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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2167 
To provide for no net increase in the total acreage of certain Federal land 
under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, the National 
Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Forest 
Service, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2017 
Mr. GRIFFITH (for himself, Mr. LAMALFA, and Mr. GOSAR) 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 no net increase in the total acreage of certain 
Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of 
Land Management, the National Park Service, the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Forest 
Service, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Acre In, Acre Out 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. NO NET INCREASE IN CERTAIN FEDERAL LANDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For acquisition of land by the 
Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture 
that would result in a net increase of total land acreage 
under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of 
Land Management, or the Forest Service, the Secretary 
concerned shall offer for sale an equal number of acres 
of Federal land that is under the same jurisdictional sta-
tus. 
(b) EXEMPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 
easements acquired— 
(1) by the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate 
management of Federal lands; or 
(2) by the Secretary of Agriculture to facilitate 
management of Federal lands. 
(c) CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Land sold pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall be offered for sale— 
(A) at fair market value (based on local 
comparable sales); and 
(B) at a price that is reduced by 10 per-
cent each month if the land is not sold or under 
contract to be sold by the date that is 6 months 
after the land was first offered for sale. 
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(2) EXCEPTION.—Time periods during which 
land is under contract for sale or withdrawn from 
the market shall not be counted for the purposes of 
price reduction under paragraph (1)(B). 
(d) EXISTING RIGHTS.—The sale of Federal lands 
pursuant to this section shall be subject to valid existing 
rights. 
(e) PROCEEDS OF SALE OF LANDS.—All net proceeds 
from the sale of Federal lands pursuant to this section 
shall be deposited directly into the Treasury for reduction 
of the public debt. 
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