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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 207

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

NOVEMBER 8, 1995

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural

Resources

AN ACT

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a

land exchange involving the Cleveland National Forest,

California, and to require a boundary adjustment for

the national forest to reflect the land exchange, 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 ‘‘Cleveland National

3 Forest Land Exchange Act of 1995’’.

4 SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST,

5 CALIFORNIA.

6 (a) CONVEYANCE BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRI7 CULTURE.—

8 (1) CONVEYANCE.—In exchange for the convey9 ance described in subsection (b), the Secretary of

10 Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Sec11 retary’’) shall convey to the Orange County Council

12 of the Boy Scouts of America all right, title, and in13 terest of the United States in and to the parcel of

14 land described in paragraph (2) located in the Cleve15 land National Forest. The parcel conveyed by the

16 Secretary shall be subject to valid existing rights

17 and to any easements that the Secretary considers

18 necessary for public and administrative access.

19 (2) DESCRIPTION OF PARCEL.—The parcel of

20 land referred to in paragraph (1) consists of not

21 more than 60 acres of land in Section 28, Township

22 9 South, Range 4 East, San Bernardino Meridian,

23 in the unincorporated territory of San Diego County,

24 California.

25 (b) CONVEYANCE BY THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMER26 ICA.—
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1 (1) CONVEYANCE.—In exchange for the convey2 ance described in subsection (a), the Orange County

3 Council of the Boy Scouts of America shall convey

4 to the United States all right, title, and interest to

5 the parcel of land described in paragraph (2). The

6 parcel conveyed under this subsection shall be sub7 ject to such valid existing rights of record as may be

8 acceptable to the Secretary, and the title to the par9 cel shall conform with the title approval standards

10 applicable to Federal land acquisitions.

11 (2) DESCRIPTION OF PARCEL.—The parcel of

12 land referred to in paragraph (1) shall be approxi13 mately equal in value to the lands described in sub14 section (a)(2) and shall be at least the Southerly 94

acres of the Westerly 1 15 ⁄2 of Section 34, Township 9

16 South, Range 4 East, San Bernardino Meridian, in

17 the unincorporated territory of San Diego County,

18 California.

19 (c) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—Upon the completion

20 of the land exchange authorized under this section, the

21 Secretary shall adjust the boundaries of the Cleveland Na22 tional Forest to exclude the parcel conveyed by the Sec23 retary under subsection (a) and to include the parcel ob24 tained by the Secretary under subsection (b). For pur25 poses of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation
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1 Fund Act of 1964 (16 U.S.C. 460l–9), the boundary of

2 the Cleveland National Forest, as modified by this Act,

3 shall be considered the boundary of the forest as of Janu4 ary 1, 1965.

5 (d) INCORPORATION INTO CLEVELAND NATIONAL

6 FOREST.—Upon acceptance of title by the Secretary, the

7 parcel obtained by the Secretary under subsection (b) shall

8 become part of the Cleveland National Forest and shall

9 be subject to all laws applicable to such national forest.

Passed the House of Representatives November 7,

1995.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.