30 x 30 Termination Act

Bill: 117-hr-3014
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2021-05-07
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Air quality

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Forests, forestry, trees

Historic sites and heritage areas

Intergovernmental relations

Land transfers

Land use and conservation

Monuments and memorials

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

State and local government operations

Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Latest action: action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>30 x 30 Termination Act</strong></p> <p>This bill limits federal acquisition of land or declaration of a national monument in certain areas and nullifies a provision of an executive order related to conservation.</p> <p>In a state or county where 15% or more of the land is managed by a federal agency (1) federal funds may not be used to acquire nonfederal land unless the agency proposing the acquisition disposes of an equal amount of federal land within the state or county, and (2) a declaration of a national monument shall not apply.</p> <p>The bill prohibits from having the force and effect of law a provision of Executive Order 14008 (86 Fed. Reg. 7619), titled<em> Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad</em>, that requires the Department of the Interior to recommend steps to achieve the goal of conserving at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. No federal funds may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out any report or program substantially similar to such provision.</p> <p>No federal funds may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out any action on federal land that results in a net-loss of multiple use or any principal or major use, unless such action has been authorized by federal statute.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3014 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 7, 2021 Mrs. Boebert (for herself, Mr. Guest , Mr. Roy , Mr. Perry , Mr. Budd , Mr. Jackson , Mr. Smith of Nebraska , Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Buck , Mr. Bishop of North Carolina , Mr. Fallon , Mr. Emmer , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Bacon , Mr. Biggs , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Babin , Mr. Crawford , Mr. Cloud , and Mr. Good of Virginia ) 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 preserve access to Federal lands, control fires, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the 30 x 30 Termination Act . 2. 30x30 program nullification (a) No force or effect Section 216 of Executive Order 14008 (86 Fed. Reg. 7619, relating to Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad) shall have no force or effect. (b) No Federal funds No Federal funds may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out any report or program substantially similar to the section referred to in subsection (a). 3. No-net loss of non-Federal land No Federal funds may be used to acquire non-Federal land within a State or county in which 15 percent or more of the land is managed by a Federal agency, unless the Federal agency proposing the acquisition disposes of an equal amount of Federal land within the impacted State or county to ensure no net-loss of non-Federal land and taxable acreage within the same fiscal year as the proposed acquisition and thereafter. 4. No-net loss of multiple use No Federal funds may be used to be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out any action on Federal land that results in a net-loss of multiple use or any principle or major use within a State, unless such action has been authorized by Federal statute. 5. Prohibition on withdrawal The President may not withdraw any Federal land from forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under public land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, or disposition under laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials unless the withdrawal has been authorized by Federal statute. 6. Limitations on declarations of national monuments Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Limitations on declarations A declaration under this section shall not apply to State or county in which 15 percent or more of the land is managed by a Federal agency. . 7. Definitions In this section: (1) Federal land (A) In general The term Federal land means— (i) National Forest System land; (ii) public lands (as defined in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1702 )); (iii) the outer Continental Shelf (as defined in section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 )); and (iv) Federal land with an Exclusive Economic Zone (as defined in Proclamation Numbered 5030, dated March 10, 1983)). (B) Clarification The term Federal land includes land described in clauses (i) through (iv) of subparagraph (A) where the rights to the surface estate or subsurface estate is owned by a non-Federal entity. (2) Multiple use The term multiple use has the meaning given that term in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1702 )). (3) Principal or major uses The term principal or major uses includes uses such as domestic livestock grazing, mineral exploration and production, rights-of-way, timber production, commercial fishing, recreational fishing, hunting, camping, hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, whitewater rafting, and off-highway vehicle use, and other outdoor recreation.