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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jul 23, 1997
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 to the Congress and the applicant the reasons that determination has not been made.
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Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-6] · R–AZ
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Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 105-693.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 392.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 105-693.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health Discharged.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H540)
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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