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National Forest Small Tracts Act Amendments Act of 2015

Floor Speech

Date: Sept. 16, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Operations Housing and Property

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Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1214 amends the Small Tracts Act to provide the Forest Service with more flexibility to sell or exchange small parcels of national forest land. This increased flexibility will allow the Forest Service to identify opportunities where the sale or exchange of small parcels of land will increase efficiency and improve the overall integrity and health of our national forests.

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Mr. Amodei, the sponsor of this legislation, for working with the Forest Service to update this bill so that it could be supported by both sides of the aisle.

Mr. Speaker, I support adoption of H.R. 1214.

I reserve the balance of my time.

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Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, in closing, I urge all Members to support this bill.

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