H.R. 4193 (112th): Land Acquisition to cut National Debt Act

112th Congress, 2011–2013. Text as of Mar 08, 2012 (Introduced).

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HR 4193 IH

112th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 4193

To provide that there shall be no net increase in the acres of certain Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Forest Service unless the Federal budget is balanced for the year in which the land would be purchased.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 8, 2012

Mr. STIVERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To provide that there shall be no net increase in the acres of certain Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Forest Service unless the Federal budget is balanced for the year in which the land would be purchased.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ‘Land Acquisition to cut National Debt Act’ or the ‘LAND Act’.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR LAND ACQUISITION.

    (a) In General- The Secretary of the Interior may not use Federal funds to purchase land that would result in a net increase of land acreage that would be under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Bureau of Land Management unless the Federal budget is balanced for the year in which the land would be purchased.

    (b) Duck Stamp Funds- Subsection (a) shall not apply to land purchased with funds made available through the sale of Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND ACQUISITION.

    The Secretary of Agriculture may not use Federal funds to purchase land that would result in a net increase of land acreage included in the National Forest System unless the Federal budget is balanced for the year in which the land would be purchased.