Download or read book Sale Or Transfer of Public Lands to State and Local Governments for Public Purposes written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sale Or Transfer of Public Lands to State and Local Governments for Public Purposes written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sale of Certain Public Lands for the Use and Benefit of the State Public Educational Institutions Hearings on H R 6017 H R 7038 May 29 June 19 1946 1947 written by United States. Congress. Hosue. Public Lands and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sale of Certain Public Lands for the Use and Benefit of the State Public Educational Institutions written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Public Land Sale Act written by Wayne N. Aspinall and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Study of the Problems in Connection with Public Lands of the United States the Tax Problems Connected with the Acquisition of Such Lands and Burden Upon Local Units by Reason of the Use of Large Tracts of Public Lands for Public Use Etc as Provided in House Resolution No 96 Seventy ninth Congress First Session written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Lands and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Revenue Sharing and Payments in Lieu of Taxes on the Public Lands written by EBS Management Consultants and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Public Land Sale Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book One Third of the Nation s Land written by United States. Public Land Law Review Commission and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where and what are public lands? -- To whom the public lands are important -- Planning future public land use -- Public land policy and the environment -- Timber resources -- Range resources -- Mineral resources -- Water resources -- Fish and wildlife resources -- Intensive agriculture -- The Outer Continental Shelf -- Outdoor recreation -- Occupancy uses -- -Tax immunity -- Land grants to states -- Administrative procedures -- Trespass and disputed title -- Disposals, acquisitions, and exchanges -- Federal legislative jurisdiction -- Organization, administration, and budgeting policy -- Appendices.
Download or read book Federal Land Ownership written by Congressional Research Congressional Research Service and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-12-29 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The federal government owns roughly 640 million acres, about 28% of the 2.27 billion acres of land in the United States. Four agencies administer 608.9 million acres of this land: the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and National Park Service (NPS) in the Department of the Interior (DOI), and the Forest Service (FS) in the Department of Agriculture. Most of these lands are in the West and Alaska. In addition, the Department of Defense administers 14.4 million acres in the United States consisting of military bases, training ranges, and more. Numerous other agencies administer the remaining federal acreage. The lands administered by the four land agencies are managed for many purposes, primarily related to preservation, recreation, and development of natural resources. Yet each of these agencies has distinct responsibilities. The BLM manages 247.3 million acres of public land and administers about 700 million acres of federal subsurface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM has a multiple-use, sustained-yield mandate that supports a variety of uses and programs, including energy development, recreation, grazing, wild horses and burros, and conservation. The FS manages 192.9 million acres also for multiple uses and sustained yields of various products and services, including timber harvesting, recreation, grazing, watershed protection, and fish and wildlife habitats. Most of the FS lands are designated national forests. Wildfire protection is increasingly important for both agencies. The FWS manages 89.1 million acres of the total, primarily to conserve and protect animals and plants. The National Wildlife Refuge System includes wildlife refuges, waterfowl production areas, and wildlife coordination units. The NPS manages 79.6 million acres in 401 diverse units to conserve lands and resources and make them available for public use. Activities that harvest or remove resources generally are prohibited. Federal land ownership is concentrated in the West. Specifically, 61.2% of Alaska is federally owned, as is 46.9% of the 11 coterminous western states. By contrast, the federal government owns 4.0% of lands in the other states. This western concentration has contributed to a higher degree of controversy over land ownership and use in that part of the country. Throughout America's history, federal land laws have reflected two visions: keeping some lands in federal ownership while disposing of others. From the earliest days, there has been conflict between these two visions. During the 19th century, many laws encouraged settlement of the West through federal land disposal. Mostly in the 20th century, emphasis shifted to retention of federal lands. Congress has provided varying land acquisition and disposal authorities to the agencies, ranging from restricted to broad. As a result of acquisitions and disposals, federal land ownership by the five agencies has declined by 23.5 million acres since 1990, from 646.9 million acres to 623.3 million acres. Much of the decline is attributable to BLM land disposals in Alaska and also reductions in DOD land. Numerous issues affecting federal land management are before Congress. They include the extent of federal ownership, and whether to decrease, maintain, or increase the amount of federal holdings; the condition of currently owned federal infrastructure and lands, and the priority of their maintenance versus new acquisitions; the optimal balance between land use and protection, and whether federal lands should be managed primarily to benefit the nation as a whole or instead to benefit the localities and states; and border control on federal lands along the southwest border.
Download or read book Management and Disposition of Acquired Lands Under the Bankhead Jones Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alternatives to the Transfer of Public Lands Act written by John Ruple and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This White Paper is the fourth in a series addressing state efforts to take over federally managed public lands. We argue here that state time and resources would be better spent on collaborative efforts to improve resource management practices. Alternatives to litigation, like that threatened under Utah's Transfer of Public Lands Act, are important because, as our prior work shows, Utah's claims are likely to fail. The federal government is not obligated to dispose of additional public lands, and even if a disposal obligation were found to exist, such an obligation would not necessitate giving the land to the states. Furthermore, a state takeover of public lands would subject states to significant fiscal risk while likely reducing opportunities for public involvement in land management decisions. Faced with the prospect of a long, costly, and likely fruitless legal fight, states should consider other responses to what are, for many, sincerely held frustrations over the condition and management of our public lands. This paper discusses five of the main problems that we believe give rise to the frustration driving the public lands transfer movement. We then present seven possible alternatives to demanding title to federal lands that we believe respond to these problems and that are likely to produce lasting and tangible land management improvements. Neither the list of problems, nor the list of alternatives, is exhaustive. While we identify what we see as key challenges and opportunities, others will undoubtedly add to our list. We hope that a productive dialogue over public land management policies and practices can grow from this effort.
Download or read book Sale of Certain Public Lands for the Use and Benefit of the State Public Educational Institutions written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Granting Remaining Unreserved Public Lands to the States written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Public Lands and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Downsizing the Federal Government written by Chris Edwards and published by Cato Institute. This book was released on 2005-11-25 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The federal government is running huge budget deficits, spending too much, and heading toward a financial crisis. Federal spending soared under President George W. Bush, and the costs of programs for the elderly are set to balloon in coming years. Hurricane Katrina has made the federal budget situation even more desperate. In Downsizing the Federal Government Cato Institute budget expert Chris Edwards provides policymakers with solutions to the growing federal budget mess. Edwards identifies more than 100 federal programs that should be terminated, transferred to the states, or privatized in order to balance the budget and save hundreds of billions of dollars. Edwards proposes a balanced reform package of cuts to entitlements, domestic programs, and excess defense spending. He argues that these cuts would not only eliminate the deficit, but also strengthen the economy, enlarge personal freedom, and leave a positive fiscal legacy for the next generation. Downsizing the Federal Government discusses the systematic causes of wasteful spending, and it overflows with examples of federal programs that are obsolete and mismanaged. The book examines the budget process and shows how policymakers act contrary to the interests of average Americans by favoring special interests.
Download or read book Local Governments Acquisition of Public Lands for Public Purposes written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sale of Certain Public Lands for the Use and Benefit of the State Public Educational Institutions written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Lands and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers (79) H.R. 6017, (79) H.R. 7038.
