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Local Enforcement for Local Lands Act

HR-622 (2017)

Disposition: 2017-Jan-24
Introduced in the House

The bill needs to pass the House and Senate - and then be signed by the president - to become law.

Full title...
A bill to terminate the law enforcement functions of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management and to provide block grants to States for the enforcement of Federal law on Federal land under the jurisdiction of these agencies, and for other purposes.

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Sponsor & Key Contributors
Jason Chaffetz



Bill Summary

This bill would eliminate federal law enforcement functions on federal land.

Those functions currently are carried out by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

Instead, the federal government would provide block grants to states in order for the states to provide enforcement.

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