No Net Loss of Private Lands Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Mar 10, 1992)
No Net Loss of Private Lands Act - Authorizes the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Forest Service to acquire an interest in 100 or more acres of land within a State only if, before acquisition, the agency: (1) disposes of the surface and subsurface estate to land in the United States, or in a U.S. territory, by way of transfer to a non-Federal party; and (2) certifies that the value of the land disposed of is equal to the interest of the land to be acquired.
Requires the head of such agency to dispose of the surface and subsurface estate to land in the same county as the land to be acquired, or if that is not feasible, in the same State.
Subjects acquisition of land within a State to this Act if 25 percent or more of the land within the State is federally-owned.
Excludes specified lands and properties from this Act.
Authorizes the head of an agency to waive such land acquisition requirements during a declaration of war or national emergency.
What just happenedMar 11, 1992
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.
Who’s behind it
- Mar 11, 1992Committee
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.
National Parks Subcommittee - Mar 10, 1992IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Energy and Natural Resources Committee - Mar 10, 1992IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate