Brian Head Town Land Conveyance Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The final bill requires the Agriculture Secretary, acting through the Forest Service, to convey about 24 acres and improvements in the Dixie National Forest to Brian Head Town as soon as practicable and without payment. Unlike the earlier version's open-ended municipal-use authority, the reported text limits the parcel to developing or expanding public-safety infrastructure, a public-works facility, and public recreational access and opportunities. The Forest Service must adjust the national-forest boundary. If the land is put to an unauthorized use, the Secretary may reclaim title after consulting Utah and giving the Town notice, a requested hearing, public comment, and a reasonable opportunity to cure the problem.
Who Benefits and How
Brian Head Town receives land and improvements without a purchase price for emergency services, public works, and recreation infrastructure. Town residents, visitors, and recreation users may benefit from better public-safety response, municipal operations, and access. Utah gains consultation before any federal reversion decision.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Brian Head Town must keep the parcel within the authorized public uses and faces loss of title if a violation is not corrected. Forest Service realty staff must complete the transfer, redraw the Dixie National Forest boundary, and administer any nonconforming-use process. Federal taxpayers relinquish the parcel without consideration.
Key Provisions
- Requires a no-consideration conveyance of about 24 acres and improvements to Brian Head Town.
- Restricts use to public safety, public works, and expanded public recreation.
- Requires the Forest Service to modify the Dixie National Forest boundary.
- Allows discretionary federal reversion only after notice, process, and an opportunity to cure.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires the Forest Service to convey about 24 acres in Utah's Dixie National Forest to Brian Head Town without consideration for public safety, public works, and recreation.
Key Policy Areas
Public Lands, Local Government, Public Safety
Primary Purpose
Requires the Forest Service to convey about 24 acres in Utah's Dixie National Forest to Brian Head Town without consideration for public safety, public works, and recreation.
Policy Domains
Brian Head Town Land Conveyance Act
Identified Gains
- Brian Head Town
- Brian Head residents
- Town public-safety personnel
- Dixie National Forest recreation users
Identified Costs
- Brian Head Town property officials
- Forest Service realty staff
- Federal taxpayers
- Town facilities managers
Sponsors
Mike Lee
R-UT | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
ReportedPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. …
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee …
Reported by Mr. Lee, with an amendment
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported …
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, …
Mr. Lee (for himself and Mr. Curtis) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Lee (for himself and Mr. Curtis) introduced the following …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Brian Head Town, Brian Head Town property officials, Federal legislative records staff
Positive-direction: Brian Head Town, State of Utah
Negative-direction: Brian Head Town property officials, Forest Service realty staff
Brian Head public-safety personnel, Brian Head recreation users, Brian Head residents
Positive-direction: Brian Head public-safety personnel, Brian Head recreation users, Brian Head residents
Negative-direction: Taxpayers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "recipient"
- → Brian Head Town, Utah
- "transferor"
- → Secretary of Agriculture acting through the Forest Service
- "affected_public"
- → Town residents and recreation users
- "consulted_government"
- → State of Utah
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