,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajag  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #f1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,poe of ,texas introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,natural ,resources1 and  
in addition to the ,committee on        
,agriculture1 for a period to be        
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
the ,interior and the ,secretary of     
,agriculture to sell certain ,federal   
land1 to direct that the proceeds of    
such sales be applied to reduce the     
,federal budget deficit1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,american ,land     
,act4  #b4 ,authorization to sell land  
7a7 ,authorization ,for each of fiscal  
years #bjac through #bjag1 subject to   
valid existing rights1 the ,secretary of
 the ,interior or the ,secretary of     

,agriculture1 as the case may be1 shall 
offer for competitive sale by auction   
all right1 title1 and interest1 to the  
extent provided in subsection 7b77#b71  
in and to the following3  7#a7 ,eight   
percent of the ,federal land managed by 
the ,bureau of ,land ,management4  7#b7 
,eight percent of the ,national ,forest 
,system land4  7b7 ,terms and conditions
  7#a7 ,configuration of land ,the      
,secretary concerned shall configure the
 land to be sold to maximize            
marketability or achieve management     
objectives1 and may prescribe such terms
 and conditions on the land sales       
authorized by this ,act as the          
,secretary deems in the public interest4
  7#b7 ,mineral rights ,for each fiscal 
year1 the ,secretary concerned may      
include in the sale of land under       
subsection 7a7 the mineral rights to    
such land for not more than #ej percent 
of the total acreage sold under         
subsection 7a7 by that ,secretary1 if   
the ,secretary determines that such     

inclusion is likely to maximize         
marketability4  #c4 ,proceeds from the  
sale of land ,all proceeds from the sale
 of land under this ,act shall be       
deposited into the ,treasury and        
applied--  7#a7 to reduce the annual    
,federal budget deficit for the fiscal  
year in which the sums are received1    
except as provided in paragraph 7#b72   
and  7#b7 if there is no annual ,federal
 budget deficit for the fiscal year in  
which the sums are received1 to reduce  
the outstanding ,federal debt4