H.R. 5339: Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2010
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H.R. 5339: Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2010
111th Congress · introduced 2010-05-19 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2010-05-19 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2010
Plain summary
Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to offer for disposal by competitive sale certain federal lands in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for disposal in the report submitted to Congress on May 27, 1997, pursuant to the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996. Requires such lands to be disposed of for not less than fair market value as determined by an independent appraiser. Requires the deposit of all net proceeds from the sale of such lands into the Treasury for the reduction of the public debt. Requires the Secretary to submit a report to Congress containing a list of any such federal lands that have not been sold and an update of such report, including an inventory of federal lands under the Secretary's administrative jurisdiction that are suitable for disposal.
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Official text
Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2010
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3] · 25 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Ken Calvert (R-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Tom McClintock (R-CA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr5339.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>
Record fed-us-cong111-hr5339 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111