# 116-hr-8264: To amend chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, to protect majority federally owned counties from loss of taxable acreage, and for other purposes.

116-hr-8264, To amend chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, to protect majority federally owned counties from loss of taxable acreage, and for other purposes., is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ); status Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8264
- Congress: 116
- Title: To amend chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, to protect majority federally owned counties from loss of taxable acreage, and for other purposes.
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- Introduced: 2020-09-16
- Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill bars amounts from the Land and Water Conservation Fund from being used by the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture to acquire private land within a county in which 50% or more of the land is owned by the federal government, unless the department acquiring the private land disposes of an equal amount of federally owned land within that county during the same fiscal year to ensure no net loss of private, taxable acreage in that county.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ), 2020-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] (R-AR), 2020-09-17T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-8264 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8264)

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- [116-hr-8741: To provide that funds made available under chapter 2003 of title 54, United Sta…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8741)
- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
- [116-hr-8288: Improving the Not-So-Great American Outdoors Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8288)
- [116-hr-8287: To amend title 54, United States Code, to increase public access to recreationa…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8287)
- [116-hr-7808: Stop the Censorship Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7808)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8264 (as of 2025-11-18).