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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1374

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 27, 2000

Referred to the Committee on Resources

AN ACT

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—

5 (1) to authorize the Federal agencies specified

6 in subsection (a)—

7 (A) to 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) to provide resources and enter into

12 such agreements as are necessary for the plan13 ning, design, construction, operation, mainte14 nance, and fixture modifications of all elements

15 of the Project;

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

17 town of Jackson, Wyoming, certain parcels of feder18 ally owned land located in Teton County, Wyoming,

19 in exchange for construction of facilities for the

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

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

23 Game and Fish Commission of the State of Wyo24 ming certain parcels of federally owned land in the

25 town of Jackson, Wyoming, in exchange for approxi-
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1 mately 1.35 acres of land, also located in the town

2 of Jackson, to be used in the construction of the

3 Project; and

4 (4) to relinquish certain reversionary interests

5 of the United States in order to facilitate the trans6 actions described in paragraphs (1) through (3).

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—

20 (A) the parcel of land, and all appur21 tenances to the land, comprising approximately

22 15.3 acres, depicted as ‘‘Bridger-Teton Na23 tional Forest’’ on the Map; and
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1 (B) the parcel comprising approximately

2 80 acres, known as the ‘‘Cache Creek Adminis3 trative Site’’, located adjacent to the town.

4 (4) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en5 titled ‘‘Multi-Agency Campus Project Site’’, dated

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

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

8 the State of Wyoming; and

9 (B) the Chief of the Forest Service.

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

11 means the document entitled ‘‘Conceptual Master

12 Plan’’, dated July 14, 1998, and on file at the of13 fices of—

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

15 the State of Wyoming; and

16 (B) the Chief of the Forest Service.

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

18 proposed project for construction of a multi-agency

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

20 cooperation with the other agencies and entities de21 scribed in section 2(a)(1), to provide, in accordance

22 with the master plan—

23 (A) administrative facilities for various

24 agencies and entities; and
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1 (B) interpretive, educational, and other fa2 cilities for visitors to the greater Yellowstone

3 area.

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

5 the Secretary of Agriculture (including a designee of

6 the Secretary).

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

8 means the parcel of land comprising approximately

9 3 acres, depicted as ‘‘Wyoming Game and Fish’’ on

10 the Map.

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

12 of Jackson, Wyoming.

13 SEC. 4. MULTI-AGENCY CAMPUS PROJECT, JACKSON, WYO14 MING.

15 (a) CONSTRUCTION FOR EXCHANGE OF PROP16 ERTY.—

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

18 the date of enactment of this Act, the town may con19 struct, as part of the Project, an administrative fa20 cility to be owned and operated by the Bridger21 Teton National Forest, if—

22 (A) an offer by the town to construct the

23 administrative facility is accepted by the Sec24 retary under paragraph (2);
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1 (B) a memorandum of understanding be2 tween the town and the Secretary outlining the

3 roles and responsibilities of each party involved

4 in the land exchange and construction is exe5 cuted;

6 (C) a final building design and construc7 tion cost estimate is approved by the Secretary;

8 and

9 (D) the exchange described in subsection

10 (b)(2) is completed in accordance with that sub11 section.

12 (2) ACCEPTANCE AND AUTHORIZATION TO CON13 STRUCT.—The Secretary, on receipt of an acceptable

14 offer from the town under paragraph (1), shall au15 thorize the town to construct the administrative fa16 cility described in paragraph (1) in accordance with

17 this Act.

18 (3) CONVEYANCE.—

19 (A) SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall con20 vey all right, title, and interest in and to the

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

22 town in simultaneous exchange for, and on sat23 isfactory completion of, the administrative facil24 ity.
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1 (B) TOWN.—The town shall convey all

2 right, title, and interest in and to the adminis3 trative facility constructed under this section in

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

5 (b) OFFER TO CONVEY STATE PARCEL.—

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

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

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

9 be used for construction of an administrative facility

10 for the Bridger-Teton National Forest.

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

12 paragraph (1) is made not later than 5 years after

13 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary

14 shall convey the Federal land described in section

15 5(a)(2) to the Commission, in exchange for the por16 tion of the State parcel described in paragraph (1),

17 in accordance with this Act.

