S. 277, a bill to release a federal reversionary interest and convey mineral interests in Chester County, Tennessee, and for other purposesAs reported by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on October 27, 2025
By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars
2026
2026-2031
2026-2036
Direct Spending (Outlays)
0
0
0
Revenues
0
0
0
Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit
0
0
0
Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays)
0
0
0
Increases net direct spending in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2037?
No
Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply?
No
Mandate Effects
Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2037?
S. 277 would direct the Department of Agriculture to release the federal government’s reversionary interest in 0.62 acres of land within the Chickasaw State Forest in Henderson, Chester County, Tennessee. The bill also would direct the Forest Service to convey the associated mineral interests to the state. The state would be responsible to cover any costs to the federal government related to releasing that interest. Those actions would resolve an encroachment identified by a recent survey, which found that a portion of a church extends onto the parcel of land the federal government previously conveyed to the state.
That land does not generate federal receipts and the department does not expect any future receipts from mineral leasing. On that basis, and because the State of Tennessee would cover the cost of implementing the bill, CBO estimates that enacting the bill would have no effect on the federal budget.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Emma Uebelhor. The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.
