S. 1744: Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015
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S. 1744: Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-07-09 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-07-09 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015
Plain summary
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015 Authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to sell or exchange any or all interest of the United States in 30 tracts of National Forest System land in Georgia totaling approximately 3,841 acres. Authorizes USDA to reserve any rights-of-way or other rights or interests in land sold or exchanged under this Act that is considered necessary for management purposes or to protect the public interest. Prohibits USDA from selling or exchanging land under this Act for less than market value, as determined by an appraisal or through a competitive bid. Requires proceeds to be used for the acquisition of land for national forest purposes in Georgia.
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Official text
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] · 1 cosponsors
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Words on this page, explained (1)
- Appraisal
- An estimate of what property is worth. In Texas, county appraisal districts set the value that property taxes are based on.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s1744.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>
Record fed-us-cong114-s1744 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114