LAND Act

Bill: 114-hr-1445
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hardy, Cresent [R-NV-4]
Introduced: 2015-03-18
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt

Forests, forestry, trees

General public lands matters

Land transfers

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Latest action: action_date: 2015-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Land Acquisition to cut National Debt Act or LAND Act</b></p> <p> Bars the Department of the Interior from using federal funding to purchase land resulting in a net increase of land acreage being under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Bureau of Land Management unless the federal budget is balanced for the year in which such land would be purchased. </p> <p>Makes such prohibition inapplicable to: (1) lands purchased with funding made available through the sale of Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps, and (2) easements acquired by Interior to facilitate the management of federal lands. </p> <p>Bars the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from using federal funding to purchase land resulting in a net increase of land acreage included in the National Forest System unless the federal budget is balanced for the year in which that land would be purchased. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to easements acquired by the USDA to facilitate the management of federal lands.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1445 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 18, 2015 Mr. Hardy (for himself and Mr. Stivers ) 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 subsequently 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 that there shall be no net increase in the acres 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 unless the Federal budget is balanced for the year in which the land would be purchased.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Land Acquisition to cut National Debt Act or the LAND Act . 2. Department of the interior land acquisition (a) In general The Secretary of the Interior may not use Federal funds to purchase land that would result in a net increase of land acreage that would be under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Bureau of Land Management unless the Federal budget is balanced for the year in which the land would be purchased. (b) Duck stamp funds Subsection (a) shall not apply to land purchased with funds made available through the sale of Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps. (c) Easements Subsection (a) shall not apply to easements acquired by the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate management of Federal lands. 3. National forest system land acquisition (a) In general The Secretary of Agriculture may not use Federal funds to purchase land that would result in a net increase of land acreage included in the National Forest System unless the Federal budget is balanced for the year in which the land would be purchased. (b) Easements Subsection (a) shall not apply to easements acquired by the Secretary of Agriculture to facilitate management of Federal lands.