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Union Calendar No. 146

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1651

[Report No. 108–256] 

To provide for the exchange of land within the Sierra National Forest, 

California, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 7, 2003

Mr. RADANOVICH (for himself, Mr. NUNES, and Mr. DOOLEY of California) 

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

SEPTEMBER 3, 2003 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 7, 2003] 

A BILL

To provide for the exchange of land within the Sierra 

National Forest, California, 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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sierra National Forest 

3 Land Exchange Act of 2003’’. 

4 SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST, CALI5 FORNIA. 

6 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

8 means the parcels of land and improvements thereon 

9 comprising approximately 160 acres and located in 

township 9 south, range 25 east, section 30, E1⁄2SW1 10 ⁄4

and W1⁄2 SE1 11 ⁄4, Mt. Diablo Meridian, California. 

12 (2) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed13 eral land’’ means a parcel of land comprising ap14 proximately 80 acres and located in township 8 

south, range 26 east, section 29, N1⁄2NW1 15 ⁄4, Mt. Dia16 blo Meridian, California. 

17 (b) EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED.—

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—If, during the one-year period 

19 beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 

20 owner of the non-Federal land offers the United States 

21 the exchange of the non-Federal land and a cash 

22 equalization payment of $50,000, the Secretary shall 

23 convey, by quit claim deed, all right, title, and inter24 est of the United States in and to the Federal land. 

25 The conveyance of the Federal land shall be subject to 
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1 valid existing rights and under such terms and condi2 tions as the Secretary may prescribe. 

3 (2) ACCEPTABLE TITLE.—Title to the non-Fed4 eral land shall conform with the title approval stand5 ards of the Attorney General applicable to Federal 

6 land acquisitions and shall be acceptable to the Sec7 retary. 

8 (3) CORRECTION AND MODIFICATION OF LEGAL

9 DESCRIPTIONS.—The Secretary, in consultation with 

10 the owner of the non-Federal land, may make correc11 tions to the legal descriptions of the Federal land and 

12 non-Federal land. The Secretary and the owner of the 

13 non-Federal land may make minor modifications to 

14 such descriptions insofar as such modifications do not 

15 affect the overall value of the exchange by more than 

16 five percent. 

17 (c) VALUATION OF LAND TO BE CONVEYED.—For pur18 poses of this section, during the period referred to in sub19 section (b)(1), the value of the non-Federal land shall be 

20 deemed to be $200,000 and the value of the Federal land 

21 shall be deemed to be $250,000. 

22 (d) ADMINISTRATION OF LAND ACQUIRED BY UNITED

23 STATES.—Once acquired, the Secretary shall manage the 

24 non-Federal land in accordance with the Act of March 1, 

25 1911 (commonly known as the Weeks Act; 16 U.S.C. 480 
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1 et seq.), and in accordance with the other laws and regula2 tions pertaining to National Forest System lands. 

3 (e) RECONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—The conveyance 

4 under subsection (b) shall be subject to the condition that 

5 the recipient of the Federal land convey all 160 acres of 

6 the Federal land to the Sequoia Council of the Boy Scouts 

7 of America not later than four months after the date on 

8 which the recipient receives the Federal land from the Sec9 retary under subsection (b). 

10 (f) DISPOSITION AND USE OF CASH EQUALIZATION

11 FUNDS.—The Secretary shall deposit the cash equalization 

12 payment received under subsection (b) in the fund estab13 lished by Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as the Sisk 

14 Act; 16 U.S.C. 484a). The cash equalization payment shall 

15 be available to the Secretary until expended, without further 

16 appropriation, for the acquisition of lands and interests in 

17 lands for the National Forest System in the State of Cali18 fornia. 

19 (g) COST COLLECTION FUNDS.—The owner of the non20 Federal land shall be responsible for all direct costs associ21 ated with processing the land exchange under this section 

22 and shall pay the Secretary the necessary funds, which shall 

23 be deposited in a cost collection account. Funds so deposited 

24 shall be available to the Secretary until expended, without 

25 further appropriation, for the cost associated with the land 
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1 exchange. Any funds remaining after completion of the land 

2 exchange, which are not needed to cover expenses, shall be 

3 refunded to the owner of the non-Federal land. 
Union Calendar No. 146

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1651

[Report No. 108–256] 

A BILL

To provide for the exchange of land within the Sierra National Forest, California, and for other 

purposes. 

SEPTEMBER 3, 2003

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 

and ordered to be printed