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H. Rept. 114-140 1 (2015-06-08)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxswo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION Gp 114TH CONGRESS } 1 REPT. 114-140 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 NATIONAL FOREST SMALL TRACTS ACT AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2015 JUNE 8, 2015.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 1214] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1214) to amend the Small Tracts Act to expand the au- thority of the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange small parcels of National Forest System land to enhance the manage- ment of the National Forest System, to resolve minor encroach- ments, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the National Forest Small Tracts Act Amendments Act of 2015. SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE OF SMALL PARCELS OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND. (a) INCREASE IN MAXIMUM VALUE OF SMALL PARCELS.-Section 3 of Public Law 97-465 (commonly known as the Small Tracts Act; 16 U.S.C. 521e) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking $150,000 and inserting $500,000. (b) ADDITIONAL CONVEYANCE PURPOSES.-Section 3 of Public Law 97-465 (16 U.S.C. 521e) is further amended- (1) by striking ; or at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting a semicolon; (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting a semi- colon; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: (4) parcels of 40 acres or less which are determined by the Secretary to be physically isolated, to be inaccessible, or to have lost their National Forest char- acter; 49-006

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