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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 483 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public land 

within the Henry’s Lake Wilderness Study Area in the State of Idaho 

to resolve an unauthorized use and an occupancy encroachment dating 

back to 1983. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 10, 2019 

Mr. SIMPSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 

public land within the Henry’s Lake Wilderness Study 

Area in the State of Idaho to resolve an unauthorized 

use and an occupancy encroachment dating back to 

1983. 

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

3 SECTION 1. LAND CONVEYANCE AND UTILITY RIGHT-OF4 WAY, HENRY’S LAKE WILDERNESS STUDY 

5 AREA, IDAHO. 

6 (a) CONVEYANCE AND RIGHT-OF-WAY AUTHOR7 IZED.—Notwithstanding section 603(c) of the Federal 


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

2 1782(c)), the Secretary of the Interior may— 

3 (1) convey to the owner of a private residence 

4 located at 3787 Valhalla Road in Island Park, Idaho 

5 (in this section referred to as the ‘‘owner’’), all 

6 right, title, and interest of the United States in and 

7 to the approximately 0.5 acres of Federal land in the 

8 Henry’s Lake Wilderness Study Area described as 

9 lot 14, section 33, Township 16 North, Range 43 

10 East, Boise Meridian, Fremont County, Idaho; and 

11 (2) grant Fall River Electric in Ashton, Idaho, 

12 the right to operate, maintain, and rehabilitate a 

13 right-of-way encumbering approximately 0.4 acres of 

14 Federal land in the Henry’s Lake Wilderness Study 

15 Area described as lot 15, section 33, Township 16 

16 North, Range 43 East, Boise Meridian, Fremont 

17 County, Idaho, which includes an electric distribu18 tion line and access road, 850′ in length, 20′ in 

19 width. 

20 (b) CONSIDERATION; CONDITIONS.— 

21 (1) LAND DISPOSAL.—The Secretary shall con22 vey the land under subsection (a)(1) in accordance 

23 with section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and 

24 Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1713) and part 

25 2711.3–3 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations. 


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1 As consideration for the conveyance the owner shall 

2 pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the fair 

3 market value as valued by a qualified land appraisal 

4 and approved by the Appraisal and Valuation Serv5 ices Office. 

6 (2) RIGHT-OF-WAY.—The Secretary shall grant 

7 the right-of-way granted under subsection (a)(2) in 

8 accordance with section 205 of the Federal Land 

9 Policy and Management Act of 1976 and part 2800 

10 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations. 

11 (c) EXEMPTIONS.—Land conveyed under subsection 

12 (a)(1) shall be exempt from all requirements of— 

13 (1) the Bureau of Land Management Manual 

14 6330—‘‘Management of BLM Wilderness Study 

15 Areas’’; and 

16 (2) the National Environmental Policy Act of 

17 1969. 

18 (d) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The 

19 Secretary may require such additional terms and condi20 tions in connection with the conveyance of the land and 

21 the grant of the right-of-way under this section as the Sec22 retary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the 

23 United States. 

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