,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gah  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bc1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,zinke 7for himself and ,mr4  
,vasquez7 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     
prohibit the ,secretary of the ,interior
 and the ,secretary of ,agriculture from
 transferring certain ,federal land1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,public  
,lands in ,public ,hands ,act4  #b4     
,definitions ,in this ,act1 the term    
publicly accessible tract means a tract 
of ,federal land managed by the         
,secretary of the ,interior or the      
,chief of the ,forest ,service that can 
be accessed by public road1 public      

trail1 public waterway1 public easement1
 or public right-of-way4  #c4           
,restriction on transfer of certain     
,federal land  7a7 ,in general ,the     
,secretary of the ,interior and the     
,secretary of ,agriculture are          
prohibited from transferring title to   
,federal land to a non-,federal entity1 
if the ,federal land is-- 7#a7 a        
publicly accessible tract2 or  7#b7     
contiguous with-- 7,a7 a publicly       
accessible tract2 or  7,b7 a tract of   
land that-- 7i7 is owned by a ,state1   
county1 or municipal government2 and    
7ii7 can be accessed by public road1    
public trail1 public waterway1 public   
easement1 or public right-of-way4  7b7  
,exception ,subsection 7a7 shall not    
apply to a transfer--  7#a7 of ,federal 
land that is-- 7,a7 7i7 less than #cjj  
acres2 or  7ii7 less than #e acres and  
accessible via a public waterway2 and   
7,b7 authorized to be transferred under 
and subject to the ,federal ,land       
,policy and ,management ,act of #aigf2  

7#b7 authorized by-- 7,a7 the ,southern 
,nevada ,public ,land ,management ,act  
of #aiih2  7,b7 the ,sisk ,act 7#af     
,u4,s4,c4 #dgi;a72  7,c7 ,public ,law   
#he-efi1 commonly known as the          
,townsites ,act of #aieh2  7,d7 the     
,small ,tract ,act of #aihc2  7,e7 the  
,act of ,may #ag1 #aijf1 commonly known 
as the ,native ,allotment ,act of #aijf2
  7,f7 ,public ,law #he-ejh1 commonly   
known as the ,alaska ,statehood ,act of 
#aiei2  7,g7 the ,alaska ,native ,claims
 ,settlement ,act2  7,h7 the ,alaska    
,native ,vietnam-era ,veterans ,land    
,allotment ,program authorized by       
section #aaai of the ,john ,d4 ,dingell1
 ,jr4 ,conservation1 ,management1 and   
,recreation ,act2  7,i7 the ,recreation 
and ,public ,purposes ,act2 or  7,j7 the
 ,weeks ,act of #aiaa2  7#c7 explicitly 
authorized by ,federal law2 or  7#d7    
completed through a land exchange       
authorized by ,federal law4  7c7        
,limitation ,the ,secretary shall not   
subdivide ,federal land to meet acreage 

minimums described in subsection        
7b77#a74  #d4 ,statutory construction   
,nothing in this ,act shall be used to  
influence or interpret the legality of  
stepping over a property corner from one
 parcel of public land to another4