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HR 1445 114th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Budget deficits and national debt Forests, forestry, trees General public lands matters Land transfers Parks, recreation areas, trails Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

LAND Act

Introduced: March 18, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 8, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Apr 7, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Mar 18, 2015
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1727-1728)
Mar 18, 2015
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 18, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Land Acquisition to cut National Debt Act or LAND Act

Bars the Department of the Interior from using federal funding to purchase land resulting in a net increase of land acreage being under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Bureau of Land Management unless the federal budget is balanced for the year in which such land would be purchased.

Makes such prohibition inapplicable to: (1) lands purchased with funding made available through the sale of Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps, and (2) easements acquired by Interior to facilitate the management of federal lands.

Bars the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from using federal funding to purchase land resulting in a net increase of land acreage included in the National Forest System unless the federal budget is balanced for the year in which that land would be purchased. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to easements acquired by the USDA to facilitate the management of federal lands.

What's happening now April 8, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1