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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3147

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 5, 1996

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural

Resources

AN ACT

To provide for the exchange of certain Federal lands in

the State of California managed by the Bureau of Land

Management for certain non-Federal lands, 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. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

2 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that the ex3 change of lands authorized by this Act will benefit both

4 the private landowners and the United States by consoli5 dating their respective land ownership patterns.

6 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to author7 ize, facilitate, and expedite the land exchange set forth

8 herein.

9 SEC. 2. MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT LAND EXCHANGE.

10 (a) CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary of the Interior

11 may convey the Federal lands described in subsection

12 (d)(1) in exchange for the non-Federal lands described in

13 subsection (d)(2), in accordance with the provisions of this

14 Act.

15 (b) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF

16 LAW.—The land exchange required in this Act shall be

17 carried out in accordance with section 206 of the Federal

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

19 1716) and in accordance with other applicable laws.

20 (c) ACCEPTABILITY OF TITLE AND MANNER OF CON21 VEYANCE.—The Secretary of the Interior shall not carry

22 out an exchange described in subsection (a) unless the title

23 to the non-Federal lands to be conveyed to the United

24 States, and the form and procedures of conveyance, are

25 acceptable to the Secretary.

26 (d) LANDS TO BE EXCHANGED.—
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1 (1) FEDERAL LANDS TO BE EXCHANGED.—The

2 Federal lands referred to in this Act to be exchanged

3 consist of approximately 179.4 acres in Mariposa

4 County, California as generally depicted on the map

5 entitled ‘‘Merced Irrigation District Exchange—Pro6 posed, Federal Land’’, dated ——————— 1995,

7 more particularly described as follows:

8 T. 3 S., R. 15 E., MDM (Mount Diablo Meridian): sec. 35, SW1⁄4SE1 9 ⁄4, containing approximately

10 40 acres.

11 T. 4 S., R. 15 E., MDM (Mount Diablo Merid12 ian):

Sec. 14: E1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1 13 ⁄4, containing ap14 proximately 20 acres.

Sec. 23: NE1⁄4SE1 15 ⁄4, containing approxi16 mately 40 acres.

17 T. 5 S., R. 15 E., MDM (Mount Diablo Merid18 ian):

19 Sec. 2: Lot 1, containing approximately

20 57.9 acres.

21 Sec. 3: Lots 7 thru 15, containing approxi22 mately 21.5 acres.

23 (2) NON-FEDERAL LANDS TO BE EX24 CHANGED.—The non-Federal lands referred to in
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1 this Act to be exchanged consist of approximately

2 160 acres in Mariposa County, California as gen3 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Merced Irriga4 tion District Exchange—Proposed, Non-Federal

5 Land’’, dated —————— 1995, more particularly

6 described as T. 4 S., R17E MDM (Mount Diablo

Meridian): sec. 2, SE1 7 ⁄4.

8 (3) MAPS.—The maps referred to in this sub9 section shall be on file and available for inspection

10 in the office of the Director of the Bureau of Land

11 Management.

12 (4) PARTIAL REVOCATION OF WITHDRAWALS.—

13 The Executive order of December 31, 1912, creating

14 Powersite Reserve No. 328, and the withdrawal of

15 Federal lands for Power Project No. 2179, filed

16 February 21, 1963, in accordance with section 24 of

17 the Federal Power Act are hereby revoked insofar as

18 they affect the Federal lands described in paragraph

19 (1). Any patent issued on such Federal lands shall

20 not be subject to section 24 of said Act.

Passed the House of Representatives September 4,

1996.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.