1.Sale of certain Federal lands
previously identified as suitable for disposal
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Disposal of Excess Federal
Lands Act of 2011
.
(b)Competitive sale
of landsThe 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)The sale of identified Federal lands under this section
shall be subject to valid existing rights.
(d)Proceeds of sale
of landsAll 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)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)In
this section:
(1)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)The
term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.