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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1374

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

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’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

8 (1) the management of public land and natural

9 resources and the service of the public in the area
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1 of Jackson, Wyoming, are responsibilities shared

2 by—

3 (A) the Department of Agriculture;

4 (B) the Forest Service;

5 (C) the Department of the Interior,

6 including—

7 (i) the National Park Service; and

8 (ii) the United States Fish and Wild9 life Service;

10 (D) the Game and Fish Commission of the

11 State of Wyoming;

12 (E) Teton County, Wyoming;

13 (F) the town of Jackson, Wyoming;

14 (G) the Jackson Chamber of Commerce;

15 and

16 (H) the Jackson Hole Historical Society;

17 and

18 (2) it is desirable to locate the administrative

19 offices of several of the agencies and entities speci20 fied in paragraph (1) on 1 site to—

21 (A) facilitate communication between the

22 agencies and entities;

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

24 local governments; and

25 (C) better serve the public.
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1 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are to—

2 (1) authorize the Federal agencies specified in

3 subsection (a) to—

4 (A) develop and maintain the Project in

5 Jackson, Wyoming, in cooperation with the

6 other agencies and entities specified in sub7 section (a); and

8 (B) provide resources and enter into such

9 agreements as are necessary for the planning,

10 design, construction, operation, maintenance,

11 and fixture modifications of all elements of the

12 Project;

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

14 of Jackson, Wyoming, certain parcels of federally

15 owned land located in Teton County, Wyoming, in

16 exchange for construction of facilities for the

17 Bridger-Teton National Forest by the town of Jack18 son;

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

20 and Fish Commission of the State of Wyoming cer21 tain parcels of federally owned land in the town of

22 Jackson, Wyoming, in exchange for approximately

23 1.35 acres of land, also located in the town of Jack24 son, to be used in the construction of the Project;

25 and
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1 (4) relinquish certain reversionary interests of

2 the United States in order to facilitate the trans3 actions described in paragraphs (1) through (4).

4 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

5 In this Act:

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

7 means the Game and Fish Commission of the State

8 of Wyoming.

9 (2) CONSTRUCTION COST.—The term ‘‘con10 struction cost’’ means any cost that is—

11 (A) associated with building improvements

12 to Federal standards and guidelines; and

13 (B) open to a competitive bidding process

14 approved by the Secretary.

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

16 parcel’’ means the parcel of land, and all appur17 tenances to the land, comprising approximately 15.3

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

19 on the Map.

20 (4) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en21 titled ‘‘Multi-Agency Campus Project Site’’, dated

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

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

24 the State of Wyoming; and

25 (B) the Chief of the Forest Service.
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1 (5) MASTER PLAN.—The term ‘‘master plan’’

2 means the document entitled ‘‘Conceptual Master

3 Plan’’, dated July 14, 1998, and on file at the of4 fices of—

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

6 the State of Wyoming; and

7 (B) the Chief of the Forest Service.

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

9 proposed project for construction of a multi-agency

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

11 cooperation with the other agencies and entities de12 scribed in section 2(a)(1), to provide, in accordance

13 with the master plan—

14 (A) administrative facilities for various

15 agencies and entities; and

16 (B) interpretive, educational, and other fa17 cilities for visitors to the greater Yellowstone

18 area.

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

20 the Secretary of Agriculture (including a designee of

21 the Secretary).

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

23 means the parcel of land comprising approximately

24 3 acres, depicted as ‘‘Wyoming Game and Fish’’ on

25 the Map.
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1 (9) TOWN.—The term ‘‘town’’ means the town

2 of Jackson, Wyoming.

3 SEC. 4. MULTI-AGENCY CAMPUS PROJECT, JACKSON, WYO4 MING.

5 (a) CONSTRUCTION OFFERS FOR EXCHANGE OF

6 PROPERTY.—

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The town may offer to con8 struct, as part of the Project, an administrative fa9 cility for the Bridger-Teton National Forest.

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

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

12 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary

13 shall convey the Federal land described in section

14 5(a)(1) to the town, in exchange for the completed

15 administrative facility described in this paragraph,

16 in accordance with this Act.

17 (b) OFFER TO CONVEY STATE PARCEL.—

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

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

20 the Map as ‘‘Parcel Three’’, to the United States to

21 be used for construction of an administrative facility

22 for the Bridger-Teton National Forest.

