American Land Act

Bill: 114-hr-1931
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2015-04-22
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees

Government trust funds

Land transfers

Roads and highways

Transportation programs funding
Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-04-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>American Land Act</b></p> <p> Authorizes the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture, for each of FY2016-FY2021, to offer for competitive sale by auction to eligible entities 8% of the federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and 8% of the National Forest System land. Includes as an "eligible entity": (1) a U.S. citizen, or (2) a corporation or partnership created or organized in or under the laws of the United States. </p> <p>Requires the land to be sold to: (1) be configured to maximize marketability or achieve management objectives, and (2) include the mineral rights for not more than 50% of the total acreage if such inclusion is likely to maximize marketability. </p> <p>Requires proceeds to be deposited into the Highway Trust Fund.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1931 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 22, 2015 Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas , and Mr. Carter of Texas ) 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 direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to sell certain Federal land, to direct that the proceeds of such sales be applied to reduce the Federal budget deficit, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Land Act . 2. Authorization to sell land (a) Authorization For each of fiscal years 2016 through 2021, subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as the case may be, shall offer for competitive sale by auction to eligible entities all right, title, and interest, to the extent provided in subsection (b)(2), in and to the following: (1) Eight percent of the Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. (2) Eight percent of the National Forest System land. (b) Terms and conditions (1) Configuration of land The Secretary concerned— (A) shall configure the land to be sold to maximize marketability or achieve management objectives; and (B) may prescribe such terms and conditions on the land sales authorized by this Act as the Secretary deems in the public interest. (2) Mineral rights For each fiscal year, the Secretary concerned may include in the sale of land under subsection (a) the mineral rights to such land for not more than 50 percent of the total acreage sold under subsection (a) by that Secretary, if the Secretary determines that such inclusion is likely to maximize marketability. (c) Eligible entity For the purposes of this Act, the term eligible entity means— (1) a citizen of the United States; or (2) a corporation or partnership created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States or of any State of the United States. 3. Proceeds from the sale of land All proceeds from the sale of land under this Act shall be deposited into the Highway Trust Fund.