To provide for an exchange of administrative jurisdiction between the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Agriculture involving certain Federal property administered as part of the Chattahoochee National Forest, but permitted to the Secretary of the Army for Camp Frank D. Merrill, and certain Army Corps of Engineers property adjacent to Lake Lanier in Gainesville, Georgia.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 29, 2014
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to transfer to the Secretary of the Army, for Army force protection measures, certain federal land administered as part of the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia, but permitted to the Secretary of the Army for Camp Frank D. Merrill, in exchange for certain federal land administered by the Army Corps of Engineers that is adjacent to Lake Lanier in Gainesville, Georgia, to be used by the Secretary of Agriculture for administrative purposes.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Armed Services, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Armed Services, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Armed Services, 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.
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