Calendar No. 401

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1374

[Report No. 106–215]

A BILL

To authorize the development and maintenance of

a multiagency campus project in the town ofJackson, Wyoming.

NOVEMBER 5, 1999

Reported with an amendment
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Calendar No. 401

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1374

[Report No. 106–215]

To authorize the development and maintenance of a multiagency campus

project in the town of Jackson, Wyoming.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 15, 1999

Mr. THOMAS (for himself and Mr. ENZI) introduced the following bill; which

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural

Resources

NOVEMBER 5, 1999

Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, with an amendment

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To authorize the development and maintenance of a multiagency campus project in the town of Jackson, Wyoming.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jackson Multi-Agency

5 Campus Act of 1999’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

3 (1) the management of public land and natural

4 resources and the service of the public in the area

5 of Jackson, Wyoming, are responsibilities shared

6 by—

7 (A) the Department of Agriculture;

8 (B) the Forest Service;

9 (C) the Department of the Interior,

10 including—

11 (i) the National Park Service; and

12 (ii) the United States Fish and Wild13 life Service;

14 (D) the Game and Fish Commission of the

15 State of Wyoming;

16 (E) Teton County, Wyoming;

17 (F) the town of Jackson, Wyoming;

18 (G) the Jackson Chamber of Commerce;

19 and

20 (H) the Jackson Hole Historical Society;

21 and

22 (2) it is desirable to locate the administrative

23 offices of several of the agencies and entities speci24 fied in paragraph (1) on 1 site to—

25 (A) facilitate communication between the

26 agencies and entities;
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1 (B) reduce costs to the Federal, State, and

2 local governments; and

3 (C) better serve the public.

4 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are to—

5 (1) authorize the Federal agencies specified in

6 subsection (a) to—

7 (A) develop and maintain the Project in

8 Jackson, Wyoming, in cooperation with the

9 other agencies and entities specified in sub10 section (a); and

11 (B) provide resources and enter into such

12 agreements as are necessary for the planning,

13 design, construction, operation, maintenance,

14 and fixture modifications of all elements of the

15 Project;

16 (2) direct the Secretary to convey to the town

17 of Jackson, Wyoming, certain parcels of federally

18 owned land located in Teton County, Wyoming, in

19 exchange for construction of facilities for the

20 Bridger-Teton National Forest by the town of Jack21 son;

22 (3) direct the Secretary to convey to the Game

23 and Fish Commission of the State of Wyoming cer24 tain parcels of federally owned land in the town of

25 Jackson, Wyoming, in exchange for approximately
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1 1.35 acres of land, also located in the town of Jack2 son, to be used in the construction of the Project;

3 and

4 (4) relinquish certain reversionary interests of

5 the United States in order to facilitate the trans6 actions described in paragraphs (1) through (4).

7 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

8 In this Act:

9 (1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’

10 means the Game and Fish Commission of the State

11 of Wyoming.

12 (2) CONSTRUCTION COST.—The term ‘‘con13 struction cost’’ means any cost that is—

14 (A) associated with building improvements

15 to Federal standards and guidelines; and

16 (B) open to a competitive bidding process

17 approved by the Secretary.

18 (3) FEDERAL PARCEL.—The term ‘‘Federal

19 parcel’’ means the parcel of land, and all appur20 tenances to the land, comprising approximately 15.3

21 acres, depicted as ‘‘Bridger-Teton National Forest’’

22 on the Map.

23 (4) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en24 titled ‘‘Multi-Agency Campus Project Site’’, dated

25 March 31, 1999, and on file in the offices of—
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1 (A) the Bridger-Teton National Forest, in

2 the State of Wyoming; and

3 (B) the Chief of the Forest Service.

4 (5) MASTER PLAN.—The term ‘‘master plan’’

5 means the document entitled ‘‘Conceptual Master

6 Plan’’, dated July 14, 1998, and on file at the of7 fices of—

8 (A) the Bridger-Teton National Forest, in

9 the State of Wyoming; and

10 (B) the Chief of the Forest Service.

11 (6) PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Project’’ means the

12 proposed project for construction of a multi-agency

13 campus, to be carried out by the town of Jackson in

14 cooperation with the other agencies and entities de15 scribed in section 2(a)(1), to provide, in accordance

16 with the master plan—

17 (A) administrative facilities for various

18 agencies and entities; and

19 (B) interpretive, educational, and other fa20 cilities for visitors to the greater Yellowstone

21 area.

