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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3147

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.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 21, 1996

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

Committee on Resources

A BILL

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,

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

4 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that the ex5 change of lands authorized by this Act will benefit both

6 the private landowners and the United States by consoli7 dating their respective land ownership patterns.
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1 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to author2 ize, facilitate, and expedite the land exchange set forth

3 herein.

4 SEC. 2. MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT LAND EXCHANGE.

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

6 may convey the Federal lands described in subsection

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

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

9 Act.

10 (b) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF

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

12 carried out in accordance with section 206 of the Federal

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

14 1716) and in accordance with other applicable laws.

15 (c) ACCEPTABILITY OF TITLE AND MANNER OF CON16 VEYANCE.—The Secretary of the Interior shall not carry

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

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

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

20 acceptable to the Secretary.

21 (d) LANDS TO BE EXCHANGED.—

22 (1) FEDERAL LANDS TO BE EXCHANGED.—The

23 Federal lands referred to in this Act to be exchanged

24 consist of approximately 179.4 acres in Mariposa

25 County, California as generally depicted on the map
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1 entitled ‘‘Merced Irrigation District Exchange—Pro2 posed, Federal Land’’, dated ——————— 1995,

3 more particularly described as follows:

4 T. 3 S., R. 15 E., MDM (Mount Diablo Meridian): sec. 35, SW1⁄4SE1 5 ⁄4, containing approximately

6 40 acres.

7 T. 4 S., R. 15 E., MDM (Mount Diablo Merid8 ian):

Sec. 14: E1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1 9 ⁄4, containing ap10 proximately 20 acres.

Sec. 23: NE1⁄4SE1 11 ⁄4, containing approxi12 mately 40 acres.

13 T. 5 S., R. 15 E., MDM (Mount Diablo Merid14 ian):

15 Sec. 2: Lot 1, containing approximately

16 57.9 acres.

17 Sec. 3: Lots 7 thru 15, containing approxi18 mately 21.5 acres.

19 (2) NON-FEDERAL LANDS TO BE EX20 CHANGED.—The non-Federal lands referred to in

21 this Act to be exchanged consist of approximately

22 160 acres in Mariposa County, California as gen23 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Merced Irriga24 tion District Exchange—Proposed, Non-Federal
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1 Land’’, dated —————— 1995, more particularly

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

Meridian): sec. 2, SE1 3 ⁄4.

4 (3) MAPS.—The maps referred to in this sub5 section shall be on file and available for inspection

6 in the office of the Director of the Bureau of Land

7 Management.

8 (4) PARTIAL REVOCATION OF WITHDRAWALS.—

9 The Executive order of December 31, 1912, creating

10 Powersite Reserve No. 328, and the withdrawal of

11 Federal lands for Power Project No. 2179, filed

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

13 the Federal Power Act are hereby revoked insofar as

14 they affect the Federal lands described in paragraph

15 (1).

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