Protection and Transparency for Adjacent Landowners Act
- Last Action
- 2/7/2019
Actions
- 2019-02-07Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- 2019-02-04Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- 2019-01-15Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2019-01-15Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2019-01-15Introduced in House
- 2019-01-15Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-01-15 (00)
Protection and Transparency for Adjacent Landowners Act
This bill amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to instruct the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide advance written notification to each owner of land that is adjacent to a parcel acquired to become public lands or National Forest System (NFS) lands.
Interior or USDA must provide advance written notification to each owner of land that is adjacent to a parcel of public lands or NFS lands to be conveyed by sale, exchange, or other disposal method.
The Bureau of Land Management, before commencing a resurvey of federal land under its administrative jurisdiction, must notify all property owners who have land abutting or adjacent to the land being resurveyed.
Cosponsors (6)
- Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
- DON YOUNG (R-AK)
- Paul Gosar (R-AZ)
- Mark Meadows (R-NC)
- Duncan Hunter (R-CA)
- Dan Newhouse (R-WA)
Subjects
- Forests, forestry, trees
- General public lands matters
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Land transfers
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