[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 635 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 635

 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain Federal lands 
  in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, 
   Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for 
                   disposal, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 17, 2011

  Mr. Lee (for himself and Mr. McCain) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain Federal lands 
  in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, 
   Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for 
                   disposal, 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. SALE OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LANDS PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS 
              SUITABLE FOR DISPOSAL.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Disposal of Excess 
Federal Lands Act of 2011''.
    (b) Competitive Sale of Lands.--The Secretary shall offer the 
identified Federal lands for disposal by competitive sale for not less 
than fair market value as determined by an independent appraiser.
    (c) Existing Rights.--The sale of identified Federal lands under 
this section shall be subject to valid existing rights.
    (d) Proceeds of Sale of Lands.--All net proceeds from the sale of 
identified Federal lands under this section shall be deposited directly 
into the Treasury for reduction of the public debt.
    (e) Report.--Not later than 4 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate--
            (1) a list of any identified Federal lands that have not 
        been sold under subsection (b) and the reasons such lands were 
        not sold; and
            (2) an update of the report submitted to Congress by the 
        Secretary on May 27, 1997, pursuant to section 390(g) of the 
        Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (Public 
        Law 104-127; 110 Stat. 1024), including a current inventory of 
        the Federal lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the 
        Secretary that are suitable for disposal.
    (f) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Identified federal lands.--The term ``identified 
        Federal lands'' means the parcels of Federal land under the 
        administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary that were 
        identified as suitable for disposal in the report submitted to 
        Congress by the Secretary on May 27, 1997, pursuant to section 
        390(g) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
        1996 (Public Law 104-127; 110 Stat. 1024), except the 
        following:
                    (A) Lands not identified for disposal in the 
                applicable land use plan.
                    (B) Lands subject to a Recreation and Public 
                Purpose conveyance application.
                    (C) Lands identified for State selection.
                    (D) Lands identified for Indian tribe allotments.
                    (E) Lands identified for local government use.
                    (F) Lands that the Secretary chooses to dispose 
                under the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (43 
                U.S.C. 2301 et seq.).
                    (G) Lands that are segregated for exchange or under 
                agreements for exchange.
                    (H) Lands subject to exchange as authorized or 
                directed by Congress.
                    (I) Lands that the Secretary determines contain 
                significant impediments for disposal including--
                            (i) high disposal costs;
                            (ii) the presence of significant natural or 
                        cultural resources;
                            (iii) land survey problems or title 
                        conflicts;
                            (iv) habitat for threatened or endangered 
                        species; and
                            (v) mineral leases and mining claims.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
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