[House Report 107-680]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



107th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     107-680

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 DIRECTING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO CONVEY CERTAIN LAND TO THE 
                         CITY OF HAINES, OREGON

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 September 24, 2002.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
            the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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  Mr. Hansen, from the Committee on Resources, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                         [To accompany S. 1907]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Resources, to whom was referred the bill 
(S. 1907) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
certain land to the city of Haines, Oregon, having considered 
the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and 
recommend that the bill do pass.

                          PURPOSE OF THE BILL

    The purpose of S. 1907 is to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey certain land to the city of Haines, Oregon.

                  BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

    S. 1907 directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey a 
40 acre parcel of land adjacent to the Haines, Oregon, landfill 
to the City of Haines, Oregon. The Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM) would convey the land to the City to be used as a source 
of topsoil for cover material for its landfill and allow for 
its closure. The BLM identified the land for disposal in the 
June 1998 Northeast Oregon Assembled Land Exchange final 
environmental impact statement. The land is directly adjacent 
to the Haines landfill and is largely isolated.
    The City recently completed the engineering work to meet 
the requirements of a worstcase closure plan as defined by 
Oregon law. One of the closure specifications listed in the 
plan includes covering the existing refuse site with three feet 
of topsoil. Due to lack of topsoil on the City's current 
landfill, the City must seek large quantities of topsoil off-
site. The proposed legislation would provide the City with an 
adequate amount of topsoil to cover the refuse site and save 
the City an estimated $125,000 in costs associated with 
acquiring and transporting the topsoil off-site. Under current 
law, the BLM would be required to charge full market value; 
however, the legislation makes it possible for the BLM to 
convey the land to the City of Haines without payment.

                            COMMITTEE ACTION

    S. 1907 was introduced on January 29, 2001, by Senator 
Gordon Smith (R-OR). The bill was referred to the Committee on 
Resources and within the Committee to the Subcommittee National 
Parks, Recreation, and Public lands. On September 12, 2002, the 
Full Resources Committee met to consider the bill. The 
Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation, and Public Lands 
was discharged from further consideration of S. 1907 by 
unanimous consent. No amendments were offered, and the bill was 
then ordered favorably reported to the House of Representatives 
by unanimous consent.

            COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

    Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of 
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the 
Committee on Resources' oversight findings and recommendations 
are reflected in the body of this report.

                   CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

    Article I, section 8 and Article IV, section 3 of the 
Constitution of the United States grants Congress the authority 
to enact this bill.

                    COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII

    1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(2) of rule XIII of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives requires an estimate and 
a comparison by the Committee of the costs which would be 
incurred in carrying out this bill. However, clause 3(d)(3)(B) 
of that rule provides that this requirement does not apply when 
the Committee has included in its report a timely submitted 
cost estimate of the bill prepared by the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    2. Congressional Budget Act. As required by clause 3(c)(2) 
of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 
section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this 
bill does not contain any new budget authority, spending 
authority, credit authority, or an increase or decrease in 
revenues or tax expenditures.
    3. General Performance Goals and Objectives. This bill does 
not authorize funding and therefore, clause 3(c)(4) of rule 
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives does not 
apply.
    4. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate. Under clause 
3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives and section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, the Committee has received the following cost estimate 
for this bill from the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office:

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                Washington, DC, September 17, 2002.
Hon. James V. Hansen,
Chairman, Committee on Resources,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
prepared the enclosed cost estimate for S. 1907, an act to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to 
the city of Haines, Oregon.
    If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Megan 
Carroll.
            Sincerely,
                                          Barry B. Anderson
                                    (For Dan L. Crippen, Director).
    Enclosure.

S. 1907--An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
        certain land to the city of Haines, Oregon

    CBO estimates that enacting S. 1907 would not significantly 
affect the federal budget. The legislation would not affect 
direct spending or receipts; therefore, pay-as-you-go 
procedures would not apply. S. 1907 contains no 
intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the 
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would impose no costs on 
state, local, or tribal governments. Enacting this legislation 
would benefit the city of Haines by allowing them to acquire 
needed land at no cost.
    S. 1907 would direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey to the city of Haines, Oregon without consideration, 
approximately 40 acres of federal lands located within that 
state. According to the Bureau of Land Management, the lands to 
be conveyed currently generate no receipts and are not expected 
to over the next 10 years. Hence, we estimate that the proposed 
conveyance would not affect the federal budget.
    On June 12, 2002, CBO transmitted a cost estimate for S. 
1907 as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources on June 5, 2002. The two versions of the 
legislation are identical, and our cost estimates are the same.
    The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Megan Carroll. 
This estimate was approved by Peter H. Fontaine, Deputy 
Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

                    COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104-4

    This bill contains no unfunded mandates.

                PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW

    This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or 
tribal law.

                        CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

    If enacted, this bill would make no changes in existing 
law.

                                
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