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, 1982U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983 - 130 pages |
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... talking about the sale of roughly 2 % of all the property owned by the United States and this at a time we are -- cutting back social programs , R & D spending , energy conservation , and other national priorities by much more than this ...
... talking about the sale of roughly 2 % of all the property owned by the United States and this at a time we are -- cutting back social programs , R & D spending , energy conservation , and other national priorities by much more than this ...
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... talking about the Navy thing , in other¦ words , the surplus land problem . Is that addressed in your cogent statement ? Mr. FASCELL . We didn't get into the military aspects of the prob- lem , but that is another major problem . You ...
... talking about the Navy thing , in other¦ words , the surplus land problem . Is that addressed in your cogent statement ? Mr. FASCELL . We didn't get into the military aspects of the prob- lem , but that is another major problem . You ...
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... talking about is comparing less than a million acres to something , one of the problems I think the committee will realize is we don't have much of a handle on our assets . We are not even quite sure how many we own , in terms of acres ...
... talking about is comparing less than a million acres to something , one of the problems I think the committee will realize is we don't have much of a handle on our assets . We are not even quite sure how many we own , in terms of acres ...
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... Congress going back to its old ways of printing paper dollars , and if , indeed , that is in fact an im- pediment to holding up these interest rates artificially high , then such a program as we are talking about here today 23.
... Congress going back to its old ways of printing paper dollars , and if , indeed , that is in fact an im- pediment to holding up these interest rates artificially high , then such a program as we are talking about here today 23.
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... talking about here today can give an awful lot of psychological assurance that we are really serious about fiscal responsibility . This will do a lot for States and counties as well as the Federal Government . Because , contrary to it ...
... talking about here today can give an awful lot of psychological assurance that we are really serious about fiscal responsibility . This will do a lot for States and counties as well as the Federal Government . Because , contrary to it ...
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Activities and Transportation Administration Administration's American APRIL 27 beach front budget Bureau of Land BURTON Cecil Heftel Chairman committee Congress cost disposal of federal disposal program dollars donated economic Eileen Anderson fair market value Federal Government federal real property fiscal FLPMA Frankford Arsenal going Government Activities HAL DAUB HEFTEL Honolulu impact inventory issue KRAMER Land Management land tenure policy Larry Winn legislation Makapu'u Point mayor of Honolulu military million acres million an acre national debt National Taxpayers Union Nike Oahu open space parcels park and recreation planning potential problem Property Review Board proposed public benefit public lands public park reduce the national Republic of Hawaii resolution revenues RIPPA sell Senator Sierra Club sold statement Subcommittee on Government surplus Federal land surplus Federal property surplus property talking taxpayers Thank unneeded Waikiki WALKER wildlife WINN worth zoning
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Page 92 - 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 42 - 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 6 - 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 65 - 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 4 - Now, therefore, be it 1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that...
Page 103 - Service have the same authority as the Bureau of Land Management under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to dispose of land?
Page 47 - 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 62 - Commerce; and the Subcommittee on Government Activities and Transportation of the House Committee on Government Operations endorsed the study.
Page 42 - 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.