Administration's "Management Initiative" to Sell Surplus Federal Land: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session, on H. Res. 265 ... April 27, 1982

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Page 89 - Congress that the public lands of the United States shall be (a) retained and managed or (b) disposed of, all in a manner to provide the maximum benefit for the general public.
Page 3 - Now, therefore, be it 1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that...
Page 41 - States shall enact special laws for their management and disposition: Provided, That all revenue from or proceeds of the same, except as regards such part thereof as may be used or occupied for the civil, military or naval purposes of the United States, or may be assigned for the use of the local government, shall be used, solely for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands for educational and other public purposes.
Page 75 - Society is a national citizen's organization of some 45,000 conservation-minded members who are deeply interested in the preservation of our nation's remaining wilderness lands, and who are also interested in the management of recreation and commodity resources on the lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the US Forest Service.
Page 5 - It follows, then, that property once acquired by the Government may not be sold, or title otherwise disposed of, except under the authority of Congress, and in the manner provided by law, and this prohibition extends to any attempt to alienate a part of the property, or in general, in any manner to limit or restrict the full and exclusive ownership of the United States therein.
Page 100 - Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee, I am Barry S. Tindall, director of Public Affairs for the National Recreation and Park Association.
Page 64 - USE, AND DISPOSE OF LAND IN URBAN AREAS IN ORDER THAT URBAN LAND TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO FOR THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION OR ON BEHALF OF OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES SHALL, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PRACTICABLE, BE CONSISTENT WITH ZONING AND...
Page 46 - lands and other properties" includes public lands and other public property, and the term "public lands and other public property" means, and is limited to, the lands and properties that were ceded to the United States by the Republic of Hawaii under the joint resolution of annexation approved July 7, 1898 (30 Stat. 750), or that have been acquired in exchange for lands or properties so ceded.
Page 61 - Commerce; and the Subcommittee on Government Activities and Transportation of the House Committee on Government Operations endorsed the study.
Page 41 - I can assure you that I will do everything in my power in the Senate to cooperate in finding real solutions in finally getting some action and some results.

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