[House Report 113-623]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
113th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session } { 113-623
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IDAHO COUNTY SHOOTING RANGE LAND CONVEYANCE ACT
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November 17, 2014.--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. 5040]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 5040) to require the Secretary of the Interior
to convey certain Federal land to Idaho County in the State of
Idaho, and for other purposes, 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. 5040 is to require the Secretary of the
Interior to convey certain Federal land to Idaho County in the
State of Idaho.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 5040 directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey a
31 acre parcel, identified by a map, to Idaho County, Idaho.
The County has expressed interest in obtaining 31 acres of
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land to use as a public gun
range. The initial effort to legislatively execute the
conveyance failed in the 111th Congress and left Idaho County
without its desired gun range. In June 2011, Idaho County
submitted an application to the BLM Cottonwood Field Office for
a public gun range near Riggins, Idaho. BLM rejected the
application because the project area is in a portion of the
Lower Salmon River that was designated by Congress for
potential inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic River Act.
Subsequently, the Department of the Interior issued a
withdrawal order to protect the land while awaiting official
designation. This prevents the BLM from disposing of any
property within the withdrawal area, including the 31-acre
parcel Idaho County requested. In addition, BLM has a policy
that prohibits leasing land for firearms ranges because of the
potential hazardous risk associated with lead from the use of
ammunition. Since BLM cannot issue a permit to use the land as
a shooting range, and cannot legally dispose of the land
administratively, H.R. 5040 resolves the impasse and provides
Idaho County with the 31 acres of land for the creation of a
long-awaited public shooting range. The County will pay all
administrative costs for the transfer.
COMMITTEE ACTION
H.R. 5040 was introduced on July 9, 2014, by Congressman
Raul Labrador (R-ID). The bill was referred to the Committee on
Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the Subcommittee
on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. On September 9,
2014, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the bill. On September
18, 2014, 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. 5040--Idaho County Shooting Range Land Conveyance Act
H.R. 5040 would direct the Secretary of the Interior to
convey, without consideration, about 30 acres of federal land
to Idaho County, Idaho, for use as a shooting range. Based on
information from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), CBO
estimates that implementing the legislation would have no
significant effect on the federal budget. Enacting H.R. 5040
would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-
as-you-go procedures do not apply.
Under the bill, the Secretary would be required to convey
about 30 acres of federal land that are currently used
recreationally by hunters to Idaho County. The county would be
required to use the affected land as a shooting range. The
affected land does not currently generate offsetting receipts
for the federal government and is not expected to generate such
receipts over the next 10 years. Any administrative costs
related to the conveyance of the affected land would be paid by
the county.
H.R. 5040 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act; any
costs to the county would be incurred voluntarily.
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 from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), CBO
estimates that implementing the legislation would have no
significant effect 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 require the Secretary of the
Interior to convey certain Federal land to Idaho County in the
State of Idaho.
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.
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