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In 1995, a random survey of 178 members of the Economic History Association found that 70 percent of economists and 84 percent of economic historians disagreed with the statement "Nineteenth-century U.S. land policy, which attempted to give away free land, probably represented a net drain on the productive capacity of the country."
Over that time period, the federal acreage held by the Bureau of Land Management and Department of Defense decreased by 10.2% and 56.8%, respectively, and the federal acreage held by the Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service increased by 0.8%, 2.7%, and 5.0%, respectively. [6]
Most of the public land managed by the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management is in the Western states. Public lands account for 25 to 75 percent of the total land area in these states. [1] The US Forest Service alone manages 193 million acres (780,000 km²) nationwide, or roughly 8% of the total land area in the United States. [2]
This category contains legislation enacted by the United States Congress pertaining to the use of public lands under public domain.Also included may be ordinances passed before 1789 under the Articles of Confederation.
Although federal property can be found in every state, the largest concentrations are in the Western United States, where, for example, the federal government owns over eighty percent of the land within Nevada. [15] Pursuant to a parallel clause in Article One, Section Eight, the Supreme Court has held that states may not tax such federal property.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has awarded over $100 billion in grants created by its signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden senior advisor for ...
Pittsburgh used the two-rate system from 1913 to 2001 [21] when a countywide property reassessment led to a drastic increase in assessed land values during 2001 after years of underassessment, and the system was abandoned in favor of the traditional single-rate property tax. The tax on land in Pittsburgh was about 5.77 times the tax on ...
Wojciechowski said the proposals would replace an obligation to rotate crops for farms between 10 and 30 hectares with a different scheme. Member states would also be able to exclude farms of up ...