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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 775
5	5	To ensure that there is no net gain in Federal land ownership in any
6	6	fiscal year, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	JANUARY28, 2025
9	9	Ms. H
10	10	AGEMANintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
11	11	mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agri-
12	12	culture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
13	13	each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
14	14	tion of the committee concerned
15	15	A BILL
16	16	To ensure that there is no net gain in Federal land
17	17	ownership in any fiscal year, and for other purposes.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21	21	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Net Gain in Fed-4
22	22	eral Lands Act of 2025’’. 5
23	23	SEC. 2. NO NET GAIN IN CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND OWNER-6
24	24	SHIP. 7
25	25	(a) N
26	26	ONETGAIN.— 8
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30	30	(1) IN GENERAL.—The number of acres of 1
31	31	land, water, and interests therein acquired by the 2
32	32	United States and put under the administrative ju-3
33	33	risdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Sec-4
34	34	retary of Agriculture in a State during a fiscal year 5
35	35	may not exceed the number of acres of Federal land 6
36	36	under the administrative jurisdiction of the Sec-7
37	37	retary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture 8
38	38	disposed of in that State during that fiscal year. 9
39	39	(2) A
40	40	PPLICATION.—In applying paragraph 10
41	41	(1)— 11
42	42	(A) only the disposal of fee title to lands 12
43	43	or waters may be counted against acquisition of 13
44	44	fee title to lands or waters; and 14
45	45	(B) only disposal of interests in lands or 15
46	46	waters of less than fee may be counted against 16
47	47	acquisition of comparable interests in lands or 17
48	48	waters of less than fee. 18
49	49	(b) A
50	50	NNUALINVENTORY; DETERMINATION, RE-19
51	51	PORT.— 20
52	52	(1) I
53	53	NVENTORY.—The Secretary shall complete 21
54	54	an annual inventory of the total number of acres of 22
55	55	Federal land, categorized according to the type of 23
56	56	interest (such as fee, easement, mineral interest, 24
57	57	etc.), under the administrative jurisdiction of each 25
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61	61	agency of the Department of the Interior or the De-1
62	62	partment of Agriculture, as the case may be— 2
63	63	(A) in each State; and 3
64	64	(B) in the aggregate. 4
65	65	(2) D
66	66	ETERMINATION.—Based on the inventory 5
67	67	required by subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 6
68	68	make an annual determination of the increase or de-7
69	69	crease in the previous fiscal year of the total number 8
70	70	of acres of Federal land, categorized according to 9
71	71	the type of interest (such as fee, easement, mineral 10
72	72	interest), under the administrative jurisdiction of— 11
73	73	(A) each agency of the Department of the 12
74	74	Interior or the Department of Agriculture, as 13
75	75	the case may be; and 14
76	76	(B) the Department of the Interior, in 15
77	77	total, and the Department of Agriculture, in 16
78	78	total, as the case may be. 17
79	79	(3) R
80	80	EPORT.—Not later than September 30 of 18
81	81	each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Presi-19
82	82	dent and Congress a report containing the inventory 20
83	83	and determination required under this subsection. 21
84	84	(c) C
85	85	OMPLIANCELANDDISPOSAL.— 22
86	86	(1) I
87	87	N GENERAL.—Not later than 24 months 23
88	88	after the Secretary determines under subsection (b) 24
89	89	that the Federal Government acquired more new 25
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93	93	Federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of 1
94	94	that Secretary in a State than it disposed of in that 2
95	95	State during a fiscal year, the President shall convey 3
96	96	to that State sufficient Federal land under the ad-4
97	97	ministrative jurisdiction of that Secretary to comply 5
98	98	with subsection (a) for that fiscal year. 6
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100	100	O MAJOR FEDERAL ACTION .—A convey-7
101	101	ance under paragraph (1) shall not be considered a 8
102	102	major Federal action for the purposes of section 9
103	103	102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act 10
104	104	of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)). 11
105	105	(d) D
106	106	EFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act, the 12
107	107	following definitions apply: 13
108	108	(1) F
109	109	EDERAL LAND .—The term ‘‘Federal 14
110	110	land’’— 15
111	111	(A) means Federal lands, waters, and in-16
112	112	terests therein, including lands held in trust by 17
113	113	the Federal Government (except as provided in 18
114	114	subparagraph (C)); 19
115	115	(B) includes non-Federal land that is— 20
116	116	(i) leased by the Federal Government; 21
117	117	(ii) held as a conservation easement 22
118	118	by the Federal Government; or 23
119	119	(iii) requires oversight by, involvement 24
120	120	in, or other authority is exercised by the 25
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124	124	Federal Government to an extent that pro-1
125	125	hibits use of the non-Federal land that is 2
126	126	not specifically authorized by the Federal 3
127	127	Government; and 4
128	128	(C) does not include land, water, and inter-5
129	129	ests therein— 6
130	130	(i) held by an Indian Tribe or indi-7
131	131	vidual Indian subject to a restriction by 8
132	132	the Federal Government against alienation; 9
133	133	(ii) acquired pursuant to a foreclosure 10
134	134	under title 18, United States Code; 11
135	135	(iii) acquired by any department, 12
136	136	agency, or independent establishment in its 13
137	137	capacity as a receiver, conserver, or liqui-14
138	138	dating agent which is held by that depart-15
139	139	ment, agency, or independent establish-16
140	140	ment in such capacity pending disposal; 17
141	141	(iv) that has reverted to the Federal 18
142	142	Government pursuant to a reversionary 19
143	143	clause in a deed or statute; 20
144	144	(v) subject to seizure, levy, or lien 21
145	145	under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 22
146	146	or 23
147	147	(vi) securing a debt owed to the 24
148	148	United States. 25
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152	152	(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 1
153	153	means— 2
154	154	(A) the Secretary of Agriculture with re-3
155	155	gard to the Federal land under the administra-4
156	156	tive jurisdiction of that Secretary; and 5
157	157	(B) the Secretary of the Interior with re-6
158	158	gard to Federal land under the administrative 7
159	159	jurisdiction of that Secretary. 8
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161	161	TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the sev-9
162	162	eral States and the District of Columbia. 10
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