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107TH CONGRESS REPORT " HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ! 2d Session 107–680 

DIRECTING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO CONVEY 

CERTAIN LAND TO THE CITY OF HAINES, OREGON

SEPTEMBER 24, 2002.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

Mr. HANSEN, from the Committee on Resources, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany S. 1907] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Resources, to whom was referred the bill (S. 

1907) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land 

to the city of Haines, 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. 1907 is to direct the Secretary of the Interior 

to convey certain land to the city of Haines, Oregon. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

S. 1907 directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey a 40 acre 

parcel of land adjacent to the Haines, Oregon, landfill to the City 

of Haines, Oregon. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) would 

convey the land to the City to be used as a source of topsoil for 

cover material for its landfill and allow for its closure. The BLM 

identified the land for disposal in the June 1998 Northeast Oregon 

Assembled Land Exchange final environmental impact statement. 

The land is directly adjacent to the Haines landfill and is largely 

isolated. 

The City recently completed the engineering work to meet the requirements of a worstcase closure plan as defined by Oregon law. 

One of the closure specifications listed in the plan includes covering 

the existing refuse site with three feet of topsoil. Due to lack of topsoil on the City’s current landfill, the City must seek large quantities of topsoil off-site. The proposed legislation would provide the 

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City with an adequate amount of topsoil to cover the refuse site 

and save the City an estimated $125,000 in costs associated with 

acquiring and transporting the topsoil off-site. Under current law, 

the BLM would be required to charge full market value; however, 

the legislation makes it possible for the BLM to convey the land 

to the City of Haines without payment. 

COMMITTEE ACTION

S. 1907 was introduced on January 29, 2001, by Senator Gordon 

Smith (R–OR). The bill was referred to the Committee on Resources and within the Committee to the Subcommittee National 

Parks, Recreation, and Public lands. On September 12, 2002, the 

Full Resources Committee met to consider the bill. The Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation, and Public Lands was 

discharged from further consideration of S. 1907 by unanimous 

consent. No amendments were offered, and the bill was then 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 Resources’ oversight findings and recommendations are reflected in 

the body of this report. 

CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

Article I, section 8 and Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution 

of the United States grants Congress the authority to enact this 

bill. 

COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII

1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(2) 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)(3)(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. 

2. 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. 

3. General Performance Goals and Objectives. This bill does not 

authorize funding and therefore, clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the 

Rules of the House of Representatives does not apply. 

4. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate. 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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U.S. CONGRESS, CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, Washington, DC, September 17, 2002. 

Hon. JAMES V. HANSEN, 

Chairman, Committee on Resources, 

House of Representatives, Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Budget Office has prepared the enclosed cost estimate for S. 1907, an act to direct the 

Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to the city of 

Haines, Oregon. 

If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be pleased 

to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Megan Carroll. 

Sincerely, 

BARRY B. ANDERSON

(For Dan L. Crippen, Director). 

Enclosure. 

S. 1907—An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to the city of Haines, Oregon 

CBO estimates that enacting S. 1907 would not significantly affect the federal budget. The legislation would not affect direct 

spending or receipts; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures would not 

apply. S. 1907 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. Enacting this legislation would benefit the city of Haines by allowing 

them to acquire needed land at no cost. 

S. 1907 would direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to 

the city of Haines, Oregon without consideration, approximately 40 

acres of federal lands located within that state. According to the 

Bureau of Land Management, the lands to be conveyed currently 

generate no receipts and are not expected to over the next 10 years. 

Hence, we estimate that the proposed conveyance would not affect 

the federal budget. 

On June 12, 2002, CBO transmitted a cost estimate for S. 1907 

as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 5, 2002. The two versions of the legislation 

are identical, and our cost estimates are the same. 

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Megan Carroll. This 

estimate was approved by Peter H. Fontaine, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis. 

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. 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

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

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