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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 832 

To provide for the sale of approximately 25 acres of public land to the 

Turnabout Ranch, Escalante, Utah, at fair market value. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 9, 2007 

Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. BENNETT) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To provide for the sale of approximately 25 acres of public 

land to the Turnabout Ranch, Escalante, Utah, at fair 

market value. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act: 

5 (1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 

6 means the approximately 25 acres of Bureau of 

7 Land Management land identified on the map as 

8 ‘‘Lands to be conveyed to Turnabout Ranch’’. 


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1 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en2 titled ‘‘Turnabout Ranch Conveyance’’ dated May 

3 12, 2006, and on file in the office of the Director 

4 of the Bureau of Land Management. 

5 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

6 the Secretary of the Interior. 

7 (4) MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Monument’’ 

8 means the Grand Staircase-Escalante National 

9 Monument located in southern Utah. 

10 (5) TURNABOUT RANCH.—The term ‘‘Turn11 about Ranch’’ means the Turnabout Ranch in 

12 Escalante, Utah, owned by Aspen Education Group. 

13 SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND TO TURNABOUT 

14 RANCH. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the land use 

16 planning requirements of sections 202 and 203 of the Fed17 eral Land Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1713), 

18 if not later than 30 days after completion of the appraisal 

19 required under subsection (b), Turnabout Ranch of 

20 Escalante, Utah submits to the Secretary an offer to ac21 quire the Federal land for the appraised value, the Sec22 retary shall, not later than 30 days after the date of the 

23 offer, convey to Turnabout Ranch all right, title, and in24 terest to the Federal land, subject to valid existing rights. 


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1 (b) APPRAISAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

2 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete 

3 an appraisal of the Federal land. The appraisal shall be 

4 completed in accordance with the ‘‘Uniform Appraisal 

5 Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions’’ and the ‘‘Uni6 form Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice’’. All 

7 costs associated with the appraisal shall be born by Turn8 about Ranch. 

9 (c) PAYMENT OF CONSIDERATION.—Not later than 

10 30 days after the date on which the Federal land is con11 veyed under subsection (a), as a condition of the convey12 ance, Turnabout Ranch shall pay to the Secretary an 

13 amount equal to the appraised value of the Federal land, 

14 as determined under subsection (b). 

15 (d) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—As a condition of the 

16 conveyance, any costs of the conveyance under subsection 

17 (a) shall be paid by Turnabout Ranch. 

18 (e) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—The Secretary 

19 shall deposit the proceeds from the conveyance of the Fed20 eral land under subsection (a) in the Federal Land De21 posit Account established by section 206 of the Federal 

22 Land Transaction Facilitation Act, Public Law 106–248, 

23 to be expended in accordance with that Act. 


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1 SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF MONUMENT BOUNDARY. 

2 When the conveyance authorized by section 2 is com3 pleted, the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante 

4 National Monument in the State of Utah are hereby modi5 fied to exclude the Federal land conveyed to Turnabout 

6 Ranch. 

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