22 (7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

23 the Secretary of Agriculture (including a designee of

24 the Secretary).
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1 (8) STATE PARCEL.—The term ‘‘State parcel’’

2 means the parcel of land comprising approximately

3 3 acres, depicted as ‘‘Wyoming Game and Fish’’ on

4 the Map.

5 (9) TOWN.—The term ‘‘town’’ means the town

6 of Jackson, Wyoming.

7 SEC. 4. MULTI-AGENCY CAMPUS PROJECT, JACKSON, WYO8 MING.

9 (a) CONSTRUCTION OFFERS FOR EXCHANGE OF

10 PROPERTY.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The town may offer to con12 struct, as part of the Project, an administrative fa13 cility for the Bridger-Teton National Forest.

14 (2) CONVEYANCE.—If the offer described in

15 paragraph (2) is made not later than 5 years after

16 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary

17 shall convey the Federal land described in section

18 5(a)(1) to the town, in exchange for the completed

19 administrative facility described in this paragraph,

20 in accordance with this Act.

21 (b) OFFER TO CONVEY STATE PARCEL.—

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may offer

23 to convey a portion of the State parcel, depicted on

24 the Map as ‘‘Parcel Three’’, to the United States to
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1 be used for construction of an administrative facility

2 for the Bridger-Teton National Forest.

3 (2) CONVEYANCE.—If the offer described in

4 paragraph (2) is made not later than 5 years after

5 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary

6 shall convey, through a simultaneous conveyance, the

7 Federal land described in section 5(a)(2) to the

8 Commission, in exchange for the portion of the State

9 parcel described in paragraph (2), in accordance

10 with this Act.

11 SEC. 5. CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND.

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—In exchange for the consideration

13 described in section 3, the Secretary shall convey—

14 (1) to the town, a portion of the Federal parcel,

15 comprising approximately 9.3 acres, depicted on the

16 Map as ‘‘Parcel Two’’; and

17 (2) to the Commission, a portion of the Federal

18 parcel comprising approximately 3.2 acres, depicted

19 on the Map as ‘‘Parcel One’’.

20 (b) REVERSIONARY INTERESTS.—As additional con21 sideration for acceptance by the United States of any offer

22 described in section 4, the United States shall relinquish

23 all reversionary interests in the State parcel, as set forth

24 in the deed between the United States and the State of

25 Wyoming, dated February 19, 1957, and recorded on Oc-
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1 tober 2, 1967, in Book 14 of Deeds, Page 382, in the

2 records of Teton County, Wyoming.

3 SEC. 6. EQUAL VALUE OF INTERESTS EXCHANGED.

4 (a) VALUATION OF LAND TO BE CONVEYED.—

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The fair market and im6 provement values of the land to be exchanged under

7 this Act shall be determined—

8 (A) by appraisals acceptable to the Sec9 retary, utilizing nationally recognized appraisal

10 standards; and

11 (B) in accordance with section 206 of the

12 Federal Land Policy and Management Act of

13 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716).

14 (2) APPRAISAL REPORT.—Each appraisal re15 port shall be written to Federal standards, as de16 fined in the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Fed17 eral Land Acquisitions developed by the Interagency

18 Land Acquisition Conference.

19 (3) NO EFFECT ON VALUE OF REVERSIONARY

20 INTERESTS.—An appraisal of the State parcel shall

21 not take into consideration any reversionary interest

22 held by the United States in the State parcel as of

23 the date on which the appraisal is conducted.

24 (b) VALUE OF FEDERAL LAND GREATER THAN CON25 STRUCTION COSTS.—If the value of the Federal land to
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1 be conveyed to the town under section 5(a)(1) is greater

2 than the construction costs to be paid by the town for the

3 administrative facility described in section 4(a), the Sec4 retary shall reduce the acreage of the Federal land con5 veyed so that the value of the Federal land conveyed to

6 the town closely approximates the construction costs.

7 (c) VALUE OF FEDERAL LAND LESS THAN CON8 STRUCTION COSTS.—If the value of the Federal land to

9 be conveyed to the town under section 5(a)(1) is less than

10 the construction costs to be paid by the town for the ad11 ministrative facility described in section 4(a), the Sec12 retary may convey to the town additional Federal land ad13 ministered by the Secretary for national forest administra14 tive site purposes in Teton County, Wyoming, so that the

15 total value of the Federal land conveyed to the town close16 ly approximates the construction costs.

