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To provide that section 216 of Executive Order 14008 shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes.
To provide that section 216 of Executive Order 14008 shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill nullifies section 216 of Executive Order 14008, which relates to climate action and land conservation. The bill prohibits the President and Federal agencies from taking actions based solely on reports or recommendations from this executive order or similar conservation programs, including mandating conservation practices for state, tribal, or local governments or private property owners. The bill also restricts the Federal government from using agency programs or funds to acquire private land from unwilling sellers for the purpose of expanding Federal land holdings under these conservation initiatives. The bill requires the Secretary of the Interior to pay counties an annual amount equivalent to the property taxes on any private land acquired through these conservation programs. The restrictions apply to section 216 of Executive Order 14008, any successor executive orders, and similar programs such as the America the Beautiful campaign.
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- Aug 17, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. · house
- Aug 17, 2021 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
- Aug 17, 2021 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 17, 2021
Ms. Cheney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To provide that section 216 of Executive Order 14008 shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON EXECUTIVE BRANCH ACQUISITION OF LAND.
(a) In General.—Section 216 of Executive Order 14008 (86 Fed. Reg. 7619; relating to tackling the climate crisis at home and abroad) shall have no force or effect.
(b) Executive Branch Action Restricted.—The President, and each Federal agency, may not—
(1) take an action if the sole authorization for such action is a report or recommendation initiated pursuant to a covered Executive order or campaign;
(2) mandate that a State, Tribal, or local government adopt, or participate in, specific conservation practices developed as the result of a report or recommendation initiated pursuant to a covered Executive order or campaign;
(3) with respect to private property owners who do not wish to sell their property to the Federal Government, use Federal agency programs or funds to acquire private property from such private property owners in order to increase Federal holdings of public lands based on a report or recommendation initiated pursuant to a covered Executive order or campaign; or
(4) with respect to private land, mandate that the owners of such land adopt, or participate in, conservation practices developed as the result of a report or recommendation initiated pursuant to a covered Executive order or campaign.
(c) DOI Payment of Property Taxes.—On an annual basis, with respect to any private land acquired by the Federal Government as the result of a report or recommendation initiated pursuant to a covered Executive order or campaign, the Secretary of the Interior shall pay to each county the amount such land would be assessed for property taxes, as determined by the county, if such land remained private land.
(d) Covered Order or Campaign Defined.—In this section, the term “covered Executive order or campaign” means—
(1) section 216 of Executive Order 14008 (86 Fed. Reg. 7619; relating to tackling the climate crisis at home and abroad);
(2) any successor Executive order; and
(3) a program, campaign, or effort with similar goals to section 216 of Executive Order 14008, including the America the Beautiful campaign. <all>
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