18 SEC. 5. CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND.

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

20 described in section 3, the Secretary shall convey—

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

22 values—

23 (A) the portion of the Federal parcel, com24 prising approximately 9.3 acres, depicted on the

25 Map as ‘‘Parcel Two’’; and
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1 (B) if an additional conveyance of land is

2 necessary to equalize the values of land ex3 changed after the conveyance of Parcel Two, an

4 appropriate portion of the portion of the Fed5 eral parcel comprising approximately 80 acres,

6 known as the ‘‘Cache Creek Administrative

7 Site’’ and located adjacent to the town; and

8 (2) to the Commission, the portion of the Fed9 eral parcel, comprising approximately 3.2 acres, de10 picted on the Map as ‘‘Parcel One’’.

11 (b) REVERSIONARY INTERESTS.—As additional con12 sideration for acceptance by the United States of any offer

13 described in section 4, the United States shall relinquish

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

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

16 Wyoming, dated February 19, 1957, and recorded on Oc17 tober 2, 1967, in Book 14 of Deeds, Page 382, in the

18 records of Teton County, Wyoming.

19 SEC. 6. EQUAL VALUE OF INTERESTS EXCHANGED.

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

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The fair market and im22 provement values of the land to be exchanged under

23 this Act shall be determined—
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1 (A) by appraisals acceptable to the Sec2 retary, using nationally recognized appraisal

3 standards; and

4 (B) in accordance with section 206 of the

5 Federal Land Policy and Management Act of

6 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716).

7 (2) APPRAISAL REPORT.—Each appraisal re8 port shall be written to Federal standards, as de9 fined in the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Fed10 eral Land Acquisitions developed by the Interagency

11 Land Acquisition Conference.

12 (3) NO EFFECT ON VALUE OF REVERSIONARY

13 INTERESTS.—An appraisal of the State parcel shall

14 not take into consideration any reversionary interest

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

16 the date on which the appraisal is conducted.

17 (b) VALUE OF FEDERAL LAND GREATER THAN CON18 STRUCTION COSTS.—If the value of the Federal land to

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

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

21 administrative facility described in section 4(a), the Sec22 retary shall reduce the acreage of the Federal land con23 veyed so that the value of the Federal land conveyed to

24 the town closely approximates the construction costs.
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1 (c) VALUE OF FEDERAL LAND EQUAL TO VALUE OF

2 STATE PARCEL.—

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

4 land conveyed to the Commission under section

5 5(a)(2) shall be equal to the value of the State par6 cel conveyed to the United States under section 4(b).

7 (2) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Fed8 eral land and the State parcel may be adjusted to

9 equalize values.

10 (d) PAYMENT OF CASH EQUALIZATION.—Notwith11 standing subsections (b) and (c), the values of Federal

12 land and the State parcel may be equalized by payment

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

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

15 Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43

16 U.S.C. 1716(b)), if the values cannot be equalized by ad17 justing the size of parcels to be conveyed or by conveying

18 additional land, without compromising the design of the

19 Project.

20 SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.

21 (a) CONSTRUCTION OF FEDERAL FACILITIES.—The

22 construction of facilities on Federal land within the bound23 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 re3 ferred 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 Fed8 eral land until completion of construction for all purposes

9 related to construction of facilities under this Act.

10 (c) ADMINISTRATION OF LAND ACQUIRED BY

11 UNITED STATES.—Land acquired by the United States

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

13 the administration of national forest sites.

14 (d) WETLAND.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be no construc16 tion of any facility after the date of conveyance of

17 Federal land under this Act within any portion of

18 the Federal parcel delineated on the map as ‘‘wet19 lands’’.

20 (2) DEEDS AND CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS.—A

21 deed or other conveyance document executed by the

22 Secretary in carrying out this Act shall contain such

23 reservations as are necessary to preclude develop-
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1 ment of wetland on any portion of the Federal par2 cel.

Passed the Senate November 19, 1999.

Attest: GARY SISCO,

Secretary.