17 (d) VALUE OF FEDERAL LAND EQUAL TO VALUE OF

18 STATE PARCEL.—

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The value of any Federal

20 land conveyed to the Commission under section

21 5(a)(2) shall be equal to the value of the State par22 cel conveyed to the United States under section 4(b).

23 (2) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Fed24 eral land and the State parcel may be adjusted to

25 equalize values.
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1 (e) PAYMENT OF CASH EQUALIZATION.—Notwith2 standing subsections (b) through (d), the values of Federal

3 land and the State parcel may be equalized by payment

4 of cash to the Secretary, the Commission, or the town,

5 as appropriate, in accordance with section 206(b) of the

6 Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43

7 U.S.C. 1716(b)), if the values cannot be equalized by ad8 justing the size of parcels to be conveyed or by conveying

9 additional land, without compromising the design of the

10 Project.

11 SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.

12 (a) CONSTRUCTION OF FEDERAL FACILITIES.—The

13 construction of facilities on Federal land within the bound14 aries of the Project shall be—

15 (1) supervised and managed by the town; and

16 (2) carried out to standards and specifications

17 approved by the Secretary.

18 (b) ACCESS.—The town (including contractors and

19 subcontractors of the town) shall have access to the Fed20 eral land until completion of construction for all purposes

21 related to construction of facilities under this Act.

22 (c) ADMINISTRATION OF LAND ACQUIRED BY

23 UNITED STATES.—Land acquired by the United States

24 under this Act shall be governed by all laws applicable to

25 the administration of national forest sites.
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1 (d) WETLAND.—

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be no construc3 tion of any facility after the date of conveyance of

4 Federal land under this Act within any portion of

5 the Federal parcel delineated on the map as ‘‘wet6 lands’’.

7 (2) DEEDS AND CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS.—A

8 deed or other conveyance document executed by the

9 Secretary in carrying out this Act shall contain such

10 reservations as are necessary to preclude develop11 ment of wetland on any portion of the Federal par12 cel.

13 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

14 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jackson Multi-Agency

15 Campus Act of 1999’’.

16 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

17 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

18 (1) the management of public land and natural

19 resources and the service of the public in the area of

20 Jackson, Wyoming, are responsibilities shared by—

21 (A) the Department of Agriculture;

22 (B) the Forest Service;

23 (C) the Department of the Interior,

24 including—

25 (i) the National Park Service; and
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1 (ii) the United States Fish and Wild2 life Service;

3 (D) the Game and Fish Commission of the

4 State of Wyoming;

5 (E) Teton County, Wyoming;

6 (F) the town of Jackson, Wyoming;

7 (G) the Jackson Chamber of Commerce; and

8 (H) the Jackson Hole Historical Society;

9 and

10 (2) it is desirable to locate the administrative of11 fices of several of the agencies and entities specified

12 in paragraph (1) on 1 site to—

13 (A) facilitate communication between the

14 agencies and entities;

15 (B) reduce costs to the Federal, State, and

16 local governments; and

17 (C) better serve the public.

18 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are—

19 (1) to authorize the Federal agencies specified in

20 subsection (a)—

21 (A) to develop and maintain the Project in

22 Jackson, Wyoming, in cooperation with the other

23 agencies and entities specified in subsection (a);

24 and
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1 (B) to provide resources and enter into such

2 agreements as are necessary for the planning, de3 sign, construction, operation, maintenance, and

4 fixture modifications of all elements of the

5 Project;

6 (2) to direct the Secretary to convey to the town

7 of Jackson, Wyoming, certain parcels of federally

8 owned land located in Teton County, Wyoming, in

9 exchange for construction of facilities for the Bridger10 Teton National Forest by the town of Jackson;

11 (3) to direct the Secretary to convey to the Game

12 and Fish Commission of the State of Wyoming cer13 tain parcels of federally owned land in the town of

14 Jackson, Wyoming, in exchange for approximately

15 1.35 acres of land, also located in the town of Jack16 son, to be used in the construction of the Project; and

17 (4) to relinquish certain reversionary interests of

18 the United States in order to facilitate the trans19 actions described in paragraphs (1) through (3).

