[House Report 113-196]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
113th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 113-196
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LAKE HILL ADMINISTRATIVE SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACT
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September 10, 2013.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Hastings of Washington, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 2337]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 2337) to provide for the conveyance of the
Forest Service Lake Hill Administrative Site in Summit County,
Colorado, having considered the same, report favorably thereon
without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 2337 is to provide for the conveyance
of the Forest Service Lake Hill Administrative Site in Summit
County, Colorado.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 2337 would authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to
sell approximately 40 acres of the 386-acre Lake Hill
Administrative site, managed as part of the White River
National Forest, to Summit County, Colorado. The conveyance
would be at fair market value.
The parcel, sandwiched between Interstate 70 and a local
highway, is no longer suitable to be included in the White
River National Forest. Summit County intends to use the site to
construct affordable workforce housing. The County is
responsible for all processing and transaction costs associated
with the conveyance.
COMMITTEE ACTION
H.R. 2337 was introduced on June 12, 2013, by Congressman
Jared Polis (D-CO). The bill was referred to the Committee on
Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the Subcommittee
on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. On July 19, 2013,
the Subcommittee held a hearing on the bill. On July 24, 2013,
the full Natural Resources Committee met to consider the bill.
The Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation
was discharged by unanimous consent. No amendments were
offered, and the bill was adopted and ordered favorably
reported to the House of Representatives by unanimous consent.
COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the
Committee on Natural Resources' oversight findings and
recommendations are reflected in the body of this report.
COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII
1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the
Rules of the House of Representatives requires an estimate and
a comparison by the Committee of the costs which would be
incurred in carrying out this bill. However, clause 3(d)(2)(B)
of that rule provides that this requirement does not apply when
the Committee has included in its report a timely submitted
cost estimate of the bill prepared by the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Under clause 3(c)(3) of rule
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and section
403 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee has
received the following cost estimate for this bill from the
Director of the Congressional Budget Office:
H.R. 2337--Lake Hill Administrative Site Affordable Housing Act
H.R. 2337 would require the Secretary of Agriculture to
sell 40 acres of Forest Service land near Frisco, Colorado.
Based on information provided by the agency, CBO estimates that
implementing the legislation would have a negligible impact on
the federal budget. Enacting the bill would increase offsetting
receipts and associated direct spending; therefore, pay-as-you-
go procedures apply. However, CBO estimates that those changes
would have no significant net impact on future budget deficits.
Enacting H.R. 2337 would not affect revenues.
The bill would require the Secretary to sell the affected
lands to Summit County, Colorado, for fair market value. Based
on information provided by the Forest Service, CBO estimates
that proceeds from the sale of those lands would increase
offsetting receipts by about $5 million. Under the bill, the
agency would be authorized to retain and spend those proceeds,
without further appropriation, for capital improvement and
maintenance of Forest Service facilities. CBO expects that the
agency would complete the sale and spend the proceeds within
five years, and we estimate that enacting the bill would have
no net impact on the federal budget over that period. In
addition, the bill would require the county to pay for any
administrative costs associated with the sale.
H.R. 2337 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Jeff LaFave. The
estimate was approved by Theresa Gullo, Deputy Assistant
Director for Budget Analysis.
2. Section 308(a) of Congressional Budget Act. As required
by clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives and section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, this bill does not contain any new budget
authority, spending authority, credit authority, or an increase
or decrease in revenues or tax expenditures. Based on
information provided by the agency, CBO estimates that
implementing the legislation would have a negligible impact on
the federal budget.
3. General Performance Goals and Objectives. As required by
clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII, the general performance goal or
objective of this bill is to provide for the conveyance of the
Forest Service Lake Hill Administrative Site in Summit County,
Colorado.
EARMARK STATEMENT
This bill does not contain any Congressional earmarks,
limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined
under clause 9(e), 9(f), and 9(g) of rule XXI of the Rules of
the House of Representatives.
COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104-4
This bill contains no unfunded mandates.
COMPLIANCE WITH H. RES. 5
Directed Rule Making. The Chairman does not believe that
this bill directs any executive branch official to conduct any
specific rule-making proceedings.
Duplication of Existing Programs. This bill does not
establish or reauthorize a program of the federal government
known to be duplicative of another program. Such program was
not included in any report from the Government Accountability
Office to Congress pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111-139
or identified in the most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance published pursuant to the Federal Program
Information Act (Public Law 95-220, as amended by Public Law
98-169) as relating to other programs.
PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW
This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or
tribal law.
CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW
If enacted, this bill would make no changes in existing
law.