As reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 23, 2026
By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars | 2026 | 2026-2031 | 2026-2036 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Direct Spending (Outlays) | 0 | * | * | ||||||||
Revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit | 0 | * | * | ||||||||
Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays) | 0 | * | not estimated | ||||||||
Increases net direct spending in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2037? | No | Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply? | Yes | ||||||||
Mandate Effects | |||||||||||
Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2037? | No | Contains intergovernmental mandate? | No | ||||||||
Contains private-sector mandate? | No | ||||||||||
* = between -$500,000 and $500,000. | |||||||||||
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S. 3493 would direct the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service to convey about 1,300 acres of federal land near Carson City, Nevada to the city, without consideration, at the city’s request. Under the bill, the city would be required to pay all costs associated with the conveyance, and the property would be used for recreation, flood mitigation, and other public purposes. The bill also would authorize BLM to sell about 500 acres of federal land and authorize Carson City to convey about 50 acres of land to BLM.
Under the bill, Carson City would pay the costs associated with the conveyance. However, CBO expects that some costs to update federal maps would not be reimbursed by the city. CBO estimates that such costs, which would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds, would total less than $500,000 over the 2026-2031 period.
In addition, by conveying land, the bill would reduce receipts from the fees charged for future land use permits. Those receipts are recorded in the budget as reductions in direct spending and are available to spend without further appropriation. Based on current demand for land use permits on the acreage that would be conveyed, CBO estimates that conveying the land would have a negligible effect on net direct spending over the 2026-2036 period.
Further, any receipts collected from the sale of federal land would be recorded in the budget as reductions in direct spending and could be spent without further appropriation. The amounts would be used to cover the costs of the sale for BLM and Carson City, and the remainder would be distributed to the state of Nevada. Because CBO expects that any related receipts would be spent soon thereafter, CBO estimates that selling the land would have a negligible effect on net direct spending over the 2026-2036 period.
In total, CBO estimates that enacting the bill would have a negligible effect on net direct spending over the 2026-2036 period.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Emma Uebelhor. The estimate was reviewed by Chad Chirico, Director of Budget Analysis.
Phillip L. Swagel
Director, Congressional Budget Office