20 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

21 In this Act:

22 (1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’

23 means the Game and Fish Commission of the State

24 of Wyoming.
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1 (2) CONSTRUCTION COST.—The term ‘‘construc2 tion cost’’ means any cost that is—

3 (A) associated with building improvements

4 to Federal standards and guidelines; and

5 (B) open to a competitive bidding process

6 approved by the Secretary.

7 (3) FEDERAL PARCEL.—The term ‘‘Federal par8 cel’’ means—

9 (A) the parcel of land, and all appur10 tenances to the land, comprising approximately

11 15.3 acres, depicted as ‘‘Bridger-Teton National

12 Forest’’ on the Map; and

13 (B) the parcel comprising approximately 80

14 acres, known as the ‘‘Cache Creek Administrative

15 Site’’, located adjacent to the town.

16 (4) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map enti17 tled ‘‘Multi-Agency Campus Project Site’’, dated

18 March 31, 1999, and on file in the offices of—

19 (A) the Bridger-Teton National Forest, in

20 the State of Wyoming; and

21 (B) the Chief of the Forest Service.

22 (5) MASTER PLAN.—The term ‘‘master plan’’

23 means the document entitled ‘‘Conceptual Master

24 Plan’’, dated July 14, 1998, and on file at the offices

25 of—
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1 (A) the Bridger-Teton National Forest, in

2 the State of Wyoming; and

3 (B) the Chief of the Forest Service.

4 (6) PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Project’’ means the

5 proposed project for construction of a multi-agency

6 campus, to be carried out by the town of Jackson in

7 cooperation with the other agencies and entities de8 scribed in section 2(a)(1), to provide, in accordance

9 with the master plan—

10 (A) administrative facilities for various

11 agencies and entities; and

12 (B) interpretive, educational, and other fa13 cilities for visitors to the greater Yellowstone

14 area.

15 (7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

16 the Secretary of Agriculture (including a designee of

17 the Secretary).

18 (8) STATE PARCEL.—The term ‘‘State parcel’’

19 means the parcel of land comprising approximately 3

20 acres, depicted as ‘‘Wyoming Game and Fish’’ on the

21 Map.

22 (9) TOWN.—The term ‘‘town’’ means the town of

23 Jackson, Wyoming.
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1 SEC. 4. MULTI-AGENCY CAMPUS PROJECT, JACKSON, WYO2 MING.

3 (a) CONSTRUCTION FOR EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after

5 the date of enactment of this Act, the town may con6 struct, as part of the Project, an administrative facil7 ity to be owned and operated by the Bridger-Teton

8 National Forest, if—

9 (A) an offer by the town to construct the ad10 ministrative facility is accepted by the Secretary

11 under paragraph (2);

12 (B) a memorandum of understanding be13 tween the town and the Secretary outlining the

14 roles and responsibilities of each party involved

15 in the land exchange and construction is exe16 cuted;

17 (C) a final building design and construction

18 cost estimate is approved by the Secretary; and

19 (D) the exchange described in subsection

20 (b)(2) is completed in accordance with that sub21 section.

22 (2) ACCEPTANCE AND AUTHORIZATION TO CON23 STRUCT.—The Secretary, on receipt of an acceptable

24 offer from the town under paragraph (1), shall au25 thorize the town to construct the administrative facil-
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1 ity described in paragraph (1) in accordance with

2 this Act.

3 (3) CONVEYANCE.—

4 (A) SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall con5 vey all right, title, and interest in and to the

6 Federal land described in section 5(a)(1) to the

7 town in simultaneous exchange for, and on satis8 factory completion of, the administrative facility.

9 (B) TOWN.—The town shall convey all

10 right, title, and interest in and to the adminis11 trative facility constructed under this section in

12 exchange for the land described in 5(a)(1).

13 (b) OFFER TO CONVEY STATE PARCEL.—

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may offer to

15 convey a portion of the State parcel, depicted on the

16 Map as ‘‘Parcel Three’’, to the United States to be

17 used for construction of an administrative facility for

18 the Bridger-Teton National Forest.

