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H.R.3452 / 112th Congress

Wasatch Range Recreation Access Enhancement Act

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 316.

Official summary

Version 17 · Reported to House with amendment(s) · Apr 19, 2012

Wasatch Range Recreation Access Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey, by sale, a specified parcel of National Forest System land within the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Salt Lake County, Utah, to Canyons-SkiLink, LLC, to allow it to construct a ski-lift, gondola, or tramway to serve as a public-access transportation interconnection of the Wasatch Front and the Wasatch Back Mountains.

Requires Canyons-SkiLink to pay to the Secretary an amount that is equal to at least the fair market value of such land. Requires the deposit of any funds received by the Secretary under this Act in the general Treasury fund to reduce the federal deficit.

Requires the fair market value of the National Forest System land to be conveyed under this Act to be determined based on an appraisal that is acceptable to the Secretary.

Instructs the Secretary to complete all actions that may be required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and all other applicable laws in making the conveyance under this Act.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] · R–UT

Committees

  • Natural Resources Committee
1 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

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  1. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 316.

  2. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-452.

  3. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-452.

  4. Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 18.

  5. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

  6. Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Discharged.

  7. Subcommittee Hearings Held.

  8. Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

  9. Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

  10. Introduced in House

  11. Introduced in House

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