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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5301

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a land exchange

involving lands in Inyo and San Bernardino Counties, California.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 26, 2000

Mr. LEWIS of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to

the Committee on Resources

A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a

land exchange involving lands in Inyo and San

Bernardino Counties, California.

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

3 SECTION 1. LAND EXCHANGE, DEATH VALLEY-CALIFORNIA

4 DESERT, CALIFORNIA.

5 (a) LAND EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary

6 of the Interior may convey the Federal lands described in

7 subsection (c) in exchange for the non-Federal lands de8 scribed in subsection (d), in accordance with section 206

9 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976

10 (43 U.S.C. 1716) and other applicable laws.
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1 (b) ACCEPTABILITY OF TITLE AND MANNER OF CON2 VEYANCE.—The Secretary of the Interior shall not carry

3 out the exchange described in subsection (a) unless the

4 title to the non-Federal lands to be conveyed to the United

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

6 acceptable to the Secretary.

7 (c) FEDERAL LANDS SUBJECT TO EXCHANGE.—The

8 Federal lands subject to exchange under subsection (a)

9 consist of approximately 3,747.16 acres in Inyo and San

10 Bernardino counties, California, as generally depicted on

11 the map entitled, ‘‘Death Valley-California Desert Land

12 Exchange-Proposed, Federal Lands’’ and described as fol13 lows:

14 (1) The following lands in township 19 north,

15 range 12 east, San Bernardino meridian:

16 (A) Section 4: lot 1 (38.69 acres), lot 2

(38.80 acres), S1⁄2NE1⁄4 (80 acres), and S1 17 ⁄2

18 (320 acres).

(B) Section 9: NW1⁄4 (160 acres) and S1 19 ⁄2

20 (320 acres).

(C) Section 10: W1 21 ⁄2 (320 acres).

(D) Section 12: SE1 22 ⁄4 (160 acres).

(E) Section 13: SW1 23 ⁄4 (160 acres).

24 (2) The following lands in township 19 north,

25 range 13 east, San Bernardino meridian:
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1 (A) Section 7: lot 6 (39.74 acres), lot 13

2 (39.75 acres), lot 14 (18.97 acres), and

SE1⁄4SW1 3 ⁄4 (40 acres).

4 (B) Section 18: lot 1 (39.67 acres), lot 2

(39.54 acres), lot 5 (39.78 acres), NW1⁄4NE1 5 ⁄4

(40 acres), S1⁄2NE1⁄4 (80 acres), and E1⁄2NW1 6 ⁄4

7 (80 acres).

8 (3) The following lands in township 20 north,

9 range 12 east, San Bernardino meridian:

10 (A) Section 21: lot 5 (25.40 acres), lot 6

(26.46 acres), lot 7 (27.41 acres), NW1⁄4SW1 11 ⁄4

(40 acres), and S1⁄2SW1 12 ⁄4 (80 acres).

13 (B) Section 27: lot 5 (31.15 acres), lot 6

(31.22 acres), lot 7 (32.69 acres), NW1⁄4SW1 14 ⁄4

(40 acres), and S1⁄2SW1 15 ⁄4 (80 acres).

16 (C) Section 28: lot 1 (27.75 acres),

NW1⁄4NE (40 acres), S1⁄2NE1 17 ⁄4 (80 acres),

W1⁄2 (320 acres), N1⁄2SE1 18 ⁄4 (80 acres), and

SE1⁄4SE1 19 ⁄4 (40 acres).

20 (D) Section 32: portion north of wilderness

21 boundary (approximately 250 acres).

(E) Section 33: W1 22 ⁄2 (320 acres).

23 (F) Section 35: lot 7 (40.15 acres) and

S1⁄2SW1 24 ⁄4 (80 acres).
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1 (d) NON-FEDERAL LANDS SUBJECT TO EX2 CHANGE.—The non-Federal lands subject to exchange

3 under subsection (a) consist of approximately 1,280 acres

4 in Inyo county, California, as generally depicted on the

5 map entitled, ‘‘Death Valley-California Desert Land Ex6 change-Proposed, Non-Federal Lands’’ and described as

7 follows:

8 (1) The following lands in township 20 north,

9 range 7 east, San Bernardino meridian:

10 (A) Section 16: all (640 acres).

11 (2) The following lands in township 27 north,

12 range 4 east, San Bernardino meridian:

13 (A) Section 16: all (640 acres).

14 (e) MAPS.—The maps referred to in subsections (c)

15 and (d) shall be on file and available for inspection in the

16 office of the Director, National Park Service and in the

17 office of the Director, Bureau of Land Management.

18 (f) EXISTING RIGHTS.—The conveyances under this

19 section shall be subject to any valid existing rights.

20 (g) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The

21 Secretary may require such additional terms and condi22 tions in connection with the land exchange under this sec23 tion as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the

24 interests of the United States.

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