19 (2) CONVEYANCE.—If the offer described in para20 graph (1) is made not later than 5 years after the

21 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall con22 vey the Federal land described in section 5(a)(2) to

23 the Commission, in exchange for the portion of the

24 State parcel described in paragraph (1), in accord25 ance with this Act.
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1 SEC. 5. CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—In exchange for the consideration

3 described in section 3, the Secretary shall convey—

4 (1) to the town, in a manner that equalizes

5 values—

6 (A) the portion of the Federal parcel, com7 prising approximately 9.3 acres, depicted on the

8 Map as ‘‘Parcel Two’’; and

9 (B) if an additional conveyance of land is

10 necessary to equalize the values of land ex11 changed after the conveyance of Parcel Two, an

12 appropriate portion of the portion of the Federal

13 parcel comprising approximately 80 acres,

14 known as the ‘‘Cache Creek Administrative Site’’

15 and located adjacent to the town; and

16 (2) to the Commission, the portion of the Federal

17 parcel, comprising approximately 3.2 acres, depicted

18 on the Map as ‘‘Parcel One’’.

19 (b) REVERSIONARY INTERESTS.—As additional con20 sideration for acceptance by the United States of any offer

21 described in section 4, the United States shall relinquish

22 all reversionary interests in the State parcel, as set forth

23 in the deed between the United States and the State of Wyo24 ming, dated February 19, 1957, and recorded on October

25 2, 1967, in Book 14 of Deeds, Page 382, in the records of

26 Teton County, Wyoming.
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1 SEC. 6. EQUAL VALUE OF INTERESTS EXCHANGED.

2 (a) VALUATION OF LAND TO BE CONVEYED.—

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—The fair market and improve4 ment values of the land to be exchanged under this

5 Act shall be determined—

6 (A) by appraisals acceptable to the Sec7 retary, using nationally recognized appraisal

8 standards; and

9 (B) in accordance with section 206 of the

10 Federal Land Policy and Management Act of

11 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716).

12 (2) APPRAISAL REPORT.—Each appraisal report

13 shall be written to Federal standards, as defined in

14 the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land

15 Acquisitions developed by the Interagency Land Ac16 quisition Conference.

17 (3) NO EFFECT ON VALUE OF REVERSIONARY IN18 TERESTS.—An appraisal of the State parcel shall not

19 take into consideration any reversionary interest held

20 by the United States in the State parcel as of the date

21 on which the appraisal is conducted.

22 (b) VALUE OF FEDERAL LAND GREATER THAN CON23 STRUCTION COSTS.—If the value of the Federal land to be

24 conveyed to the town under section 5(a)(1) is greater than

25 the construction costs to be paid by the town for the admin26 istrative facility described in section 4(a), the Secretary
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1 shall reduce the acreage of the Federal land conveyed so that

2 the value of the Federal land conveyed to the town closely

3 approximates the construction costs.

4 (c) VALUE OF FEDERAL LAND EQUAL TO VALUE OF

5 STATE PARCEL.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The value of any Federal land

7 conveyed to the Commission under section 5(a)(2)

8 shall be equal to the value of the State parcel con9 veyed to the United States under section 4(b).

10 (2) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Fed11 eral land and the State parcel may be adjusted to

12 equalize values.

13 (d) PAYMENT OF CASH EQUALIZATION.—Notwith14 standing subsections (b) and (c), the values of Federal land

15 and the State parcel may be equalized by payment of cash

16 to the Secretary, the Commission, or the town, as appro17 priate, in accordance with section 206(b) of the Federal

18 Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C.

19 1716(b)), if the values cannot be equalized by adjusting the

20 size of parcels to be conveyed or by conveying additional

21 land, without compromising the design of the Project.

22 SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.

23 (a) CONSTRUCTION OF FEDERAL FACILITIES.—The

24 construction of facilities on Federal land within the bound25 aries of the Project shall be—
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1 (1) supervised and managed by the town in ac2 cordance with the memorandum of agreement referred

3 to in section 4(a)(1)(A); and

4 (2) carried out to standards and specifications

5 approved by the Secretary.

6 (b) ACCESS.—The town (including contractors and

7 subcontractors of the town) shall have access to the Federal

8 land until completion of construction for all purposes re9 lated to construction of facilities under this Act.

10 (c) ADMINISTRATION OF LAND ACQUIRED BY UNITED

11 STATES.—Land acquired by the United States under this

12 Act shall be governed by all laws applicable to the adminis13 tration of national forest sites.

14 (d) WETLAND.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be no construction

16 of any facility after the date of conveyance of Federal

17 land under this Act within any portion of the Federal

18 parcel delineated on the map as ‘‘wetlands’’.

19 (2) DEEDS AND CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS.—A

20 deed or other conveyance document executed by the

21 Secretary in carrying out this Act shall contain such

22 reservations as are necessary to preclude development

23 of wetland on any portion of the Federal parcel.