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H.R. 4579, Utah Test and Training Range Encroachment Prevention and Temporary Closure Act 1 (May 16, 2016)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo2940 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE May 16, 2016 H.R. 4579 Utah Test and Training Range Encroachment Prevention and Temporary Closure Act As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 16, 2016 H.R. 4579 would require the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to exchange 98,000 acres of federal lands in Utah for at least 84,000 acres of land and mineral estate administered by Utah's School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA). The bill also would impose certain requirements on how BLM would manage 700,000 acres of federal lands near a military training range operated by the U.S. Air Force. Finally, the bill would require BLM and the Forest Service to convey, without consideration, rights-of-way on federal lands underneath and adjacent to certain roads in several counties in Utah. Because H.R. 4579 could affect direct spending, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. However, we estimate that any net change in direct spending would not be significant over the 2017-2026 period. Enacting the bill would not affect revenues. CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 4579 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2027. The bill would require BLM to convey 98,000 acres of federal land in western Utah to SITLA in exchange for at least 84,000 acres of state lands. CBO expects that the value of the federal lands would equal or exceed the value of the state lands. If the value of the state lands is less than the value of the federal lands, the state would be required to convey additional lands in order to equalize values of the exchange. The federal lands that would be conveyed to SITLA are not located near mineral resources that are expected to generate receipts for the federal government under current law. Conveying those lands would reduce offsetting receipts from grazing on the affected lands and could reduce receipts from the development of geothermal resources; however, CBO estimates that the amount of lost receipts would not be significant and could be partially offset by proceeds from grazing on the state lands that BLM would acquire in the exchange. H.R. 4579 also would prohibit mineral development on 700,000 acres of federal land located adjacent to the Utah Test and Training Range and would prohibit BLM from granting any new use permits or rights-of-way on those lands. Prohibiting those activities

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