Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 207.
This bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture to release a federal reversionary interest and to convey any United States mineral interest in a roughly 0.62-acre parcel of Chickasaw State Forest in Chester County, Tennessee, to the State of Tennessee. Both the reversionary interest release and the mineral conveyance are to occur without consideration, appraisal, environmental review, or exploratory mineral testing; Tennessee must pay any administrative costs the United States incurs.
Liberals worry waiver of environmental review; conservatives prioritize local control
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly scoped substantive conveyance that is clearly justified, legally specific, and integrated with existing law.
This bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture to release a federal reversionary interest and to convey any United States mineral interest in a roughly 0.62-acre parcel of Chickasaw State Forest in Chester County, Tennessee, to the State of Tennessee.
Both the reversionary interest release and the mineral conveyance are to occur without consideration, appraisal, environmental review, or exploratory mineral testing; Tennessee must pay any administrative costs the United States incurs.
Very narrow, low-cost, administratively straightforward bill with low political salience; waivers of review are the main potential friction.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly scoped substantive conveyance that is clearly justified, legally specific, and integrated with existing law. It prescribes concrete actions for the Secretary of Agriculture and conditions those actions on administrative cost payment by the State.
Liberals worry waiver of environmental review; conservatives prioritize local control
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Liberals worry waiver of environmental review; conservatives prioritize local control
Likely accepting of resolving a narrow land-title encroachment but cautious about waiving environmental and appraisal reviews.
Concerned about precedent for removing oversight and about potential environmental or public-value losses from unassessed mineral conveyance.
A pragmatic fix for a small, localized issue; the state takes administrative costs, reducing federal burden.
Supports the bill if safeguards limit precedent and clarify that the waiver applies only to this parcel.
Strongly favorable: returns land control and mineral interests to Tennessee, reduces federal oversight, and resolves a minor encroachment.
Sees this as appropriate local decisionmaking and reduced federal footprint.
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Very narrow, low-cost, administratively straightforward bill with low political salience; waivers of review are the main potential friction.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Liberals worry waiver of environmental review; conservatives prioritize local control
Very narrow, low-cost, administratively straightforward bill with low political salience; waivers of review are the main potential friction.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly scoped substantive conveyance that is clearly justified, legally specific, and integrated with existing law. It prescribes concrete actions for the Secr…
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