[House Report 113-623]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


113th Congress   }                                        {      Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session      }                                        {     113-623

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            IDAHO COUNTY SHOOTING RANGE LAND CONVEYANCE ACT

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 November 17, 2014.--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. 5040]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred 
the bill (H.R. 5040) to require the Secretary of the Interior 
to convey certain Federal land to Idaho County in the State of 
Idaho, and for other purposes, 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. 5040 is to require the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey certain Federal land to Idaho County in the 
State of Idaho.

                  BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

    H.R. 5040 directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey a 
31 acre parcel, identified by a map, to Idaho County, Idaho. 
The County has expressed interest in obtaining 31 acres of 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land to use as a public gun 
range. The initial effort to legislatively execute the 
conveyance failed in the 111th Congress and left Idaho County 
without its desired gun range. In June 2011, Idaho County 
submitted an application to the BLM Cottonwood Field Office for 
a public gun range near Riggins, Idaho. BLM rejected the 
application because the project area is in a portion of the 
Lower Salmon River that was designated by Congress for 
potential inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic River Act. 
Subsequently, the Department of the Interior issued a 
withdrawal order to protect the land while awaiting official 
designation. This prevents the BLM from disposing of any 
property within the withdrawal area, including the 31-acre 
parcel Idaho County requested. In addition, BLM has a policy 
that prohibits leasing land for firearms ranges because of the 
potential hazardous risk associated with lead from the use of 
ammunition. Since BLM cannot issue a permit to use the land as 
a shooting range, and cannot legally dispose of the land 
administratively, H.R. 5040 resolves the impasse and provides 
Idaho County with the 31 acres of land for the creation of a 
long-awaited public shooting range. The County will pay all 
administrative costs for the transfer.

                            COMMITTEE ACTION

    H.R. 5040 was introduced on July 9, 2014, by Congressman 
Raul Labrador (R-ID). The bill was referred to the Committee on 
Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the Subcommittee 
on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. On September 9, 
2014, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the bill. On September 
18, 2014, 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. 5040--Idaho County Shooting Range Land Conveyance Act

    H.R. 5040 would direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey, without consideration, about 30 acres of federal land 
to Idaho County, Idaho, for use as a shooting range. Based on 
information from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), CBO 
estimates that implementing the legislation would have no 
significant effect on the federal budget. Enacting H.R. 5040 
would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-
as-you-go procedures do not apply.
    Under the bill, the Secretary would be required to convey 
about 30 acres of federal land that are currently used 
recreationally by hunters to Idaho County. The county would be 
required to use the affected land as a shooting range. The 
affected land does not currently generate offsetting receipts 
for the federal government and is not expected to generate such 
receipts over the next 10 years. Any administrative costs 
related to the conveyance of the affected land would be paid by 
the county.
    H.R. 5040 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act; any 
costs to the county would be incurred voluntarily.
    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 from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), CBO 
estimates that implementing the legislation would have no 
significant effect 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 require the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey certain Federal land to Idaho County in the 
State of Idaho.

                           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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