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<br />Veto of Management Decisions by <br />Concurrent Resolutions of the <br />Hou!loe and Senate <br /> <br />Several type5 of management <br />decisions made by the Bureau must be <br />sent to Congress for review and are <br />subject to "veto" by concurrent reso- <br />lutions of the House and Senate, <br />Amon~ them are; <br />Decisions ehmin.lting one or more <br />prinripll' uses of land for two or more <br />years on tracts rontaining more than <br />100,000 .,eres of public land, (202) <br />Decisions to sell tracts of public <br />land in excess of 2,500 aeres. (203) <br />Withdrawals of lracls of public land <br />in t'X((.'ss of 5,000 .lcrt's. (204) <br /> <br />Di",po!loition of Public land <br /> <br />The Art prohibits the sale of public <br />1.1nJ hl non-util.l'ns or 10 corpora- <br />tions not incorpor,lted under Stolte or <br />h.der..ll..w, (207) <br /> <br />It provides .luthority for the Ser- <br />retMY of the Interior to insert terms <br />.1nJ conditions IIlto poltent to insure <br />t hl' propt'r land US(' .lIld to proted the <br />public interest. The Secretary is pro- <br />hibited from inserting terms and <br />conditions into land patents that <br />viol.lte existing State .lIld local land <br />lIse plans .1nd programs. (208) <br />It providt-'s for the reservation of <br />minerals to the United St.1te5 in <br />public "lIld sales, but Jllows for con- <br />veyance of such rights in cert.1in <br />sperified situations. (20Q) <br />It ft>quires the Bure.lu to notify <br />State and lor.11 governments of pend- <br />ing l.lIld s,11e5 in orclt'r to give Iheman <br />opportunity to lone or otherwise <br />regulate the use of tht> land before the <br />s"le, (210) <br />It .1Uthuriles the Secretary of the <br />Inl('fIOr to dispose of cert.1in omitted <br />limds \vlthout ,1 survey. (211) <br />It ,llnends the ({('Cf(>Jtiun ,~nd <br />Publir Purposes Act by increasing the <br />amount of land tholt the Hure.1U can <br /> <br />sell or 1('.lst' under its ,lllthority and <br />a\lows some le,lses of land for renea. <br />tional liSt' without (h.nge. It ,1150 <br />rt'quin'f< publil.: p.lrtll"ip.ltion on .111 <br />decisions to dispOStl of pu bUe l.lnJ <br />unJpr the ({errration ,llld Public <br />Purposes Act, for the Secretary to <br />determine that the land requestt'd <br />under tht> Act is to be lIsed for ,m <br />l'stablished or ddinitely proposed <br />project, ,1I1d the prl'p.lr.ltion of com- <br />prt'hpl1sivt, J.mJ USt' 1'l.lns .mJ <br />,1JDptioll of l<lnlflg regulations for <br />dispnsals in (,'ct.'ss of oolO .lere5. (212) <br />It .lmends thl' Unintentional Tres- <br />P,lS:; Act to .1l1m'\' the rights of first <br />rdus.ll to pE.'fsons having prdl>renre <br />rights .lIld the l'st.1blishment of fair <br />m.nket vallle of such I.mo ,15 of <br />September 20, 1073, (214) <br /> <br />c::> <br />C;) <br />CJ <br />-I <br />"" <br />~- <br />