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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 635 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 17, 2011 

Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. MCCAIN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SALE OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LANDS PRE4 VIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS SUITABLE FOR DIS5 POSAL. 

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

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


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

2 shall offer the identified Federal lands for disposal by 

3 competitive sale for not less than fair market value as de4 termined by an independent appraiser. 

5 (c) EXISTING RIGHTS.—The sale of identified Fed6 eral lands under this section shall be subject to valid exist7 ing rights. 

8 (d) PROCEEDS OF SALE OF LANDS.—All net pro9 ceeds from the sale of identified Federal lands under this 

10 section shall be deposited directly into the Treasury for 

11 reduction of the public debt. 

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

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

14 to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 

15 Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Nat16 ural Resources of the Senate— 

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

18 have not been sold under subsection (b) and the rea19 sons such lands were not sold; and 

20 (2) an update of the report submitted to Con21 gress by the Secretary on May 27, 1997, pursuant 

22 to section 390(g) of the Federal Agriculture Im23 provement and Reform Act of 1996 (Public Law 

24 104–127; 110 Stat. 1024), including a current in25 ventory of the Federal lands under the administraVerDate Mar 15 2010 21:13 Mar 24, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S635.IS S635

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1 tive jurisdiction of the Secretary that are suitable 

2 for disposal. 

3 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) IDENTIFIED FEDERAL LANDS.—The term 

5 ‘‘identified Federal lands’’ means the parcels of Fed6 eral land under the administrative jurisdiction of the 

7 Secretary that were identified as suitable for dis8 posal in the report submitted to Congress by the 

9 Secretary on May 27, 1997, pursuant to section 

10 390(g) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 

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

12 Stat. 1024), except the following: 

13 (A) Lands not identified for disposal in the 

14 applicable land use plan. 

15 (B) Lands subject to a Recreation and 

16 Public Purpose conveyance application. 

17 (C) Lands identified for State selection. 

18 (D) Lands identified for Indian tribe allot19 ments. 

20 (E) Lands identified for local government 

21 use. 

22 (F) Lands that the Secretary chooses to 

23 dispose under the Federal Land Transaction 

24 Facilitation Act (43 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.). 


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1 (G) Lands that are segregated for ex2 change or under agreements for exchange. 

3 (H) Lands subject to exchange as author4 ized or directed by Congress. 

5 (I) Lands that the Secretary determines 

6 contain significant impediments for disposal in7 cluding— 

8 (i) high disposal costs; 

9 (ii) the presence of significant natural 

10 or cultural resources; 

11 (iii) land survey problems or title con12 flicts; 

13 (iv) habitat for threatened or endan14 gered species; and 

15 (v) mineral leases and mining claims. 

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

17 the Secretary of the Interior. 

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