Miscellaneous Public Lands Bills: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session, on S. 454, S. 1139, S. 1325, S. 1497, S. 1711, S. 1907, H.R. 1576, H.R. 2385, May 9, 2002, Volume 4 |
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Page 14 - Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Environment). I appreciate the opportunity to speak to you today on the Department of the Navy's (DON) installations and facilities program.
Page 23 - Grave" is the final resting place of Lucinda Duncan who on August 15, 1863, died on her way to the gold and silver fields of Nevada. Mrs. Duncan at 71 was "the mother of the wagon train" which consisted largely of her seven surviving children, their spouses and a multitude of grandchildren. Following her death, the wagon train held a ceremony and their leaving was memorialized by a member of the party: "...we paid our last debt & respect to the remains of the departed mother. There upon that wild...
Page 20 - ... the Organization of American States on the property conveyed to it pursuant to section 2 ( a) of this Act. SEC. 3. The Secretary of State is hereby authorized to transfer or convey to the Organization of American States, without monetary consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the property known as lot 800 in square south 173 in the District of Columbia and the buildings and other improvements on such property for use by the Organization of American States....
Page 23 - Finfer follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF LARRY FINFER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR COMMUNICATIONS, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Thank you for the opportunity to testify on section 2 of S.
Page 25 - ... located within their boundaries. PILT is based on the concept that these local governments incur costs associated with maintaining infrastructure on Federal lands within their boundaries but are unable to collect taxes on these lands; thus, they need to be compensated for these losses in tax revenues.
Page 16 - ... all remedial action necessary to protect human health and the environment with respect to any such substance remaining on the property has been taken before the date of such transfer...
Page 25 - ... net receipts collected from the area. If receipts are insufficient to satisfy these payments, appropriations are authorized to make up the difference. Counties can use funds for any government purpose, and pass through the funds to lesser units of local government within the county that experience a reduction of real property taxes as a result of the existence of Service fee lands within their boundaries. Counties with Service lands that are withdrawn from the public domain continue to receive...
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Page 1 - US SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS AND FORESTS, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 2:33 pm, in room SD-366, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon.
Page 14 - ... of a loan of the same amount made at commercial rates of interest, and when these calculations are made, they typically show that the real resource transfer is very substantially less than the financial transfer. So that that $750 million estimate I made is going to be on the high side. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. (The prepared statement of Mr. Johnson follows :) PREPARED STATEMENT OF HARRY G. JOHNSON...