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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 5836 (Introduced in House) — To provide for the orderly disposal of certain Federal lands, to benefit education and other purposes through the sal... · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Disposal

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In accordance with this Act, and other applicable law, and subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary concerned is authorized to dispose of Federal land. Not less than 30 days before the offering of lands for sale or exchange pursuant to subsection (a), States or the unit of local government in whose jurisdiction the lands are located may elect to obtain any such lands for local public purposes pursuant to the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. Pursuant to any such election, the Secretary concerned shall retain the elected lands for conveyance to the States or such unit of the local government in accordance with the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.
The Secretary concerned and the unit of local government in whose jurisdiction lands referred to in subsection
(a)are located shall jointly select lands to be offered for sale or exchange under this section. The Secretary concerned shall coordinate land disposal activities with the unit of local government concerned. Land disposal activities of the Secretary concerned shall be consistent with local land use planning and zoning requirements and recommendations. The Secretary concerned shall make the first offering of land as soon as practicable after land has been selected in accordance with this subsection. The Secretary of the Interior shall dispose of not less than 10 percent of lands currently identified by the Bureau of Land Management for disposal as of the date of the enactment of this Act in each of the first 8 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, for a total of 80 percent of such lands by the end of the eighth year after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary of the Interior shall dispose of not less than 20 percent of lands identified by the Bureau of Land Management for disposal in any resource management plan amendment made after the date of the enactment of this Act in each of the 4 years after such an amendment is made, for a total of 80 percent of such lands by the end of the fourth year after the date of such amendment. The Secretary of Agriculture shall dispose of not less than 10 percent of lands currently identified by the Forest Service for disposal as of the date of the enactment of this Act in each of the first 8 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, for a total of 80 percent of such lands by the end of the eighth year after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary of Agriculture shall dispose of not less than 20 percent of lands identified by the Forest Service for disposal in any resource management plan amendment made after the date of the enactment of this Act in each of the 4 years after such an amendment is made, for a total of 80 percent of such lands by the end of the fourth year after the date of such amendment. Private landowners with inholdings interspersed with or adjacent to Federal land being disposed of shall have the first right of refusal for the purchase of land sold or exchanged under this Act. Of the gross proceeds of sales of land under this subsection in a fiscal year shall be made available as follows: Fifteen percent shall be paid directly to the State where the sale takes place for use to supplement the education of students in kindergarten through grade 12, to supplement public support of institutions of public higher education, and to supplement State agricultural and natural resource agencies. Fifteen percent shall be paid directly to the one or more land grant universities within the boundaries of the State of which the revenue is derived for the purposes of providing agricultural and natural resources research, extension, teaching and infrastructure. Ten percent shall be paid directly to the one or more counties within the boundaries of which the revenue is derived with 50 percent of those revenues going to a county extension office. Ten percent shall be deposited in a special account created in the Treasury of the United States for use pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3). The remainder shall be deposited into the General Fund of the Treasury. Amounts paid to land grant universities under subsection
(B)shall be in addition to any other payments of public support. A payment to a county under subsection
(C)shall be in addition to a payment in lieu of taxes received by the county under chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code. Amounts deposited in the special account may be expended by the Secretary concerned for— any of the purposes described in section 5; and deferred maintenance, repairs, and capital improvements. The Secretary concerned shall coordinate the use of the special account with States, the unit of local government in whose jurisdiction the lands are located, and other interested persons, to ensure accountability and demonstrated results. All funds deposited as principal in the special account shall earn interest in the amount determined by the Secretary of the Treasury on the basis of the current average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturities. Such interest shall be added to the principal of the account and expended according to the provisions of paragraph (3).
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