HR 2223 · 105th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Education Land Grant Act
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EnactedLatest: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 105-693.(1998-09-09)
Plain Language Summary
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Education Land Grant Act - Amends the Recreation and Public Purposes Act to provide for the disposal of national forest lands (currently, only public lands) to a State, territory, county, municipality, or other State, territorial, or Federal instrumentality or political subdivision, including to a local education agency (LEA) for an elementary or secondary school, including a public charter school. Makes such Act inapplicable to lands in: (1) the National Park System; (2) the National Wildlife Refuge System; (3) the National Wilderness Preservation System; (4) the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; (5) the National Trails System; (6) any Bureau of Land Management area of critical environmental concern; and (7) any national recreation area. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon receipt of an application from a duly qualified LEA that is seeking conveyance of land for use for a school, to: (1) notify the applicant of such receipt before the end of the ten-day period beginning on the date of receipt; and (2) before the end of the 60-day period beginning on such date, determine whether or not to convey such land and to notify the applicant of that determination, or report t…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 2223, A bill to provide for the use of certain National Forest lands for public school purposes
Jul 30, 1998Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on July 22, 1998
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office