American Land Act

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Bill Number

HR 2588

Introduced

Jul 19, 2011

Latest Action

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

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Topics

Budget deficits and national debt Forests, forestry, trees Land transfers Public Lands and Natural Resources

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Summary

American Land Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), for FY2012-FY2016, 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.

Actions

Jul 22, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Jul 21, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Jul 20, 2011

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5241)
Jul 19, 2011

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.
Jul 19, 2011

Introduced in House

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