Description
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service manage about 628 million acres of public land, mostly in the 11 western tes and Alaska. Under the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA), revenue raised from selling BLM lands is available to the agencies, primarilyto acquire nonfederal land within the boundaries of land they already own—known as inholdings, w
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FEDERAL LAND SALES AUTHORITIES AND PROCESS
FEDERAL LAND ACQUISITION FUNDING
FLTFA REQUIREMENTS ON USE OF REVENUE AND OTHER KEY PROVISIONS
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING IMPLEMENTS FLTFA
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO FLTFA
Chapter 3: BLM HAS RAISED MOST FLTFA REVENUE FROM LAND SALES IN NEVADA
BLM HAS RAISED $95.7MILLION FROM FLTFA LAND SALES, PRIMARILY IN TWO NEVADA FIELD OFFICES
Chapter 4: BLM FACES SEVERAL CHALLENGES TO FUTURE SALES UNDER FLTFA
BLM STATE AND FIELD OFFICIALS MOSTFREQUENTLY CITED AVAILABILITY OFKNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF AS A CHALLENGE TOCONDUCTING FLTFA SALES
MOST BLM STATES HAVE PLANNED FLTFA SALESTHROUGH 2010, BUT BLM LACKS NATIONAL GOALSFOR THE PROGRAM
FLTFA’S RESTRICTION ON LAND AVAILABLE FORSALE REDUCES POTENTIAL REVENUE
Chapter 5: AGENCIES HAVE PURCHASED FEW PARCELS WITH FLTFA REVENUE
UNDER A SECRETARIAL INITIATIVE,BLM REPORTS AGENCIES SPENT $10.1MILLIONON THE FIRST LAND ACQUISITIONS7 YEARS AFTER FLTFAWAS ENACTED
AGENCIES HAVE SUBMITTED NOMINATIONS UNDERTHE STATE-LEVEL PROCESS, BUT NONE HAVERESULTED IN A LAND ACQUISITION
STATE-LEVEL PROCESS HAS NOT YET RESULTED INACQUISITIONS BECAUSE OF THE TIME TAKEN TOCOMPLETE INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS ANDLIMITED FUNDS OUTSIDE OF NEVADA
BLM REPORTS SPENDING $3.2MILLION ON FLTFAADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES
Chapter 6: AGENCIES FACE CHALLENGES IN COMPLETING ADDITIONAL ACQUISITIONS
BLM OFFICIALS MOST COMMONLY CITED THETIME, COST, AND COMPLEXITY OF THE LANDACQUISITION PROCESS AS A CHALLENGE, AMONGSEVERAL, TO COMPLETING ACQUISITIONS
COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFIC PROVISIONSIN FLTFA CONTINUE TO POSE CHALLENGESTO FUTURE ACQUISITIONS
THE AGENCIES HAVE YET TO ESTABLISH EFFECTIVEPROCEDURES TO FULLY COMPLY WITH FLTFA ANDMOUPROVISIONS
Chapter 8: MATTERS FOR CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION
Appendix I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY
Appendix II: COMPLETED FLTFAL AND SALES, THROUGH MAY 2007
Appendix III: DETAILED INFORMATIONON PLANNED FLTFALAND SALESTHROUGH 2010, AS REPORTEDBY BLM STATE OFFICES
Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act
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