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1 S. 414, Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act 1 (October 17, 2018)

handle is hein.congrec/cbopced0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE C COST ESTIMATE October 17, 2018 S. 414 Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on October 2, 2018 S. 414 would establish a process to sell or exchange up to 400,000 acres of federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Pershing County, Nevada, and also would designate 136,000 acres of other federal lands as wilderness. The bill would require BLM to conduct a mass appraisal of the affected lands. Using information from the Department of the Interior's Office of Valuation Services, CBO estimates that conducting the appraisal would cost roughly $1 million; such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds. Title I would direct BLM to work with Pershing County to jointly select parcels from roughly 300,000 acres of federal land that would be conveyed to the county through sale or exchange. Because BLM has already identified those lands for disposal, CBO expects that any lands conveyed in this region eventually will be conveyed under current law. Under the bill, the agency would only be required to sell lands valued at more than $500 an acre. CBO expects that lands valued at less than $500 an acre would be exchanged. The bill would authorize the agency to spend any proceeds from the sale of land, which would increase direct spending; however, using information from BLM regarding the amount of similar lands sold state-wide in Nevada over the last five years (between 1,000 and 3,000 acres) and the value of those lands (between $100 and $300 an acre), CBO estimates that any proceeds generated by the sale of the affected lands and the associated direct spending would be insignificant over the 2019-2028 period. Title II would require BLM to offer mining claims covering roughly 100,000 acres in Pershing County for sale at fair market value. However, CBO expects that few individuals or firms would elect to purchase those lands because under current law they would have the option to patent their mining claims after December 7, 2018. Mineral patents allow individuals and firms to acquire title to hardrock minerals and the associated surface rights under a federal mining claim at below-market rates. Each year since 1994, the Congress has included provisions in annual appropriations acts that prohibit BLM from accepting or processing applications for mineral patents. Because patents are prohibited only in the year the appropriations acts are enacted, or the

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