Land Disposal Transparency and Efficiency Act

Bill: 113-hr-2095
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2013-05-22
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government information and archives

Land transfers
Latest action: action_date: 2014-02-28
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 274.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-05-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Land Disposal Transparency and Efficiency Act - Bars any land or interests in land from being added to the inventory of lands and interests in land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) until a centralized database of all lands identified as suitable for disposal under the jurisdiction of the BLM is easily accessible to the public on a website of the BLM. </p>

action_date: 2014-02-28
action_desc: Reported to House with amendment(s)
text: <p> Land Disposal Transparency and Efficiency Act - Bars any land or interests in land from being added to the inventory of lands and interests in land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) until a centralized database of all lands identified as suitable for disposal under BLM jurisdiction is easily accessible to the public on a BLM website. </p> <p>Requires the database to be updated to reflect changes in the status of lands identified for disposal under BLM administrative jurisdiction. </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2095 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 22, 2013 Mr. Bishop of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To prohibit an increase in the lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management until a centralized database of all lands identified as suitable for disposal by Resource Management Plans for lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau is easily accessible to the public on a website of the Bureau.

1. Prohibition on acquisition of land (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Land Disposal Transparency and Efficiency Act . (b) Prohibition on acquisition of land No land or interests in land may be added by acquisition, donation, transfer of administrative jurisdiction, or otherwise to the inventory of land and interests in land administered by the Bureau of Land Management until a centralized database of all lands identified as suitable for disposal by Resource Management Plans for lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau is easily accessible to the public on a website of the Bureau.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 274 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2095 [Report No. 113–368] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 22, 2013 Mr. Bishop of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources February 28, 2014 Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic A BILL To prohibit an increase in the lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management until a centralized database of all lands identified as suitable for disposal by Resource Management Plans for lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau is easily accessible to the public on a website of the Bureau.

1. Prohibition on acquisition of land (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Land Disposal Transparency and Efficiency Act . (b) Prohibition on acquisition of land No land or interests in land may be added by acquisition, donation, transfer of administrative jurisdiction, or otherwise to the inventory of land and interests in land administered by the Bureau of Land Management until a centralized database of all lands identified as suitable for disposal by Resource Management Plans for lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau is easily accessible to the public on a website of the Bureau. The database required under this subsection shall be updated and maintained to reflect changes in the status of lands identified for disposal under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau. (c) Report Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall provide to the Committee on Natural Resources in the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in the Senate a report detailing the status and timing for completion of the database required by subsection (b).

February 28, 2014 Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed