[House Report 113-196]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


113th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    113-196

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          LAKE HILL ADMINISTRATIVE SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACT

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 September 10, 2013.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
            the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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 Mr. Hastings of Washington, from the Committee on Natural Resources, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                        [To accompany H.R. 2337]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred 
the bill (H.R. 2337) to provide for the conveyance of the 
Forest Service Lake Hill Administrative Site in Summit County, 
Colorado, having considered the same, report favorably thereon 
without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.

                          PURPOSE OF THE BILL

    The purpose of H.R. 2337 is to provide for the conveyance 
of the Forest Service Lake Hill Administrative Site in Summit 
County, Colorado.

                  BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

    H.R. 2337 would authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to 
sell approximately 40 acres of the 386-acre Lake Hill 
Administrative site, managed as part of the White River 
National Forest, to Summit County, Colorado. The conveyance 
would be at fair market value.
    The parcel, sandwiched between Interstate 70 and a local 
highway, is no longer suitable to be included in the White 
River National Forest. Summit County intends to use the site to 
construct affordable workforce housing. The County is 
responsible for all processing and transaction costs associated 
with the conveyance.

                            COMMITTEE ACTION

    H.R. 2337 was introduced on June 12, 2013, by Congressman 
Jared Polis (D-CO). The bill was referred to the Committee on 
Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the Subcommittee 
on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. On July 19, 2013, 
the Subcommittee held a hearing on the bill. On July 24, 2013, 
the full Natural Resources Committee met to consider the bill. 
The Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation 
was discharged by unanimous consent. No amendments were 
offered, and the bill was adopted and 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 Natural Resources' oversight findings and 
recommendations are reflected in the body of this report.

                    COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII

    1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(1) 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)(2)(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. 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:

H.R. 2337--Lake Hill Administrative Site Affordable Housing Act

    H.R. 2337 would require the Secretary of Agriculture to 
sell 40 acres of Forest Service land near Frisco, Colorado. 
Based on information provided by the agency, CBO estimates that 
implementing the legislation would have a negligible impact on 
the federal budget. Enacting the bill would increase offsetting 
receipts and associated direct spending; therefore, pay-as-you-
go procedures apply. However, CBO estimates that those changes 
would have no significant net impact on future budget deficits. 
Enacting H.R. 2337 would not affect revenues.
    The bill would require the Secretary to sell the affected 
lands to Summit County, Colorado, for fair market value. Based 
on information provided by the Forest Service, CBO estimates 
that proceeds from the sale of those lands would increase 
offsetting receipts by about $5 million. Under the bill, the 
agency would be authorized to retain and spend those proceeds, 
without further appropriation, for capital improvement and 
maintenance of Forest Service facilities. CBO expects that the 
agency would complete the sale and spend the proceeds within 
five years, and we estimate that enacting the bill would have 
no net impact on the federal budget over that period. In 
addition, the bill would require the county to pay for any 
administrative costs associated with the sale.
    H.R. 2337 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
    The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Jeff LaFave. The 
estimate was approved by Theresa Gullo, Deputy Assistant 
Director for Budget Analysis.
    2. Section 308(a) of 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. Based on 
information provided by the agency, CBO estimates that 
implementing the legislation would have a negligible impact on 
the federal budget.
    3. General Performance Goals and Objectives. As required by 
clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII, the general performance goal or 
objective of this bill is to provide for the conveyance of the 
Forest Service Lake Hill Administrative Site in Summit County, 
Colorado.

                           EARMARK STATEMENT

    This bill does not contain any Congressional earmarks, 
limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined 
under clause 9(e), 9(f), and 9(g) of rule XXI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives.

                    COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104-4

    This bill contains no unfunded mandates.

                       COMPLIANCE WITH H. RES. 5

    Directed Rule Making. The Chairman does not believe that 
this bill directs any executive branch official to conduct any 
specific rule-making proceedings.
    Duplication of Existing Programs. This bill does not 
establish or reauthorize a program of the federal government 
known to be duplicative of another program. Such program was 
not included in any report from the Government Accountability 
Office to Congress pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111-139 
or identified in the most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic 
Assistance published pursuant to the Federal Program 
Information Act (Public Law 95-220, as amended by Public Law 
98-169) as relating to other programs.

                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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