

    (a) General Authority.--Notwithstanding section 203 of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1713), the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized to transfer to a public housing agency 
(as such term is defined in section 3(b) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937) all right, title, and interest of the United States in and 
to public lands for the purpose of providing affordable housing. Lands 
may be transferred under this subsection for less than fair market 
value or without consideration.
    (b) Affordable Housing.--Housing shall be considered affordable 
housing for purposes of this Act if the housing--
            (1) complies with the requirements under section 215 of the 
        Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act or is 
        assisted under title II of such Act;
            (2) is assisted under the United States Housing Act of 
        1937;
            (3) is assisted under section 202 of the Housing Act of 
        1959; or
            (4) is assisted under title V of the Housing Act of 1949.
    (c) Reversion.--Any lands transferred pursuant to this section 
which cease to be used for the housing purposes described in subsection 
(b) shall revert to the United States and shall be administered by the 
Secretary as part of the public lands.
    (d) Public Lands.--For the purposes of this section, the term 
``public lands'' means the lands administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management, except for those lands within an environmentally sensitive 
area, the national wilderness preservation system, the national wild 
and scenic rivers system, or the national trails system.

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