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Union Calendar No. 336 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2675 

[Report No. 110–553] 

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 

MARCH 31, 2008 

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 June 12, 2007] 

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, 


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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 America, 

10 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 States 

16 in and to certain National Forest System land in the 

17 Ouachita National Forest in the State of Oklahoma con18 sisting of approximately 140 acres, depending on the final 

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

20 affected sections, as more fully described in subsection (c). 

21 The conveyance may not include any land located within 

22 the Indian Nations National Scenic and Wildlife Area des23 ignated by section 10 of the Winding Stair Mountain Na24 tional Recreation and Wilderness Area Act (16 U.S.C. 

25 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 the 

3 map entitled ‘‘Boy Scout Land Request–Ouachita NF’’. The 

4 map shall be on file and available for public inspection in 

5 the Forest Service Regional Office in Atlanta, Georgia. 

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

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

8 Secretary an amount equal to the fair market value of the 

9 land, as determined by an appraisal approved by the Sec10 retary and done in conformity with the Uniform Appraisal 

11 Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and section 206 

12 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 

13 (43 U.S.C. 1716). 

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

15 under subsection (d) shall be deposited in the fund estab16 lished by Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as the 

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

18 be available to the Secretary, without further appropria19 tion, for expenditure for the acquisition of land and inter20 ests in land in the Ouachita National Forest. 

21 (f) SURVEY AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The exact 

22 acreage and legal description of the land to be conveyed 

23 under subsection (b) shall be determined by a survey satis24 factory to the Secretary. The Council shall pay the reasonVerDate Aug 31 2005 01:54 Apr 01, 2008 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2675.RH H2675

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1 able costs of survey, appraisal, and any administrative 

2 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 pro8 vide additional access to the conveyed land. 

9 (h) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec10 retary may prescribe such terms and conditions on the con11 veyance under subsection (b) as the Secretary considers in 

12 the public interest, including the reservation of access rights 

13 to the conveyed land for administrative purposes. 


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Union Calendar No. 336 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2675 

[Report No. 110

–553] 

A BILL 

To provide for the conveyance of approximately 140 

poses. the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purOklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of acres of land in the Ouachita National Forest in 

MARCH 31, 2008 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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