Acre In, Acre Out Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 179 To provide for no net increase in the total acreage 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, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 3, 2019 Mr. GRIFFITH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agri- culture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- tion of the committee concerned A BILL To provide for no net increase in the total acreage 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, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Acre In, Acre Out 4 Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:50 Jan 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H179.IH H179 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 179 IH SEC. 2. NO NET INCREASE IN CERTAIN FEDERAL LANDS. 1 (a) IN GENERAL.—For acquisition of land by the 2 Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture 3 that would result in a net increase of total land acreage 4 under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, the 5 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of 6 Land Management, or the Forest Service, the Secretary 7 concerned shall offer for sale an equal number of acres 8 of Federal land that is under the same jurisdictional sta- 9 tus. 10 (b) EXEMPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 11 easements acquired— 12 (1) by the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate 13 management of Federal lands; or 14 (2) by the Secretary of Agriculture to facilitate 15 management of Federal lands. 16 (c) CONSIDERATION.— 17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Land sold pursuant to sub- 18 section (a) shall be offered for sale— 19 (A) at fair market value (based on local 20 comparable sales); and 21 (B) at a price that is reduced by 10 per- 22 cent each month if the land is not sold or under 23 contract to be sold by the date that is 6 months 24 after the land was first offered for sale. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:50 Jan 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H179.IH H179 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 179 IH (2) EXCEPTION.—Time periods during which 1 land is under contract for sale or withdrawn from 2 the market shall not be counted for the purposes of 3 price reduction under paragraph (1)(B). 4 (d) EXISTING RIGHTS.—The sale of Federal lands 5 pursuant to this section shall be subject to valid existing 6 rights. 7 (e) PROCEEDS OF SALE OF LANDS.—All net proceeds 8 from the sale of Federal lands pursuant to this section 9 shall be deposited directly into the Treasury for reduction 10 of the public debt. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:50 Jan 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H179.IH H179 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS