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Union Calendar No. 274
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 2095
[Report No. 113–368]
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 22, 2013
Mr. Bishop of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
February 28, 2014
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed
Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic
A BILL
To prohibit an increase in the lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management until a
centralized database of all lands identified as suitable for disposal by
Resource Management Plans for lands under the administrative jurisdiction
of the Bureau is easily accessible to the public on a website of the
Bureau.
1.
Prohibition on acquisition of land
(a)
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Land Disposal Transparency and Efficiency Act.
(b)
Prohibition on acquisition of land
No land or interests in land may be added by acquisition, donation, transfer of administrative
jurisdiction, or otherwise to the inventory of land and interests in land
administered by the Bureau of Land Management until a centralized database
of all lands identified as suitable for disposal by Resource Management
Plans for lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau is
easily accessible to the public on a website of the Bureau. The database
required under this subsection shall be updated and maintained to reflect
changes in the status of lands identified for disposal under the
administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau.
(c)
Report
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior
shall provide to the Committee on Natural Resources in the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in the
Senate a report detailing the status and timing for completion of the
database required by subsection (b).
February 28, 2014
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed