30 × 30 Termination Act
Bill: S.1673 | Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger (R-KS)
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
30 x 30 Termination Act
This bill prohibits federal acquisition of land or declaration of a national monument in certain areas and nullifies a provision of an executive order related to conservation.
In a state or county where 15% or more of the land is managed by a federal agency (1) federal funds may not be used to acquire nonfederal land unless the agency proposing the acquisition disposes of an equal amount of federal land within the state or county, and (2) a declaration of a national monument shall not apply.
The bill prohibits from having the force and effect of law a provision of Executive Order 14008 (86 Fed. Reg. 7619), titled Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, that requires the Department of the Interior to recommend steps to achieve the goal of conserving at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. No federal funds may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out any report or program substantially similar to the report or program of such provision.
No federal funds may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out any action on federal land that results in a net-loss of multiple use or any principal or major use, unless such action has been authorized by an act of Congress.
No federal funds may be used by a federal agency to acquire more than 160 acres of nonfederal land unless

To preserve access to Federal land, control fires, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``30  x  30 Termination Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Federal land.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``Federal land'' means--
                            (i) National Forest System land;
                            (ii) public lands (as defined in section 
                        103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
                        Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702));
                            (iii) the outer Continental Shelf (as 
                        defined in section 2 of the Outer Continental 
                        Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331)); and
                            (iv) Federal land within the Exclusive 
                        Economic Zone of the United States, as 
                        established by Presidential Proclamation 5030, 
                        dated March 10, 1983 (16 U.S.C. 1453 note).
                    (B) Inclusion.--The term ``Federal land'' includes 
                land described in clauses (i) through (iv) of 
                subparagraph (A) for which the rights to the surface 
                estate or subsurface estate are owned by a non-Federal 
                entity.
            (2) Multiple use.--The term ``multiple use'' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 103 of the Federal Land 
        Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702).
            (3) Principal or major use.--The term ``principal or major 
        use'' includes domestic livestock grazing, mineral exploration 
        and production, rights-of-way, timber production, commercial 
        fishing, recreational fishing, hunting, camping, hiking, 
        mountain biking, horseback riding, whitewater rafting, and off-
        highway vehicle use, and other outdoor recreation.

SEC. 3. REVOCATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER RELATING TO CONSERVING OUR 
              NATION'S LANDS AND WATERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 216 of Executive Order 14008 (86 Fed. Reg. 
7627; relating to tackling the climate crisis at home and abroad 
(February 1, 2021)) shall have no force or effect.
    (b) Limitation on Funds.--No Federal funds may be used to 
implement, administer, enforce, or carry out any report or program 
substantially similar to the report or program required under section 
216 of the Executive Order described in subsection (a).

SEC. 4. NO NET LOSS OF NON-FEDERAL LAND.

    No Federal funds may be used to acquire non-Federal land within a 
State or county in which 15 percent or more of the land is managed by a 
Federal agency, unless the Federal agency proposing the acquisition 
disposes of an equal amount of Federal land within the State or county 
in which the non-Federal land is located to ensure no net loss of non-
Federal land and taxable acreage during the fiscal year in which the 
proposed acquisition occurs and subsequent fiscal years as a result of 
the proposed acquisition.

SEC. 5. NO NET LOSS OF MULTIPLE USE.

    No Federal funds may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or 
carry out any action on Federal land that results in a net loss of 
multiple use or any principal or major use within a State, unless the 
action has been authorized by an Act of Congress.

SEC. 6. STATE AND CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE FEDERAL 
              ACQUISITION OF MORE THAN 160 ACRES OF NON-FEDERAL LAND.

    No Federal funds may be used by the head of a Federal agency to 
acquire more than 160 acres of non-Federal land unless--
            (1) the head of the Federal agency has received from the 
        State in which the non-Federal land is located written notice 
        that the State has enacted legislation approving the proposed 
        acquisition; and
            (2) the proposed acquisition has been authorized by an Act 
        of Congress.

SEC. 7. PROHIBITION ON WITHDRAWAL.

    The President may not withdraw any Federal land from forms of 
entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, 
entry, and patent under the mining laws, or disposition under laws 
pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials 
unless the withdrawal has been authorized by an Act of Congress.

SEC. 8. LIMITATIONS ON DECLARATIONS OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS.

    Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Limitations on Declarations.--A declaration under this 
section shall not apply to a State or county in which 15 percent or 
more of the land is managed by a Federal agency.''.
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