Federal Property Management and Disposal: Hearing Before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session, on the Inventory, Management, and Disposal of Federal Real Property, May 18, 1982U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982 - 209 pages |
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Page 155 - Code. (C) In fixing the sale or lease value of property to be disposed of under subparagraph (A) and subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the Board shall take into consideration any benefit which 'has accrued or may accrue to the United States from the use of such property by any such State, political subdivision, instrumentality, or institution.
Page 130 - 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 29 - ... that there is less navigation on them now than there was fifty years ago. Finally, we began with soils of unexampled fertility, and we have so impoverished them by injudicious use and by failing to check erosion that their crop-producing power is diminishing instead of increasing.
Page 23 - Federal agencies, and who recommended also that fair compensation for the use of these public lands be received. He further proposed that a joint study be undertaken with the objective of arriving at a uniform basis for establishing the grazing fees. The proposed changes in the grazing fees of both the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture are in keeping with the general Government policy for all Federal activities of obtaining a fair market value for the services and resources...
Page 157 - Parks" program), to the present, 884 surplus federal properties with an estimated fair market value of $381,700,000 have been transferred to State and local governments for park and recreation purposes.
Page 7 - ... correlating the planning for the development of the full recreation potential of their projects include, among others, the Corps of Engineers, the Tennessee Valley Authority, several agencies of the Department of Agriculture, and agencies of the Department of the Interior, such as the National Park Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. This correlation will also apply to programs of Federal agencies not involved directly in the management of...
Page 50 - I understand the representatives of the Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture are also appearing before the committee.
Page 71 - That concludes my statement, Mr. Chairman, and I will be happy to answer any questions the subcommittee may have at this time.
Page 34 - ... policy of large-scale disposal of public lands reflected by the majority of statutes in force today (should) be revised and that future disposal should be of only those lands that will achieve maximum benefit for the general public in nonFederal ownership, while retaining in Federal ownership those whose values must be preserved so that they may be used and enjoyed by all Americans.
Page 155 - Or, at their option, at a sliding scale of zero to 50 percent of the fair market value of the property, as determined by the Administrator of General Services upon recommendations of the Secretary of the Interior based on suitability, accessibility, need, and alternative use considerations. We recognize that escalating land values, particularly in urban areas, have often precluded financially pressed State and local governments from obtaining the benefits of the existing 50-percent discount on acquisitions...