"House GOP Moves To Ease Federal Land Transfers"

"House Republicans are endorsing a procedural change to make it easier for Congress to transfer federal land to state or local government agencies.

The provision in the package of House rules due for a vote Tuesday would prohibit the Congressional Budget Office from taking into account lost federal revenue from energy production, logging, recreation or other uses when it decides whether a piece of legislation is revenue-neutral or would contribute to the federal deficit.

The rules package is expected to pass the House Tuesday. The change regarding federal land would make it easier from a budgetary standpoint to reduce the federal government’s land holdings, an idea that has picked up steam in recent years among some Republicans."

Timothy Cama reports for The Hill January 3, 2017.

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"House GOP Rules Change Will Make It Easier To Sell Off Federal Land" (Washington Post)