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

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

25 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
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1 shall convey, through a simultaneous conveyance, the

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

3 Commission, in exchange for the portion of the State

4 parcel described in paragraph (2), in accordance

5 with this Act.

6 SEC. 5. CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND.

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

8 described in section 3, the Secretary shall convey—

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

10 comprising approximately 9.3 acres, depicted on the

11 Map as ‘‘Parcel Two’’; and

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

13 parcel comprising approximately 3.2 acres, depicted

14 on the Map as ‘‘Parcel One’’.

15 (b) REVERSIONARY INTERESTS.—As additional con16 sideration for acceptance by the United States of any offer

17 described in section 4, the United States shall relinquish

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

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

20 Wyoming, dated February 19, 1957, and recorded on Oc21 tober 2, 1967, in Book 14 of Deeds, Page 382, in the

22 records of Teton County, Wyoming.

23 SEC. 6. EQUAL VALUE OF INTERESTS EXCHANGED.

24 (a) VALUATION OF LAND TO BE CONVEYED.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The fair market and im2 provement values of the land to be exchanged under

3 this Act shall be determined—

4 (A) by appraisals acceptable to the Sec5 retary, utilizing nationally recognized appraisal

6 standards; and

7 (B) in accordance with section 206 of the

8 Federal Land Policy and Management Act of

9 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716).

10 (2) APPRAISAL REPORT.—Each appraisal re11 port shall be written to Federal standards, as de12 fined in the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Fed13 eral Land Acquisitions developed by the Interagency

14 Land Acquisition Conference.

15 (3) NO EFFECT ON VALUE OF REVERSIONARY

16 INTERESTS.—An appraisal of the State parcel shall

17 not take into consideration any reversionary interest

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

19 the date on which the appraisal is conducted.

20 (b) VALUE OF FEDERAL LAND GREATER THAN CON21 STRUCTION COSTS.—If the value of the Federal land to

22 be conveyed to the town under section 5(a)(1) is greater

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

24 administrative facility described in section 4(a), the Sec25 retary shall reduce the acreage of the Federal land con-
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1 veyed so that the value of the Federal land conveyed to

2 the town closely approximates the construction costs.

3 (c) VALUE OF FEDERAL LAND LESS THAN CON4 STRUCTION COSTS.—If the value of the Federal land to

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

6 the construction costs to be paid by the town for the ad7 ministrative facility described in section 4(a), the Sec8 retary may convey to the town additional Federal land ad9 ministered by the Secretary for national forest administra10 tive site purposes in Teton County, Wyoming, so that the

11 total value of the Federal land conveyed to the town close12 ly approximates the construction costs.

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

14 STATE PARCEL.—

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

16 land conveyed to the Commission under section

17 5(a)(2) shall be equal to the value of the State par18 cel conveyed to the United States under section 4(b).

19 (2) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Fed20 eral land and the State parcel may be adjusted to

21 equalize values.

22 (e) PAYMENT OF CASH EQUALIZATION.—Notwith23 standing subsections (b) through (d), the values of Federal

24 land and the State parcel may be equalized by payment

25 of cash to the Secretary, the Commission, or the town,
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1 as appropriate, in accordance with section 206(b) of the

2 Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43

3 U.S.C. 1716(b)), if the values cannot be equalized by ad4 justing the size of parcels to be conveyed or by conveying

5 additional land, without compromising the design of the

6 Project.

7 SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.

8 (a) CONSTRUCTION OF FEDERAL FACILITIES.—The

9 construction of facilities on Federal land within the bound10 aries of the Project shall be—

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

12 (2) carried out to standards and specifications

13 approved by the Secretary.

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

15 subcontractors of the town) shall have access to the Fed16 eral land until completion of construction for all purposes

17 related to construction of facilities under this Act.

18 (c) ADMINISTRATION OF LAND ACQUIRED BY

19 UNITED STATES.—Land acquired by the United States

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

21 the administration of national forest sites.

22 (d) WETLAND.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be no construc24 tion of any facility after the date of conveyance of

25 Federal land under this Act within any portion of
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1 the Federal parcel delineated on the map as ‘‘wet2 lands’’.

3 (2) DEEDS AND CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS.—A

4 deed or other conveyance document executed by the

5 Secretary in carrying out this Act shall contain such

6 reservations as are necessary to preclude develop7 ment of wetland on any portion of the Federal par8 cel.

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