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H.R. 1017 113th Congress House

American Land Act

Official title: To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to sell certain Federal land, to direct that the proceeds of such sales be applied to … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to sell certain Federal land, to direct that the proceeds of such sales be applied to reduce the Federal budget deficit, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 6, 2013 See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources Budget deficits and national debtForests, forestry, treesLand transfers
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 2, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Mar 12, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Mar 6, 2013
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.
Mar 6, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 2, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Land Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), for FY2013-FY2017, to offer for competitive sale by auction 8% of the federal lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and 8% of the National Forest System lands.

Requires the lands to be sold to be configured so as to maximize their marketability or to achieve management objectives.

Permits either Secretary to include the mineral rights in a sale of land under this Act for not more than 50% of the total acreage sold, if such inclusion is likely to maximize that land's marketability.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1017: American Land Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1017/
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"H.R. 1017: American Land Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1017/.
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H.R. 1017, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1017/.
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