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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2068 

To reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 21, 2013 

Mrs. LUMMIS (for herself, Mr. DEFAZIO, and Mr. AMODEI) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation 

Act, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Land Trans5 action Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FEDERAL LAND TRANSACTION FACILITATION ACT. 

7 The Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act is 

8 amended— 


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1 (1) in section 203(1) (43 U.S.C. 2302(1)), by 

2 striking ‘‘cultural, or’’ and inserting ‘‘cultural, rec3 reational access and use, or other’’; 

4 (2) in section 203(2) in the matter preceding 

5 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘on the date of enact6 ment of this Act was’’ and inserting ‘‘is’’; 

7 (3) in section 205 (43 U.S.C. 2304)— 

8 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘section 

9 206’’ and all that follows through the period 

10 and inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘section 206— 

12 ‘‘(1) to complete appraisals and satisfy other 

13 legal requirements for the sale or exchange of public 

14 land identified for disposal under approved land use 

15 plans under section 202 of the Federal Land Policy 

16 and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712); 

17 ‘‘(2) not later than 180 days after the date of 

18 the enactment of the Federal Land Transaction Fa19 cilitation Act Reauthorization of 2013, to establish 

20 and make available to the public, on the website of 

21 the Department of the Interior, a database con22 taining a comprehensive list of all the land referred 

23 to in paragraph (1); and 

24 ‘‘(3) to maintain the database referred to in 

25 paragraph (2).’’; and 


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1 (B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘11’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘20’’; 

3 (4) in section 206(c)(2) (43 U.S.C. 2305(c)(2)), 

4 by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(E) Any funds made available under sub6 paragraph (D) that are not obligated or ex7 pended by the end of the fourth full fiscal year 

8 after the date of the sale or exchange of land 

9 that generated the funds may be expended in 

10 any State.’’; 

11 (5) in section 206(c)(3) (43 U.S.C. 

12 2305(c)(3))— 

13 (A) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

14 the following: 

15 ‘‘(B) the extent to which the acquisition of 

16 the land or interest therein will increase the 

17 public availability of resources for, and facilitate 

18 public access to, hunting, fishing, and other rec19 reational activities;’’; and 

20 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), 

21 (C), and (D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and 

22 (E); 

23 (6) in section 206(f) (43 U.S.C. 2305(f)), by 

24 amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(2) any remaining balance in the account shall 

2 be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit re3 duction, except that in the case of a fiscal year for 

4 which there is no Federal budget deficit, such 

5 amounts shall be used to reduce the Federal debt (in 

6 such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury con7 siders appropriate).’’; and 

8 (7) in section 207(b) (43 U.S.C. 2306(b))— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘96–568’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘96–586’’; and 

12 (ii) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a 

13 semicolon; 

14 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

15 (i) by inserting ‘‘Public Law 105– 

16 263;’’ before ‘‘112 Stat.’’; and 

17 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

18 and inserting a semicolon; and 

19 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(3) the White Pine County Conservation, 

21 Recreation, and Development Act of 2006 (Public 

22 Law 109–432; 120 Stat. 3028); 

23 ‘‘(4) the Lincoln County Conservation, Recre24 ation, and Development Act of 2004 (Public Law 

25 108–424; 118 Stat. 2403); 


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1 ‘‘(5) subtitle F of title I of the Omnibus Public 

2 Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 1132 

3 note; Public Law 111–11); 

4 ‘‘(6) subtitle O of title I of the Omnibus Public 

5 Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 460www 

6 note, 1132 note; Public Law 111–11); 

7 ‘‘(7) section 2601 of the Omnibus Public Land 

8 Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 

9 Stat. 1108); or 

10 ‘‘(8) section 2606 of the Omnibus Public Land 

11 Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 

12 Stat. 1121).’’. 

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