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days on which the House of Representatives or 

 the Senate has ad.iourned for more than three 

 consecutive days) beginning on the day the 

 Secretary has submitted notice of such designa- 

 tion to the Senate and the House of Representa- 

 tives, and then only if the Congress has not adopted 

 a concurrent resolution stating that such House 

 does not approve of such designation. If the com- 

 mittee to which a resolution has been referred dur- 

 ing the said ninety day period, has not reported It 

 at the end of thirty calendar days after its referral, 

 it shall be in order to either discharge the com- 

 mittee from further consideration of such resolu- 

 tion or to discharge the committee from considera- 

 tion of any other resolution with respect to the 

 designation. A motion to discharge may be made 

 only by an individual favoring the resolution, shall 

 be highly privileged (except that it may not be 

 made after the committee has reported such a 

 resolution), and debate thereon shall be limited to 

 not more than one hour, to be divided equally 

 between those favoring and those opposing the 

 resolution. An amendment to the motion shall not 

 be in order, and it shall not be in order to move 

 to reconsider the vote by which the motion was 

 agreed to or disagreed to. If the motion to dis- 

 charge is agreed to or disagreed to, the motion may 

 not be made with respect to any other resolution 

 with respect to the same designation. When the 

 committee has reprinted, or has been discharged 

 from further consideration of a resolution, it shall 

 at any time thereafter be in order (even though a 

 previous motion to the same effect has been dis- 

 agreed to) to move to proceed to the consideration 

 of the resolution. The motion shall be highly priv- 

 ileged and shall not be debatable. An amendment 

 to the motion shall not be in order, and it shall 

 not be in order to move to reconsider the vote 

 by which the motion was agreed to or disagreed to. 



(d) Sales of public lands shall be made a a price 

 not less than their fair market value as determined 

 by the Secretary. 



(e) The Secretary shall determine and establish 

 the size of tracts of public lands to be sold on the 

 basis of the land use capabilities and development 

 requirements of the lands; and, where any such 

 tract which is judged by the Secretary to be chiefly 

 valuable for agriculture is sold, Its size shall be 

 no larger than necessary to support a family-sized 

 farm. 



(f ) Sales of public lands under this section shall 

 be conducted under competitive bidding procedures 

 to be established by the Secretary. However, where 

 the Secretary determines it necessary and pror>er in 

 order (1) to assure equitable distribution among 

 purchasers of lands, or (2) to recognize equitable 

 considerations or public policies, including but not 

 limited to, a preference to users, he may sell those 

 lands with modified comr>etitive bidding or without 

 competitive bidding. In recognizing public policies, 

 the Secretary shall give consideration to the fol- 

 lowing potential purchasers : 



(1) the State in which the land is located; 



(2) the local government entities in such State 



which are in the vicinity of the land; 



(3) adjoining landowners; 



(4) individuals; and 



1 5) any other person, 

 (g) The Secretary shall accept or reject, in writ- 

 ing, any offer to purchase made through competi- 

 tive bidding at his invitation no later than thirty 

 days after the receipt of such offer or, in the case of 

 a tract in excess of two thousand five hundred 

 acres, at the end of thirty days after the end of 

 the ninety-day period provided in subsection (c) 

 of this section, whichever, is later, unless the offeror 

 waives his right to a decision within such thirty- 

 day period. Prior to the expiration of such periods 

 the Secretary may refuse to accept any offer or 

 may withdraw any land or Interest in land from 

 sale under this section when he determines that 

 consummation of the sale would not be consistent 

 with this Act or other applicable law. 



WITHDRAWALS 



Sec 204. (a) On and after the effective date of 

 this Act the Secretary is authorized to make, mod- 

 ify, extend, or revoke withdrawals but only in ac- 

 cordance with the provisions and limitations of this 

 section. The Secretary may delegate this with- 

 drawal authority only to individuals in the Office 

 of the Secretary who have been appointed by the 

 President, by and with the advice and consent of 

 the Senate. 



(b) (1) Within thirty days of receipt of an ap- 

 plication for withdrawal, and whenever he pro- 

 poses a withdrawal on his own motion, the Secre- 

 tary shall publish a notice in the Federal Register 

 stating that the application has been submitted 

 for filing or the proposal has been made' and the 

 extent to which the land is to be segregated while 

 the application is being considered by the Secre- 

 tary. Uix)n publication of such notice the land shall 

 be segregated from the operation of the public land 

 laws to the extent specified in the notice. The 

 segregative effect of the application shall termi- 

 nate upon (a) rejection of the application by the 

 Secretary, (b) withdrawal of lands by the Secre- 

 tary, or (c) the expiration of two years from the 

 date of the notice. 



(2) The publication provisions of this subsection 

 are not applicable to withdrawals under subsection 

 le) hereof. 



(c) (1) On and after the dates of approval of this 

 Act a withdrawal aggregating five thousand acres 

 or more may be made (or such a withdrawal or any 

 other withdrawal involving in the aggregate five 

 thousand acres or more which terminates after 

 such date of approval may be extended) only for a 

 period of not more than twenty years by the Secre- 

 tary on his own motion or upon request by a depart- 

 ment or agency head. The Secretary shall notify 

 both Houses of Congress of such a withdrawal no 

 later than its effective date and the withdrawal 

 shall terminate and become ineffective at the end 

 of ninety days (not counting days on which the 

 Senate or the House of Representatives has ad- 

 journed for more than three consecutive days) be- 



