Those tracts of land are landlocked. They can't be accessed, and they are not providing any property tax income, or any other income. They just sit there.
As the article and he correctly state, these tracts were identified by the USFS and BLM during the Clinton era for disposal. It was killed then, and it was killed later. So the land just sits there.
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Chaffetz posted a photo of himself hunting with his dog, signaling his intent to withdraw H.R. 621, writing that it “would have disposed of small parcels of lands [President] Clinton identified as serving no public purpose,” but added that he recognizes the concerns it had sparked. The congressman, who introduced the bill Jan. 24, had offered similar legislation in several previous Congresses.
