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Florida National Forest Land Adjustment Act Of 2009

Floor Speech

Date: March 17, 2010
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Housing and Property

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Mr. LUCAS. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 3954, a bill to address several public land issues in the great State of Florida. This legislation helps resolve significant title and boundary issues on State and Federal lands in the State of Florida. The bill promotes better efficiency in public land management by allowing the State and Federal governments to exchange land that is better managed by each other.

This bill also allows the proceeds from the sale of certain tracts of land in the Apalachicola National Forest to be used to build a much needed administrative facility to manage the land.

This bill has the support of the Forestry Service. It has no budgetary impact. And I urge my colleagues to support this bill.

I reserve the balance of my time, Madam Speaker.

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