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112TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 112–581 

LA PINE LAND CONVEYANCE ACT 

JULY 9, 2012.—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 S. 270] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the 

bill (S. 270) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 

Federal land to Deschutes County, Oregon, having considered the 

same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. 

PURPOSE OF THE BILL

The purpose of S. 270 is to direct the Secretary of the Interior 

to convey certain Federal land to Deschutes County, Oregon. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

La Pine is a rural community located on the southern edge of 

Deschutes County, Oregon, and surrounded by lands administered 

by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The city has previously acquired BLM parcels under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act (RPPA) and community leaders have discussed with the 

BLM the need for additional land to serve other public purposes. 

S. 270 proposes to convey to the City of La Pine and Deschutes 

County, Oregon, three parcels, consisting of 150 acres for Parcel A, 

750 acres for Parcel B, and 10 acres for Parcel C. The conveyances 

would be subject to valid existing rights and RPPA requirements. 

The bill will provide for community events land, the expansion of 

the community’s wastewater treatment facilities and open space for 

the City of La Pine and its public library. 

Parcel A is comprised of Community Events Land that would 

provide room for expansion of long-running and growing community events including La Pine Frontier Days and La Pine Rodeo. 


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The proposed event area will be used to boost the region’s tourism 

by developing grounds for rodeo and community wide events as 

well as provide for the development of other park and recreation 

facilities. Essentially, this land will serve to enhance the community’s tourism and recreational pursuits, which are vital to the 

area’s continued economic development. 

Parcel B would provide much needed waste water effluent disposal from the growing city. The City of La Pine currently is disposing of effluent to a reuse site that has seasonal water tables 

varying from 7 to 12 feet below the ground surface. The ability of 

the community to expand for business and residential growth is 

limited by the size of the existing reuse site and its close proximity 

to groundwater. The proposed new treatment and reuse site for La 

Pine will provide a site of adequate size for the long-term growth 

of the community. 

Finally, Parcel C is a small parcel of BLM land in the city. Located in the center of town where an existing library is located, the 

City of La Pine will utilize this parcel for open space uses and the 

continued operation of the library. 

COMMITTEE ACTION

S. 270 was introduced on February 3, 2011, by Senator Ron 

Wyden (D–OR). On October 18, 2011, the bill passed the Senate by 

unanimous consent. The bill was then referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the 

Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. On 

May 17, 2012, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the bill. On 

June 7, 2012, the Full Resources Committee met to consider S. 270. 

The Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands 

was discharged by unanimous consent. No amendments were offered to the bill and the bill was then adopted and ordered favorably reported to the House of Representatives by voice vote. 

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: 


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S. 270—La Pine Land Conveyance Act 

S. 270 would direct the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to 

convey, without consideration, 910 acres of land in Oregon to certain local governments. Based on information provided by BLM, 

CBO estimates that implementing S. 270 would have no significant 

impact on discretionary spending. Enacting the act would affect direct spending; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. However, 

CBO estimates that any such effects would be negligible. Enacting 

the act would not affect revenues. 

Under S. 270, BLM would convey two parcels of land totalling 

900 acres to Deschutes County and one parcel of 10 acres to the 

city of La Pine. The conveyed properties would be used for various 

public purposes, including recreation. Deschutes County would be 

responsible for administrative costs associated with conveying the 

land that it would receive. 

Because some of the property to be conveyed under S. 270 has 

already been identified by BLM for potential sale, CBO estimates 

that enacting the act would reduce offsetting receipts (a credit 

against direct spending). However, we expect that any such sale 

would be conducted under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act 

(RPPA), which allows state or local governments to receive federal 

property at less than fair market value. Therefore, we estimate 

that any loss of receipts that would result from donating the property to the county or the city (rather than selling it under the 

RPPA) would be less than $10,000. We further estimate that any 

discretionary costs of the conveyances would be negligible. 

S. 270 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates 

as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments. The land conveyance authorized in the act would benefit the city of La Pine and 

Deschutes County. Any costs to those entities would be incurred 

voluntarily. 

On August 1, 2011, CBO transmitted a cost estimate for S. 270, 

the La Pine Land Conveyance Act, as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 14, 2011. 

The two versions of the legislation are similar, and the CBO cost 

estimates are the same. 

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 provided by the Bureau of 

Land Management, CBO estimates that implementing S. 270 

would have no significant impact on discretionary spending. Enacting the act would affect direct spending; therefore, pay-as-you-go 

procedures apply. However, CBO estimates that any such effects 

would be negligible. 

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 direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to Deschutes County, Oregon. 


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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. 

PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW

This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or tribal law. 

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