[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 150 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 150

To amend the Act popularly known as the Recreation and Public Purposes 
 Act to authorize disposal of certain public lands or national forest 
 lands to local education agencies for use for elementary or secondary 
   schools, including public charter schools, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 1999

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Act popularly known as the Recreation and Public Purposes 
 Act to authorize disposal of certain public lands or national forest 
 lands to local education agencies for use for elementary or secondary 
   schools, including public charter schools, 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 ``Education Land Grant Act''.

SEC. 2. DISPOSAL OF PUBLIC LANDS OR NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR USE FOR 
              ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1 of the Act entitled ``An Act to 
authorize acquisition or use of public lands by States, counties, or 
municipalities for recreational purposes'', approved June 14, 1926 
(Chapter 578; 44 Stat. 741; 43 U.S.C. 869), popularly known as the 
Recreation and Public Purposes Act, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``Secretary of the Interior'' each 
                place it appears and inserting ``Secretary'';
                    (B) by inserting ``or national forest lands'' after 
                ``public lands'' each place it appears; and
                    (C) by inserting ``including to a local education 
                agency for use for an elementary or secondary school, 
                including a public charter school,'' after ``public 
                purposes,'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(i)(C) by striking ``Secretary of the 
        Interior'' and inserting ``Secretary'';
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by inserting ``or the Department of 
                Agriculture'' after ``Department of the Interior'' the 
                first place it appears; and
                    (B) by striking ``in any national forest, national 
                park, or national monument, or national wildlife 
                refuge,'' and inserting ``in the National Park System, 
                the National Wildlife Refuge System, the National 
                Wilderness Preservation System, the National Wild and 
                Scenic Rivers System, the National Trails System, any 
                Bureau of Land Management area of critical 
                environmental concern, or any national recreation 
                area,''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Deadline for Consideration of Application for Use for 
School.--If the Secretary receives an application from a duly qualified 
applicant that is a local education agency seeking a conveyance of land 
under this Act for use for an elementary or secondary school, including 
a public charter school, the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) before the end of the 10-day period beginning on the 
        date of that receipt, provide notice of that receipt to the 
        applicant; and
            ``(2) before the end of the 60-day period beginning on the 
        date of that receipt--
                    ``(A) determine whether or not to convey land 
                pursuant to the application, and notify the applicant 
                of that determination; or
                    ``(B) report to the Congress and the applicant the 
                reasons that determination has not been made.''.
    (b) Secretary Defined.--Section 1 of such Act (43 U.S.C. 869) is 
further amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Secretary Defined.--In this Act, the term `Secretary' means--
            ``(1) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to any 
        disposal of national forest lands under this Act; and
            ``(2) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to any 
        disposal of public lands under this Act.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--Such Act is further amended--
            (1) in section 2 (43 U.S.C. 869-1) by striking ``Secretary 
        of the Interior'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``Secretary''; and
            (2) in section 3 (43 U.S.C. 869-2)--
                    (A) in subsection (a) by striking ``Secretary of 
                the Interior'' and inserting ``Secretary''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)(6)(B) in the last sentence by 
                striking ``public lands'' and inserting ``public lands 
                or national forest lands that are under the 
                administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary,''.
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