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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2675 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 12, 2007 

Mr. BOREN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Help to Access Land 

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


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

2 OKLAHOMA. 

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

4 interest to provide for the sale of certain federally owned 

5 land in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma to the 

6 Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts of Amer7 ica, for market value consideration. 

8 (b) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—Subject to valid exist9 ing rights, the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey, by 

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

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

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

13 States in and to certain National Forest System land in 

14 the Ouachita National Forest in the State of Oklahoma 

15 consisting of approximately 140 acres, depending on the 

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

17 of the affected sections, as more fully described in sub18 section (c). The conveyance may not include any land lo19 cated within the Indian Nations National Scenic and Wild20 life Area designated by section 10 of the Winding Stair 

21 Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Area Act 

22 (16 U.S.C. 460vv–8). 

23 (c) DESCRIPTION OF LANDS.—The National Forest 

24 System land to be conveyed under subsection (b) consists 

25 of the following parcels: 


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1 (1) A parcel of approximately 20 acres con2 sisting of the West Half of the Southwest Quarter 

3 of the Southwest Quarter west of K07A road of sec4 tion 10 of Township 3 North, Range 23 East, In5 dian meridian. 

6 (2) A parcel of approximately 120 acres con7 sisting of the North Half of the Northwest Quarter 

8 and the North Half of the South Half of the North9 west Quarter of section 15 of Township 3 North, 

10 Range 23 East, Indian meridian. 

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

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

13 the Secretary an amount equal to the fair market value 

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

15 the Secretary and done in conformity with the Uniform 

16 Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions. The 

17 appraiser shall determine the value of the land as a sepa18 rate tract or tracts, and not as part of a larger parcel. 

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

20 under subsection (d) shall be deposited in the fund estab21 lished by Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as the 

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

23 shall be available to the Secretary, without further appro24 priation, for expenditure for the acquisition of land and 

25 interests in land in the Ouachita National Forest. 


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1 (f) SURVEY AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The 

2 exact acreage and legal description of the land to be con3 veyed under subsection (b) shall be determined by a survey 

4 satisfactory to the Secretary. The Council shall pay the 

5 reasonable costs of survey, appraisal, and any administra6 tive analyses required by law. 

7 (g) ACCESS.—Access to the land conveyed under sub8 section (b) shall be from the adjacent land of the Council 

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

10 Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 

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

12 provide additional access to the conveyed land. 

13 (h) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The 

14 Secretary may prescribe such terms and conditions on the 

15 conveyance under subsection (b) as the Secretary con16 siders in the public interest, including the reservation of 

17 access rights to the conveyed land for administrative pur18 poses. 

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