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HR 172 118th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Budget deficits and national debt General public lands matters Land transfers

Acre In, Acre Out Act

Introduced: January 9, 2023 Introduced by: Griffith, H. Morgan Republican · Virginia See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 21, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Feb 13, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
Jan 9, 2023
Introduced in House
Jan 9, 2023
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.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Acre In, Acre Out Act

This bill prescribes a new requirement for any acquisition of land by the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture that would result in a net increase of total land acreage under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, or the Forest Service. The department concerned must offer for sale an equal number of acres of federal land that is under the same jurisdictional status.

The bill exempts from this requirement any easements acquired to facilitate management of federal lands.

Land sold pursuant to this bill shall be offered for sale at fair market value (based on local comparable sales), with monthly price reductions if the land is not sold in six months.

All net proceeds from the sale of federal lands pursuant to this bill shall be deposited directly into the Treasury for reduction of the public debt.

What's happening now February 21, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 172: Acre In, Acre Out Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-172/
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"H.R. 172: Acre In, Acre Out Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-172/.
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H.R. 172, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-172/.
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