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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on December 16, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), if the White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara, California, offers to convey to the Secretary a parcel of non-federal land that is acceptable to the Secretary and the Secretary accepts the offer, to convey approximately five acres of certain identified National Forest System land in Santa Barbara County to the Foundation.
Subjects the land exchange to provisions under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 related to exchanges of public lands and interests therein within the National Forest System.
Expresses the intent of Congress that the land exchange be completed within two years of enactment of this Act. Allows the Secretary to offer to sell to the White Lotus Foundation the federal land for fair market value if such exchange is not completed by such time.
Makes the land exchange and any such sale subject to specified additional terms and conditions, including to valid existing rights and the White Lotus Foundation paying the reasonable costs of surveys, appraisals, and other administrative costs associated with the exchange or sale.
Requires land conveyed by exchange or sale under this Act to be appraised by an independent appraiser selected by the Secretary and such an appraisal to be conducted in accordance with nationally recognized appraisal standards.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 3008 as passed House amended on Jan 27, 2014. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Jan 27, 2014
To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest System land in Los Padres National Forest in California, and for other purposes
Passed · Two-thirds required
367 Yea 27 Nay 37 not voting
Crossed both parties 27 of 394 voting members broke with their own party: 27 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
431 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Organizations that named H.R. 3008 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
8 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.