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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1126 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain Federal lands in 

Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, 

Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for disposal, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 16, 2011 

Mr. CHAFFETZ (for himself, Mr. HERGER, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mrs. 

MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. BARTLETT, and Mr. 

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

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain Federal 

lands in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, 

Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for disposal, 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, 

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1 SECTION 1. SALE OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LANDS PRE2 VIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS SUITABLE FOR DIS3 POSAL. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2011’’. 

6 (b) COMPETITIVE SALE OF LANDS.—The Secretary 

7 shall offer the identified Federal lands for disposal by 

8 competitive sale for not less than fair market value as de9 termined by an independent appraiser. 

10 (c) EXISTING RIGHTS.—The sale of identified Fed11 eral lands under this section shall be subject to valid exist12 ing rights. 

13 (d) PROCEEDS OF SALE OF LANDS.—All net pro14 ceeds from the sale of identified Federal lands under this 

15 section shall be deposited directly into the Treasury for 

16 reduction of the public debt. 

17 (e) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the date 

18 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 

19 to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 

20 Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Nat21 ural Resources of the Senate— 

22 (1) a list of any identified Federal lands that 

23 have not been sold under subsection (b) and the rea24 sons such lands were not sold; and 

25 (2) an update of the report submitted to Con26 gress by the Secretary on May 27, 1997, pursuant 

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1 to section 390(g) of the Federal Agriculture Im2 provement and Reform Act of 1996 (Public Law 

3 104–127; 110 Stat. 1024), including a current in4 ventory of the Federal lands under the administra5 tive jurisdiction of the Secretary that are suitable 

6 for disposal. 

7 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) IDENTIFIED FEDERAL LANDS.—The term 

9 ‘‘identified Federal lands’’ means the parcels of Fed10 eral land under the administrative jurisdiction of the 

11 Secretary that were identified as suitable for dis12 posal in the report submitted to Congress by the 

13 Secretary on May 27, 1997, pursuant to section 

14 390(g) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 

15 Reform Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–127; 110 

16 Stat. 1024), except the following: 

17 (A) Lands not identified for disposal in the 

18 applicable land use plan. 

19 (B) Lands subject to a Recreation and 

20 Public Purpose conveyance application. 

21 (C) Lands identified for State selection. 

22 (D) Lands identified for Indian tribe allot23 ments. 

24 (E) Lands identified for local government 

25 use. 

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1 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of the Interior. 

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