To amend the Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2003 to authorize the conveyance of an additional tract of National Forest System land under that Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-1374
Sponsor: Rep. Boyd, Allen [D-FL-2]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Florida
Forest management
Land transfers
National forests

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: 
Amends the Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2003 to: (1) authorize the conveyance of an additional tract of federal land pursuant to the Act; and (2) provide for the disposition of the net proceeds derived from sales or exchanges under the Act to be available for expenditure by the Secretary of Agriculture for the acquisition, construction, or maintenance of administrative improvements for units of the National Forest System in Florida. 
 
Permits: (1) proceeds from the sale or exchange of such additional tract to be used exclusively for the purchase of inholdings in the Apalachicola National Forest; and (2) proceeds from any sale or exchange of land under this Act to be used for administrative improvements, as authorized above, only if the land generating the proceeds was improved with infrastructure. 

action_date: 2007-12-17
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2003 to: (1) authorize the conveyance of an additional tract of federal land pursuant to the Act; and (2) provide for the disposition of the net proceeds derived from sales or exchanges under the Act to be available for expenditure by the Secretary of Agriculture for the acquisition, construction, or maintenance of administrative improvements for units of the National Forest System in Florida. 

Permits: (1) proceeds from the sale or exchange of such additional tract to be used exclusively for the purchase of inholdings in the Apalachicola National Forest; and (2) proceeds from any sale or exchange of land under this Act to be used for administrative improvements, as authorized above, only if the land generating the proceeds was improved with infrastructure. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held.
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H15475)
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H15475)
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1374.
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H15475-15476)
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Mr. Peterson (MN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House