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H.R. 2157 A Bill to Facilitate a Land Exchange Involving Certain National Forest System Lands in the Inyo National Forest 1 (March 23, 2012)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo10699 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE March 23, 2012 H.R. 2157 A bill to facilitate a land exchange involving certain National Forest System lands in the Inyo National Forest, and for other purposes As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 29, 2012 H.R. 2157 would authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to accept certain nonfederal lands in exchange for 20 acres of federal land within the Inyo National Forest in California. Based on information provided by the Forest Service, CBO estimates that implementing the legislation would increase offsetting receipts and associated direct spending; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. However, CBO expects that those changes would have no net impact on the deficit over the 2012-2022 period. Enacting H.R. 2157 would not affect revenues. H.R. 2157 would authorize the Secretary to accept private lands located outside of the Inyo National Forest in exchange for federal lands located within the forest. In addition, the bill would allow the Secretary to accept a cash payment that is greater than 25 percent of the value of the federal lands to equalize the values of the properties that would be exchanged. Under current law, the Secretary can only exchange federal lands within a national forest for nonfederal lands located within that forest and cannot accept a cash equalization payment greater than 25 percent of the value of the federal lands exchanged. Formal appraisals of the properties have not been completed, but, based on information provided by the Forest Service, CBO estimates that the cash equalization payment could be several million dollars (if the federal land is found to be more valuable than the private land). Under the bill, amounts received from such a payment would be retained by the agency and spent, without further appropriation, to acquire other lands in California. CBO estimates that those amounts would be spent within five years of the bill's enactment. H.R. 2157 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments. The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Jeff LaFave. This estimate was approved by Theresa Gullo, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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