[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3560 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3560

 To establish certain requirments relating to the transfer or disposal 
of public lands managed by the Bureau of Land management, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 1993

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish certain requirments relating to the transfer or disposal 
of public lands managed by the Bureau of Land management, 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. FINDINGS

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) the Bureau of Land Management presently holds title to 
        1,800,000,000 acres of public land,
            (2) much of this land is marginal in value and left over 
        from the 19th century,
            (3) in many cases, the costs of maintaining and surveying 
        this land far exceed the actual value of these parcels,
            (4) the agency is presently facing a sizable budget backlog 
        which is hampering its ability to properly manage all of this 
        property,
            (5) under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
        1976, the Bureau is required to identify public lands suitable 
        for sale, exchange, or transfer, and
            (6) the transfer of some of these parcels could effect 
        budget savings and greater management efficiencies for the 
        Bureau.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OR DISPOSAL OF PUBLIC LANDS.

    Annual budget requests submitted by the Secretary of the Interior 
shall be accompanied by information as to whether the Bureau of Land 
Management, through preparation of land-use plans pursuant to the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, has identified public 
lands which are suitable for transfer to other management or for 
disposal through exchange or otherwise, the transfer or disposal of 
which have been delayed because of incomplete surveys or other reasons. 
If enactment of additional legislation would be desirable in order to 
facilitate the transfer or disposal of public lands described in the 
request, the Secretary may include a proposal for such additional 
legislation in such request.

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