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113TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 113–623 

IDAHO COUNTY SHOOTING RANGE LAND CONVEYANCE 

ACT 

NOVEMBER 17, 2014.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

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 


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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 


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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. 

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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. 


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CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

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

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