I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3333 
To provide for the orderly disposal of certain Federal lands, to benefit edu-
cation and other purposes through the sales of such lands, to consolidate 
Federal lands to improve management, to provide for the acquisition 
of lands for recreational and other opportunities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 20, 2017 
Mr. GOSAR
(for himself, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. FRANKS
of Arizona, Mr. 
SCHWEIKERT, Mr. SESSIONS, and Mr. YOUNG of Alaska) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 
and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the orderly disposal of certain Federal lands, 
to benefit education and other purposes through the sales 
of such lands, to consolidate Federal lands to improve 
management, to provide for the acquisition of lands for 
recreational and other opportunities, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Hunting, Education, And Recreational Development 
Act’’ or the ‘‘HEARD Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings and purpose. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
Sec. 4. Disposal. 
Sec. 5. Lands to provide or increase recreational and other opportunities. 
Sec. 6. Public availability of information on land potentially available for dis-
posal. 
Sec. 7. Recreation and Public Purposes Act. 
Sec. 8. Limitations for administrative costs. 
Sec. 9. Recording. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The total Federal estate exceeds more than 
635,000,000 acres. 
(2) The Federal Government owns parcels of 
varying size interspersed with or adjacent to private, 
State, and tribal lands throughout the United 
States, making many of these parcels difficult to 
manage and more appropriate for disposal. 
(3) The Bureau of Land Management identifies 
certain lands potentially available for disposal in re-
visions to resource management plans. 
(4) Existing law does not require the Bureau of 
Land Management to dispose of identified lands on 
a regular or frequent basis. As a result, lands identi-
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fied as potentially available for disposal under valid 
resource management plans are rarely disposed of by 
the Bureau of Land Management. 
(5) The Forest Service has several authorities 
to dispose of Federal lands, but such authorities are 
rarely used. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to provide for the orderly disposal of certain 
Federal lands; 
(2) to benefit education through the sales of 
such lands and research focused on natural resource 
issues at educational institutions; 
(3) to consolidate Federal lands to achieve bet-
ter management; and 
(4) to provide for the acquisition of certain 
lands to provide or increase recreational and other 
purposes. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this Act: 
(1) HUNTING.—The term ‘‘hunting’’ means use 
of a firearm, bow, or other authorized means in the 
lawful— 
(A) pursuit, shooting, capture, collection, 
trapping, or killing of wildlife; or 
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(B) attempt to pursue, shoot, capture, col-
lect, trap, or kill wildlife. 
(2) LAND
GRANT
UNIVERSITY.—The term 
‘‘land grant university’’ means a land grant univer-
sity— 
(A) established under the Act of July 2, 
1862 (known as the ‘‘First Morrill Act’’; 12 
Stat. 503, chapter 130; 7 U.S.C. 301 et seq.); 
(B) established under the Act of August 
30, 1890 (known as the ‘‘Second Morrill Act’’; 
26 Stat. 419, chapter 841; 7 U.S.C. 321 et 
seq.); or 
(C) described in section 533(a)(1) of the 
Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act 
of 1994 (part C of title V of Public Law 103– 
382). 
(3) RECREATIONAL FISHING.—The term ‘‘rec-
reational fishing’’ means the lawful— 
(A) pursuit, capture, collection, or killing 
of fish; or 
(B) attempt to pursue, capture, collect, or 
kill fish. 
(4) RECREATIONAL OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES.— 
The term ‘‘recreational off-highway vehicle’’ means a 
motorized off-highway vehicle designed to travel on 
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four or more tires, intended by the manufacturer for 
recreational use by one or more persons and having 
all of the following characteristics: 
(A) A steering wheel for steering control. 
(B) Foot controls for throttle and service 
brake. 
(C) Non-straddle seating. 
(D) Maximum speed capability greater 
than 30 miles per hour. 
(E) Gross vehicle weight rating no greater 
than 3,750 pounds. 
(F) Less than 80 inches in overall width, 
exclusive of accessories. 
(G) Engine displacement equal to or less 
than 61 cubic inches for gasoline fueled en-
gines. 
