,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddbc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #h1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,griffith of ,virginia 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 provide for no net       
increase in the total acreage of certain
 ,federal land under the jurisdiction of
 the ,bureau of ,land ,management1 the  
,national ,park ,service1 the ,united   
,states ,fish and ,wildlife ,service1 or
 the ,forest ,service1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,acre in1 ,acre ,out
 ,act4  #b4 ,no net increase in certain 
,federal lands  7a7 ,in general ,for    
acquisition of land by the ,secretary of
 the ,interior or the ,secretary of     

,agriculture that would result in a net 
increase of total land acreage under the
 jurisdiction of the ,national ,park    
,service1 the ,united ,states ,fish and 
,wildlife ,service1 the ,bureau of ,land
 ,management1 or the ,forest ,service1  
the ,secretary concerned shall offer for
 sale an equal number of acres of       
,federal land that is under the same    
jurisdictional status4  7b7 ,exemptions 
,subsection 7a7 shall not apply to      
easements acquired--  7#a7 by the       
,secretary of the ,interior to          
facilitate management of ,federal lands2
 or  7#b7 by the ,secretary of          
,agriculture to facilitate management of
 ,federal lands4  7c7 ,consideration    
7#a7 ,in general ,land sold pursuant to 
subsection 7a7 shall be offered for     
sale--  7,a7 at fair market value 7based
 on local comparable sales72 and  7,b7  
at a price that is reduced by #aj       
percent each month if the land is not   
sold or under contract to be sold by the
 date that is #f months after the land  

was first offered for sale4  7#b7       
,exception ,time periods during which   
land is under contract for sale or      
withdrawn from the market shall not be  
counted for the purposes of price       
reduction under paragraph 7#a77;,b74    
7d7 ,existing rights ,the sale of       
,federal lands pursuant to this section 
shall be subject to valid existing      
rights4  7e7 ,proceeds of sale of lands 
,all net proceeds from the sale of      
,federal lands pursuant to this section 
shall be deposited directly into the    
,treasury for reduction of the public   
debt4