Reasonable Right-of-Way Fees Act of 2003

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House Introduced Feb 13, 2003
House Passed Apr 1, 2003

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House without amendment · Apr 1, 2003

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced in the House on February 13, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Reasonable Right-of-Way Fees Act of 2003 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to amend the Code of Federal Regulations to revise the per acre rental fee zone value schedule by State, county, and type of linear right-of-way use to reflect current land values. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make such revisions for linear rights-of-way granted, issued, or renewed on National Forest System lands.

Directs the Secretaries to annually update the schedules of linear rights-of-way under their respective jurisdictions by a specified method using the Gross National Product Implicit Price Deflator Index.

Requires the Secretaries to review the zones and rental per acre figures whenever the cumulative change in the index exceeds 30 percent, or whenever the change in the 3-year average of the 1-year Treasury interest rate used to determine per acre rental fee zone values exceeds plus or minus 50 percent. Authorizes the Secretaries to revise the base zones and rental fees if the value of Federal land differs sufficiently from the index to warrant such action.

Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior or appropriate agency heads to use the same valuation method as in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (as revised by this Act) to calculate the value of rights-of-way for pipeline passage.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Reasonable Right-of-Way Fees Act of 2003

Latest action (Jun 12, 2003): Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held.

Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 13, 2003

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House Introduced Feb 13, 2003
House Passed Apr 1, 2003

No recorded floor vote found.