HR 3962
107th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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Good Neighbor Act of 2002
Introduced: March 13, 2002
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Everywhere this bill has been
9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 17, 2002
Executive Comment Received from Interior.
Apr 10, 2002
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 15, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Mar 15, 2002
Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
Mar 15, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Mar 15, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
Mar 15, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Mar 13, 2002
Referred to the Committee on 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.
Mar 13, 2002
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Good Neighbor Act of 2002 - Prohibits any Federal agency from acquiring any qualified land for a covered agency (the Forest Service, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) unless the Government disposes of qualified land of such agency located in the same county and having a fair market value equal to at least 97 percent of the land to be acquired. Defines "qualified land" to mean land located in a county in which 50 percent or more of the total acreage is owned by the Government and is under the administrative jurisdiction of one or more covered Federal agencies.
Requires the head of a Federal agency before acquiring such qualified land, to: (1) notify the State's Governor, the county chief executive, and each Member of the House of Representatives and the Senate elected to represent the area in which the land is located; and (2) hold at least one hearing in the county.
Prohibits an acquisition of qualified land by a Federal agency which will result in 66 percent or more of the total acreage in a county being owned by the Government and under the jurisdiction of one or more covered agencies, unless it is approved by the county.
What's happening now
Executive Comment Received from Interior.
Cosponsors
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