“The term "Per-Acre Rate", with respect to a right-of-way, means the average of the per-acre pastureland rental rates published in the Cash Rents Survey by the National Agricultural Statistics Service”
The section defines the Per-Acre Rate as the average of the per acre pastureland rental rates published in the Cash Rents Survey by the National Agricultural Statistics Service for the State where the right-of-way is, over the five calendar years before the right-of-way is issued or renewed. Public land covers both public lands as defined in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and National Forest System land, and a renewable energy project is a project on public land using wind or solar to make energy.
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“The term "Per-Acre Rate", with respect to a right-of-way, means the average of the per-acre pastureland rental rates published in the Cash Rents Survey by the National Agricultural Statistics Service”
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The rate is drawn from a farm rent survey. It uses what pastureland rents for by the acre.
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The figure is the state average. It is taken over the five years before the permit. That rate feeds into the rent formula.
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Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Public Law 119-21, sec. 50302, 139 Stat. 148 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm
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“The Per-Acre Rate is a five year average of local pastureland rents,” Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, section 50302, Sec. 50302. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-21/proposal/sec50302-per-acre-rate/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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