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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4473 

To authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land exchange in Yavapai 

County, Arizona, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 4, 2016 

Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. SALMON, Mr. 

SCHWEIKERT, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. SINEMA, and Ms. 

MCSALLY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land exchange 

in Yavapai County, Arizona, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Cottonwood Land Ex5 change Act of 2016’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means 

9 Yavapai County, Arizona. 


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1 (2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 

2 means all right, title, and interest of the United 

3 States in and to approximately 80 acres of land 

4 within the Coconino National Forest, in Yavapai 

5 County, Arizona, generally depicted as ‘‘Coconino 

6 National Forest Parcels ‘Federal Land’ ’’ on the 

7 map. 

8 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en9 titled ‘‘Cottonwood Land Exchange’’, dated Decem10 ber 2015. 

11 (4) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed12 eral land’’ means the approximately 369 acres of 

13 land in Yavapai County, Arizona, generally depicted 

14 as ‘‘Yavapai County Parcels ‘Non-Federal Land’ ’’ 

15 on the map. 

16 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

17 the Secretary of Agriculture, unless otherwise speci18 fied. 

19 SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGE. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—If the County offers to convey to 

21 the Secretary all right, title, and interest of the County 

22 in and to the non-Federal land, the Secretary shall accept 

23 the offer and simultaneously convey to the County all 

24 right, title, and interest of the United States to the Fed25 eral land. 


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1 (b) LAND TITLE.—Title to the non-Federal land con2 veyed to the Secretary under this Act shall be acceptable 

3 to the Secretary and shall conform to the title approval 

4 standards of the Attorney General of the United States 

5 applicable to land acquisitions by the Federal Government. 

6 (c) EXCHANGE COSTS.—The County shall pay for all 

7 land survey, appraisal, and other costs to the Secretary 

8 as may be necessary to process and consummate the ex9 change under this Act, including reimbursement to the 

10 Secretary, if the Secretary so requests, for staff time spent 

11 in such processing and consummation. 

12 SEC. 4. EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE AND APPRAISALS. 

13 (a) APPRAISALS.—The values of the lands to be ex14 changed under this Act shall be determined by the Sec15 retary through appraisals performed in accordance with— 

16 (1) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Fed17 eral Land Acquisitions; 

18 (2) the Uniform Standards of Professional Ap19 praisal Practice; 

20 (3) appraisal instructions issued by the Sec21 retary; and 

22 (4) shall be performed by an appraiser mutually 

23 agreed to by the Secretary and the County. 

24 (b) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE.—The values of the 

25 Federal and non-Federal land parcels exchanged shall be 


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1 equal, or if they are not equal, shall be equalized as fol2 lows: 

3 (1) SURPLUS OF FEDERAL LAND VALUE.—If 

4 the final appraised value of the Federal land exceeds 

5 the final appraised value of the non-Federal land, 

6 the County shall make a cash equalization payment 

7 to the United States as necessary to achieve equal 

8 value, including, if necessary, an amount in excess of 

9 that authorized pursuant to section 206(b) of the 

10 Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 

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

12 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—Any cash equalization 

13 moneys received by the Secretary under paragraph 

14 (1) shall be— 

15 (A) deposited in the fund established under 

16 Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as the 

17 ‘‘Sisk Act’’; 16 U.S.C. 484a); and 

18 (B) made available to the Secretary for the 

19 acquisition of land or interests in land in Re20 gion 3 of the Forest Service. 

21 (3) SURPLUS OF NON-FEDERAL LAND VALUE.— 

22 If the final appraised value of the non-Federal land 

23 exceeds the final appraised value of the Federal 

24 land, the United States shall not make a cash 

25 equalization payment to the County, and surplus 


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1 value of the non-Federal land shall be considered a 

2 donation by the County to the United States for all 

3 purposes of law. 

4 SEC. 5. WITHDRAWAL PROVISIONS. 

5 Lands acquired by the Secretary under this Act shall, 

6 without further action by the Secretary, be permanently 

7 withdrawn from all forms of appropriation and disposal 

8 under the public land laws (including the mining and min9 eral leasing laws) and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1930 

10 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 

11 SEC. 6. MANAGEMENT OF LAND. 

12 Land acquired by the Secretary under this Act shall 

13 become part of the Coconino National Forest and be man14 aged in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations 

15 applicable to the National Forest System. 

16 SEC. 7. MAPS, ESTIMATES, AND DESCRIPTIONS. 

17 (a) MINOR ERRORS.—The Secretary and the County 

18 may, by mutual agreement— 

19 (1) make minor boundary adjustments to the 

20 Federal and non-Federal lands involved in the ex21 change; and 

22 (2) correct any minor errors in any map, acre23 age estimate, or description of any land to be ex24 changed. 


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1 (b) CONFLICT.—If there is a conflict between a map, 

2 an acreage estimate, or a description of land under this 

3 Act, the map shall control unless the Secretary and the 

4 County mutually agree otherwise. 

5 (c) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall file and 

6 make available for public inspection in the headquarters 

7 of the Coconino National Forest a copy of all maps re8 ferred to in this Act. 

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