Reasonable Right-of-Way Fees Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-762
Sponsor: Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Collection of accounts
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Finance and Financial Sector
Gas pipelines
Government Operations and Politics
Indexing (Economic policy)
Interest rates
Law
Maintenance and repair
National forests
Petroleum pipelines
Real estate appraisal
Rent
Right-of-way
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Reasonable Right-of-Way Fees Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to amend the Code of Federal Regulations to revise the per acre rental fee zone value schedule by State, county, and type of linear right-of-way use to reflect current land values. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make such revisions for linear rights-of-way granted, issued, or renewed on National Forest System lands.
Directs the Secretaries to annually update the schedules of linear rights-of-way under their respective jurisdictions by a specified method using the Gross National Product Implicit Price Deflator Index.
Requires the Secretaries to review the zones and rental per acre figures whenever the cumulative change in the index exceeds 30 percent, or whenever the change in the 3-year average of the 1-year Treasury interest rate used to determine per acre rental fee zone values exceeds plus or minus 50 percent. Authorizes the Secretaries to revise the base zones and rental fees if the value of Federal land differs sufficiently from the index to warrant such action.
Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior or appropriate agency heads to use the same valuation method as in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (as revised by this Act) to calculate the value of rights-of-way for pipeline passage.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced in the House on February 13, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Reasonable Right-of-Way Fees Act of 2003 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to amend the Code of Federal Regulations to revise the per acre rental fee zone value schedule by State, county, and type of linear right-of-way use to reflect current land values. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make such revisions for linear rights-of-way granted, issued, or renewed on National Forest System lands.
Directs the Secretaries to annually update the schedules of linear rights-of-way under their respective jurisdictions by a specified method using the Gross National Product Implicit Price Deflator Index.
Requires the Secretaries to review the zones and rental per acre figures whenever the cumulative change in the index exceeds 30 percent, or whenever the change in the 3-year average of the 1-year Treasury interest rate used to determine per acre rental fee zone values exceeds plus or minus 50 percent. Authorizes the Secretaries to revise the base zones and rental fees if the value of Federal land differs sufficiently from the index to warrant such action.
Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior or appropriate agency heads to use the same valuation method as in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (as revised by this Act) to calculate the value of rights-of-way for pipeline passage.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held.
action_date: 2003-04-02
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2534-2535)
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2534-2535)
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 762.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2534-2535)
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Mr. Renzi moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2003-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House