[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1931 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1931

     To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
 Agriculture to sell certain Federal land, to direct that the proceeds 
of such sales be applied to reduce the Federal budget deficit, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 2015

Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, and Mr. Carter 
  of Texas) 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 direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
 Agriculture to sell certain Federal land, to direct that the proceeds 
of such sales be applied to reduce the Federal budget deficit, 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 ``American Land Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO SELL LAND.

    (a) Authorization.--For each of fiscal years 2016 through 2021, 
subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of the Interior or the 
Secretary of Agriculture, as the case may be, shall offer for 
competitive sale by auction to eligible entities all right, title, and 
interest, to the extent provided in subsection (b)(2), in and to the 
following:
            (1) Eight percent of the Federal land managed by the Bureau 
        of Land Management.
            (2) Eight percent of the National Forest System land.
    (b) Terms and Conditions.--
            (1) Configuration of land.--The Secretary concerned--
                    (A) shall configure the land to be sold to maximize 
                marketability or achieve management objectives; and
                    (B) may prescribe such terms and conditions on the 
                land sales authorized by this Act as the Secretary 
                deems in the public interest.
            (2) Mineral rights.--For each fiscal year, the Secretary 
        concerned may include in the sale of land under subsection (a) 
        the mineral rights to such land for not more than 50 percent of 
        the total acreage sold under subsection (a) by that Secretary, 
        if the Secretary determines that such inclusion is likely to 
        maximize marketability.
    (c) Eligible Entity.--For the purposes of this Act, the term 
``eligible entity'' means--
            (1) a citizen of the United States; or
            (2) a corporation or partnership created or organized in 
        the United States or under the laws of the United States or of 
        any State of the United States.

SEC. 3. PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF LAND.

    All proceeds from the sale of land under this Act shall be 
deposited into the Highway Trust Fund.
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