,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #abgf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ad1       
#bjai,mr4 ,lowenthal 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,huffman1 ,mr4 ,perlmutter1 ,mr4 ,rouda1
 ,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi1 ,mr4 ,quigley1   
,mr4 ,gomez1 ,ms4 ,johnson of ,texas1   
,mr4 ,cisneros1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4 
,mc,nerney1 ,ms4 ,haaland1 and ,ms4     
,judy ,chu of ,california7 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 reaffirm the policy of   
the ,united ,states with respect to     
management authority over public land1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,america's ,public ,land ,act of #bjai4 
#b4 ,findings ,congress finds that--    

7#a7 public land in the ,united ,states 
is-- 7,a7 iconic1 including national    
parks1 wildlife refuges1 and national   
forests2 and  7,b7 irreplaceable1       
including wildlife habitat1             
archaeological resources1 and other     
national treasures2  7#b7 public land-- 
7,a7 provides unrivaled recreational    
opportunities2 and  7,b7 is enjoyed by  
hundreds of millions of people in the   
,united ,states each year2  7#c7 public 
land-- 7,a7 strengthens the ,united     
,states economy2 and  7,b7 powers a     
recreation industry that supports-- 7i7 
#g1fjj1jjj jobs2 and  7ii7 nearly       
#ijj1jjj1jjj1jjj in direct spending     
annually2  7#d7 ,united ,states public  
land provides numerous other benefits to
 the people of the ,united ,states1     
including--  7,a7 clean air and water2  
7,b7 public health gains2 and  7,c7     
access to the outdoors2  7#e7 retaining 
,united ,states public land is in the   
public interest2 and  7#f7 except as    
expressly authorized by ,congress1      

,united ,states public land should be   
retained under the ownership of the     
,united ,states4  #c4 ,definitions ,in  
this ,act3 7#a7 ,management authority   
,the term management authority means--  
7,a7 the ability to determine-- 7i7     
which uses to permit on public land1    
including uses relating to--  7,i7      
timber2  7,,ii7 grazing2  7,,iii7       
renewable and nonrenewable energy and   
mineral resources2  7,,iv7 recreation2  
and  7,v7 vegetation management2 or     
7ii7 where and how those uses of public 
land take place2 and  7,b7 the ability  
to regulate1 permit1 or authorize use of
 public land4  7#b7 ,public land  7,a7  
,in general ,the term public land means 
any land or interest in land--  7i7     
owned by the ,united ,states2 and  7ii7 
administered by--  7,i7 the ,secretary  
of the ,interior1 acting through-- 7aa7 
the ,director of the ,bureau of ,land   
,management2  7bb7 the ,director of the 
,national ,park ,service2 or  7cc7 the  
,director of the ,united ,states ,fish  

and ,wildlife ,service2 or  7,,ii7 the  
,secretary of ,agriculture1 acting      
through the ,chief of the ,forest       
,service4  7,b7 ,exclusion ,the term    
public land does not include land held  
in trust for the benefit of an ,indian  
,tribe4  7#c7 ,secretary concerned ,the 
term ,secretary concerned means-- 7,a7  
the ,secretary of the ,interior1 with   
respect to land or an interest in land  
under the jurisdiction of the           
,department of the ,interior2 and  7,b7 
the ,secretary of ,agriculture1 with    
respect to land or an interest in land  
under the jurisdiction of the           
,department of ,agriculture4  #d4       
,reaffirmation of policy ,congress      
reaffirms that the policy of the ,united
 ,states is-- 7#a7 to retain public land
 in ,federal ownership unless the       
disposal of public land has been        
authorized by an ,act of ,congress2     
7#b7 to retain management authority over
 public land1 except in any case in     
which a non-,federal individual or      

entity is authorized to exercise        
management authority pursuant to--  7,a7
 an ,act of ,congress2 or  7,b7 another 
applicable law2 and  7#c7 that retention
 of public land and the management      
authority over public land is in the    
public interest4  #e4 ,retention        
requirements  7a7 ,public land ,except  
as authorized by an ,act of ,congress1  
the ,secretary concerned shall not      
approve or permit the conveyance of     
public land to any non-,federal         
individual or entity4  7b7 ,management  
authority ,except as authorized by an   
,act of ,congress or other applicable   
law1 the ,secretary concerned shall not 
approve or permit the granting of       
management authority over public land to
 any non-,federal individual or entity4 
#f4 ,effect of ,act ,nothing in this    
,act-- 7#a7 affects the jurisdiction of 
any ,state with respect to the          
management of fish or wildlife on public
 land2  7#b7 diminishes the rights of   
any ,indian ,tribe1 including rights    

regarding access to public land for     
,tribal activities 7including spiritual1
 cultural1 and traditional              
food-gathering activities72  7#c7       
alters1 modifies1 enlarges1 diminishes1 
or abrogates the treaty rights of any   
,indian ,tribe1 including               
off-reservation reserved rights2  7#d7  
creates an express or implied           
reservation by the ,united ,states of   
any water or water right for any        
purpose2  7#e7 affects1 modifies1 or    
affects the use or allocation1 as in    
existence on the date of enactment of   
this ,act1 of any water1 water right1 or
 interest in water2 or  7#f7 affects any
 interstate water compact in existence  
on the date of enactment of this ,act4