[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1021 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1021

To provide that there shall be no net increase in the acres of certain 
 Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, 
the National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
  or the Forest Service unless the Federal budget is balanced for the 
               year in which the land would be purchased.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2013

 Mr. Stivers introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that there shall be no net increase in the acres of certain 
 Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, 
the National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
  or the Forest Service unless the Federal budget is balanced for the 
               year in which the land would be purchased.

    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 ``Land Acquisition to cut National 
Debt Act'' or the ``LAND Act''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR LAND ACQUISITION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior may not use Federal 
funds to purchase land that would result in a net increase of land 
acreage that would be under the jurisdiction of the National Park 
Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Bureau of 
Land Management unless the Federal budget is balanced for the year in 
which the land would be purchased.
    (b) Duck Stamp Funds.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to land 
purchased with funds made available through the sale of Federal 
Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps.
    (c) Easements.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to easements 
acquired by the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate management of 
Federal lands.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND ACQUISITION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture may not use Federal 
funds to purchase land that would result in a net increase of land 
acreage included in the National Forest System unless the Federal 
budget is balanced for the year in which the land would be purchased.
    (b) Easements.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to easements 
acquired by the Secretary of Agriculture to facilitate management of 
Federal lands.
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