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HR 1235 109th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Land transfers

No Net Loss of Private Land Act

Introduced: March 10, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 15, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
Mar 15, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
Mar 15, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Mar 10, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Mar 10, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

No Net Loss of Private Land Act - Allows the the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, in the case of a State in which 25 percent or more of all land in the State is owned by the United States, to acquire an interest in a parcel of land consisting of 100 or more acres in the State on behalf of the United States only if all right, title, and interest of the United States in the surface estate of another parcel of land in that State is conveyed, the value of which is approximately equal in value to the land being acquired. Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary concerned) from dividing a parcel of land consisting of 100 or more acres into smaller parcels to avoid such requirements.

Specifies exceptions. Allows the Secretary concerned to waive such requirements with respect to the acquisition of a particular parcel of land in a time of war or a national emergency when such acquisition is necessary as part of the U.S. response to the war or national emergency.

What's happening now March 15, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · May 24, 2005
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Mar 10, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1235: No Net Loss of Private Land Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1235/
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"H.R. 1235: No Net Loss of Private Land Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1235/.
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H.R. 1235, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1235/.
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