United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2008-02-05 monographic deposited born digital 76 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-196 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-196 P0b002ee1803a1f5a f:d08196 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-196 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-196 GAO-08-196 Environmental legislation Federal funds Federal legislation Federal procurement Federal property Funds management Interagency relations Land management Land transfers Program management Public lands Real estate sales Real estate transfers Strategic planning Other Written Product A80474

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service manage about 628 million acres of public land, mostly in the 11 western states and Alaska. Under the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA), revenue raised from selling BLM lands is available to the agencies, primarily to acquire nonfederal land within the boundaries of land they already own--known as inholdings, which can create significant land management problems. To acquire land, the agencies can nominate parcels under state-level interagency agreements or the Secretaries can use their discretion to initiate acquisitions. FLTFA expires in 2010. GAO was asked to determine (1) FLTFA revenue generated, (2) challenges to future sales, (3) FLTFA expenditures, and (4) challenges to future acquisitions. To address these issues, GAO interviewed officials and examined the act, agency guidance, and FLTFA sale and acquisition data https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-196/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-196.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-196/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-196.pdf GAO-08-196 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-196 Other Written Product GAO-08-196; Federal Land Management: Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Restrictions and Management Weaknesses Limit Future Sales and Acquisitions; Environmental legislation Federal funds Federal legislation Federal procurement Federal property Funds management Interagency relations Land management Land transfers Program management Public lands Real estate sales Real estate transfers Strategic planning Title 43 Section 1702 Title 43 Section 2302 43 U.S.C. 1702 43 U.S.C. 2302 Volume 65 Page 248 65 Stat. 248 Volume 112 Page 2343 112 Stat. 2343 Public Law 88-578 Public Law 94-579 Public Law 105-263 Public Law 106-248 Public Law 106-298 Public Law 108-424 Public Law 109-432