Rep. Jason Chaffetz has introduced H.R. 621 that will sell 3,368,278 acres of federal land, a total area that is slightly smaller than the state of Connecticut. The Tea Bag Republican who “represents” Utah’s 3rd congressional district giddily said in a press release that “in Utah, some 132,931 acres of land are eligible for disposal.”
In addition to Utah, nine other states will see their public lands sold off to private interests. According to Chaffetz’s list, those states are Arizona (453,950 acres), Colorado (93,741 acres), Idaho (110,022 acres), Montana (94,520 acres), Nebraska (6,615 acres), Nevada (898,460 acres), New Mexico (813,531 acres), Oregon (70,308 acres), and Wyoming (694,200 acres).