Education Land Grant Act

Summary

Education Land Grant Act - Amends the Recreation and Public Purposes Act to provide for the disposal of national forest lands (currently, only public lands) to a State, territory, county, municipality, or other State, territorial, or Federal instrumentality or political subdivision, including to a local education agency (LEA) for an elementary or secondary school, including a public charter school. Makes such Act inapplicable to lands in: (1) the National Park System; (2) the National Wildlife Refuge System; (3) the National Wilderness Preservation System; (4) the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; (5) the National Trails System; (6) any Bureau of Land Management area of critical environmental concern; and (7) any national recreation area. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon receipt of an application from a duly qualified LEA that is seeking conveyance of land for use for a school, to: (1) notify the applicant of such receipt before the end of the ten-day period beginning on the date of receipt; and (2) before the end of the 60-day period beginning on such date, determine whether or not to convey such land and to notify the applicant of that determination, or report to the Congress and the applicant the reasons that determination has not been made.

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 9 September 1998

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• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 9 September 1998

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 9 September 1998

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 23 July 1997

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 23 July 1997

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 23 July 1997

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