(H) Identification by means of a 17-char-
acter personal or vehicle information number. 
(5) 
RECREATION
AND
PUBLIC
PURPOSES 
ACT.—The term ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes 
Act’’ means the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize 
acquisition or use of public lands by States, counties, 
or municipalities for recreational purposes’’, ap-
proved June 14, 1926 (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 
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(6) 
RECREATIONAL
SHOOTING.—The 
term 
‘‘recreational shooting’’ means any form of sport, 
training, competition, or pastime, whether formal or 
informal, that involves the discharge of a rifle, hand-
gun, or shotgun, or the use of a bow. 
(7) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of the Interior, in ref-
erence to lands under the jurisdiction of that 
Secretary; and 
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, in ref-
erence to lands under the jurisdiction of that 
Secretary. 
(8) SPECIAL ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘special ac-
count’’ means the account in the Treasury of the 
United States established under this Act. 
(9) UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term 
‘‘unit of local government’’ means the governing 
body of each, community, county, municipality, city, 
town, or township created pursuant to State law 
with boundaries interspersed with or adjacent to 
Federal lands. 
SEC. 4. DISPOSAL. 
(a) DISPOSAL.—In accordance with this Act, and 
other applicable law, and subject to valid existing rights, 
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the Secretary concerned is authorized to dispose of Fed-
eral land. 
(b) SELECTION.— 
(1) JOINT
SELECTION
REQUIRED.—The Sec-
retary concerned and the unit of local government in 
whose jurisdiction lands referred to in subsection (a) 
are located shall jointly select lands to be offered for 
sale or exchange under this section. The Secretary 
concerned shall coordinate land disposal activities 
with the unit of local government concerned. Land 
disposal activities of the Secretary concerned shall 
be consistent with local land use planning and zon-
ing requirements and recommendations. There may 
be no net loss of Animal Unit Months within grazing 
allotments where lands are disposed. 
(2) OFFERING.—(A) The Secretary concerned 
shall make the first offering of land as soon as prac-
ticable after land has been selected in accordance 
with this subsection. 
(B) The Secretary of the Interior shall dispose 
of not less than 10 percent of lands currently identi-
fied by the Bureau of Land Management for dis-
posal as of the date of the enactment of this Act in 
each of the first 8 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, for a total of 80 percent of such 
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lands by the end of the eighth year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(C) The Secretary of the Interior shall dispose 
of not less than 20 percent of lands identified by the 
Bureau of Land Management for disposal in any re-
source management plan amendment made after the 
date of the enactment of this Act in each of the 4 
years after such an amendment is made, for a total 
of 80 percent of such lands by the end of the fourth 
year after the date of such amendment. 
(D) The Secretary of Agriculture shall dispose 
of not less than 10 percent of lands currently identi-
fied by the Forest Service for disposal as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act in each of the first 8 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, for 
a total of 80 percent of such lands by the end of the 
eighth year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(E) The Secretary of Agriculture shall dispose 
of not less than 20 percent of lands identified by the 
Forest Service for disposal in any resource manage-
ment plan amendment made after the date of the 
enactment of this Act in each of the 4 years after 
such an amendment is made, for a total of 80 per-
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cent of such lands by the end of the fourth year 
after the date of such amendment. 
(F) Private landowners with inholdings inter-
spersed with or adjacent to Federal land being dis-
posed of shall have the first right of refusal for the 
purchase of land sold or exchanged under this Act. 
(c) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.— 
(1) LAND
SALES.—Of the gross proceeds of 
sales of land under this subsection in a fiscal year 
shall be made available as follows: 
(A) Fifteen percent shall be paid directly 
to the State where the sale takes place for use 
to supplement the education of students in kin-
dergarten through grade 12, to supplement 
public support of institutions of public higher 
education, and to supplement State agricultural 
and natural resource agencies. 
(B) Fifteen percent shall be paid directly 
to the one or more land grant universities with-
in the boundaries of the State of which the rev-
enue is derived for the purposes of providing 
agricultural and natural resources research, ex-
tension, teaching and infrastructure. 
(C) Ten percent shall be paid directly to 
the one or more counties within the boundaries 
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