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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10089 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10089

 To ensure that there is no net gain in Federal land ownership in any 
                  fiscal year, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 1, 2024

 Ms. Hageman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL

 
 To ensure that there is no net gain in Federal land ownership in any 
                  fiscal year, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Net Gain in Federal Lands Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. NO NET GAIN IN CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND OWNERSHIP.

    (a) No Net Gain.--
            (1) In general.--The number of acres of land, water, and 
        interests therein acquired by the United States and put under 
        the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 
        Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture in a State during a 
        fiscal year may not exceed the number of acres of Federal land 
        under the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 
        Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture disposed of in that 
        State during that fiscal year.
            (2) Application.--In applying paragraph (1)--
                    (A) only the disposal of fee title to lands or 
                waters may be counted against acquisition of fee title 
                to lands or waters; and
                    (B) only disposal of interests in lands or waters 
                of less than fee may be counted against acquisition of 
                comparable interests in lands or waters of less than 
                fee.
    (b) Annual Inventory; Determination, Report.--
            (1) Inventory.--The Secretary shall complete an annual 
        inventory of the total number of acres of Federal land, 
        categorized according to the type of interest (such as fee, 
        easement, mineral interest, etc.), under the administrative 
        jurisdiction of each agency of the Department of the Interior 
        or the Department of Agriculture, as the case may be--
                    (A) in each State; and
                    (B) in the aggregate.
            (2) Determination.--Based on the inventory required by 
        subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall make an annual 
        determination of the increase or decrease in the previous 
        fiscal year of the total number of acres of Federal land, 
        categorized according to the type of interest (such as fee, 
        easement, mineral interest), under the administrative 
        jurisdiction of--
                    (A) each agency of the Department of the Interior 
                or the Department of Agriculture, as the case may be; 
                and
                    (B) the Department of the Interior, in total, and 
                the Department of Agriculture, in total, as the case 
                may be.
            (3) Report.--Not later than September 30 of each year, the 
        Secretary shall submit to the President and Congress a report 
        containing the inventory and determination required under this 
        subsection.
    (c) Compliance Land Disposal.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 24 months after the 
        Secretary determines under subsection (b) that the Federal 
        Government acquired more new Federal land under the 
        administrative jurisdiction of that Secretary in a State than 
        it disposed of in that State during a fiscal year, the 
        President shall convey to that State sufficient Federal land 
        under the administrative jurisdiction of that Secretary to 
        comply with subsection (a) for that fiscal year.
            (2) No major federal action.--A conveyance under paragraph 
        (1) shall not be considered a major Federal action for the 
        purposes of section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
        Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)).
    (d) Definitions.--For the purposes of this Act, the following 
definitions apply:
            (1) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land''--
                    (A) means Federal lands, waters, and interests 
                therein, including lands held in trust by the Federal 
                Government (except as provided in subparagraph (C));
                    (B) includes non-Federal land that is--
                            (i) leased by the Federal Government;
                            (ii) held as a conservation easement by the 
                        Federal Government; or
                            (iii) requires oversight by, involvement 
                        in, or other authority is exercised by the 
                        Federal Government to an extent that prohibits 
                        use of the non-Federal land that is not 
                        specifically authorized by the Federal 
                        Government; and
                    (C) does not include land, water, and interests 
                therein--
                            (i) held by an Indian Tribe or individual 
                        Indian subject to a restriction by the Federal 
                        Government against alienation;
                            (ii) acquired pursuant to a foreclosure 
                        under title 18, United States Code;
                            (iii) acquired by any department, agency, 
                        or independent establishment in its capacity as 
                        a receiver, conserver, or liquidating agent 
                        which is held by that department, agency, or 
                        independent establishment in such capacity 
                        pending disposal;
                            (iv) that has reverted to the Federal 
                        Government pursuant to a reversionary clause in 
                        a deed or statute;
                            (v) subject to seizure, levy, or lien under 
                        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or
                            (vi) securing a debt owed to the United 
                        States.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means--
                    (A) the Secretary of Agriculture with regard to the 
                Federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of 
                that Secretary; and
                    (B) the Secretary of the Interior with regard to 
                Federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of 
                that Secretary.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means the several States and 
        the District of Columbia.
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