NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “Mr. Speaker, the Education Land Grant Act set up a national mechanism to convey small parcels of U.S. Forest Service…”

“Mr. Speaker, the Education Land Grant Act set up a national mechanism to convey small parcels of U.S. Forest Service land to local educational agencies for the purpose of renovation, expansion, or construction of school facilities. Mr. Speaker, the good news is that this bill was signed into law on December 28 of the year 2000. Here is where the difficulty has arisen, Mr. Speaker. In implementing this law, Forest Service staff have administratively determined that schools that apply for a conveyance under this act would need to pay various administrative costs, analyses, and environmental compliance assessments. In fact, the interim directive that has now finally been distributed states various costs to be borne by the school districts.”