IIB 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2675 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 1 (legislative day, MARCH 13), 2008 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

and Forestry 

AN ACT 

To provide for the conveyance of approximately 140 acres 

of land in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma 

to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts 

of America, 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 ‘‘Help to Access Land 

3 for the Education of Scouts’’ or ‘‘HALE Scouts Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. LAND CONVEYANCE, OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST, 

5 OKLAHOMA. 

6 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that it is in the public 

7 interest to provide for the sale of certain federally owned 

8 land in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma to the 

9 Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts of Amer10 ica, for market value consideration. 

11 (b) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—Subject to valid exist12 ing rights, the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey, by 

13 quitclaim deed, to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the 

14 Boy Scouts of America (in this section referred to as the 

15 ‘‘Council’’) all right, title, and interest of the United 

16 States in and to certain National Forest System land in 

17 the Ouachita National Forest in the State of Oklahoma 

18 consisting of approximately 140 acres, depending on the 

19 final measurement of the road set back and the actual size 

20 of the affected sections, as more fully described in sub21 section (c). The conveyance may not include any land lo22 cated within the Indian Nations National Scenic and Wild23 life Area designated by section 10 of the Winding Stair 

24 Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Area Act 

25 (16 U.S.C. 460vv–8). 


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1 (c) COVERED LANDS.—The National Forest System 

2 land to be conveyed under subsection (b) is depicted on 

3 the map entitled ‘‘Boy Scout Land Request–Ouachita 

4 NF’’. The map shall be on file and available for public 

5 inspection in the Forest Service Regional Office in At6 lanta, Georgia. 

7 (d) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the land 

8 conveyed under subsection (b), the Council shall pay to 

9 the Secretary an amount equal to the fair market value 

10 of the land, as determined by an appraisal approved by 

11 the Secretary and done in conformity with the Uniform 

12 Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and 

13 section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 

14 Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716). 

15 (e) USE OF PROCEEDS.—The consideration received 

16 under subsection (d) shall be deposited in the fund estab17 lished by Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as the 

18 ‘‘Sisk Act’’; 16 U.S.C. 484a). The amount so deposited 

19 shall be available to the Secretary, without further appro20 priation, for expenditure for the acquisition of land and 

21 interests in land in the Ouachita National Forest. 

22 (f) SURVEY AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The 

23 exact acreage and legal description of the land to be con24 veyed under subsection (b) shall be determined by a survey 

25 satisfactory to the Secretary. The Council shall pay the 


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1 reasonable costs of survey, appraisal, and any administra2 tive analyses required by law. 

3 (g) ACCESS.—Access to the land conveyed under sub4 section (b) shall be from the adjacent land of the Council 

5 or its successor. Notwithstanding section 1323(a) of the 

6 Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 

7 U.S.C. 3210(a)), the Secretary shall not be required to 

8 provide additional access to the conveyed land. 

9 (h) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The 

10 Secretary may prescribe such terms and conditions on the 

11 conveyance under subsection (b) as the Secretary con12 siders in the public interest, including the reservation of 

13 access rights to the conveyed land for administrative pur14 poses. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 31, 

2008. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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