107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1240

AMENDMENT

In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

September 24, 2002.

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1240) entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the acquisition of land and construction of an interagency administrative and visitor facility

at the entrance to American Fork Canyon, Utah, and for

other purposes’’, do pass with the following

AMENDMENT:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

1 TITLE I—TIMPANOGOS

2 INTERAGENCY LAND EXCHANGE

3 SEC. 101. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

5 (1) the facility that houses the administrative of6 fice of the Pleasant Grove Ranger District of the

7 Uinta National Forest can no longer properly serve

8 the purpose of the facility;

9 (2) a fire destroyed the Timpanogos Cave Na10 tional Monument Visitor Center and administrative

11 office in 1991, and the temporary structure that is

12 used for a visitor center cannot adequately serve the

13 public; and
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1 (3) combining the administrative office of the

2 Pleasant Grove Ranger District with a new

3 Timpanogos Cave National Monument visitor center

4 and administrative office in one facility would—

5 (A) facilitate interagency coordination;

6 (B) serve the public better; and

7 (C) improve cost effectiveness.

8 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this title are—

9 (1) to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to

10 acquire by exchange non-Federal land located in

11 Highland, Utah as the site for an interagency admin12 istrative and visitor facility;

13 (2) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to con14 struct an administrative and visitor facility on the

15 non-Federal land acquired by the Secretary of Agri16 culture; and

17 (3) to direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the

18 Secretary of the Interior to cooperate in the develop19 ment, construction, operation, and maintenance of the

20 facility.

21 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS.

22 In this title:

23 (1) FACILITY.—The term ‘‘facility’’ means the

24 facility constructed under section 106 to house—
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1 (A) the administrative office of the Pleasant

2 Grove Ranger District of the Uinta National

3 Forest; and

4 (B) the visitor center and administrative of5 fice of the Timpanogos Cave National Monu6 ment.

7 (2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’

8 means the parcels of land and improvements to the

9 land in the Salt Lake Meridian comprising—

10 (A) approximately 237 acres located in T.

5 S., R. 3 E., sec. 13, lot 1, SW1⁄4, NE1⁄4, E1 11 ⁄2,

NW1⁄4 and E1⁄2, SW1 12 ⁄4, as depicted on the map

13 entitled ‘‘Long Hollow-Provo Canyon Parcel’’,

14 dated March 12, 2001;

15 (B) approximately 0.18 acre located in T. 7

S., R. 2 E., sec. 12, NW1 16 ⁄4, as depicted on the

17 map entitled ‘‘Provo Sign and Radio Shop’’,

18 dated March 12, 2001;

19 (C) approximately 20 acres located in T. 3

S., R. 1 E., sec. 33, SE1 20 ⁄4, as depicted on the

21 map entitled ‘‘Corner Canyon Parcel’’, dated

22 March 12, 2001;

23 (D) approximately 0.18 acre located in T.

29 S., R. 7 W., sec. 15, S1 24 ⁄2, as depicted on the
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1 map entitled ‘‘Beaver Administrative Site’’,

2 dated March 12, 2001;

3 (E) approximately 7.37 acres located in T.

7 S., R. 3 E., sec. 28, NE1⁄4, SW1⁄4, NE1 4 ⁄4, as

5 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Springville Par6 cel’’, dated March 12, 2001; and

7 (F) approximately 0.83 acre located in T. 5

8 S., R. 2 E., sec. 20, as depicted on the map enti9 tled ‘‘Pleasant Grove Ranger District Parcel’’,

10 dated March 12, 2001.

11 (3) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed12 eral land’’ means the parcel of land in the Salt Lake

13 Meridian comprising approximately 37.42 acres lo14 cated at approximately 4,400 West, 11,000 North

15 (SR–92), Highland, Utah in T. 4 S., R. 2 E., sec. 31,

NW1 16 ⁄4, as depicted on the map entitled ‘‘The High17 land Property’’, dated March 12, 2001.

18 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

19 the Secretary of Agriculture.

20 SEC. 103. MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.

21 (a) AVAILABILITY OF MAPS.—The maps described in

22 paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 102 shall be on file and

23 available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of

24 the Forest Service until the date on which the land depicted

25 on the maps is exchanged under this title.
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1 (b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO LEGAL DESCRIP2 TIONS.—The Secretary may correct minor errors in the

3 legal descriptions in paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 102.

4 SEC. 104. EXCHANGE OF LAND FOR FACILITY SITE.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Sec6 retary may, under such terms and conditions as the Sec7 retary may prescribe, convey by quitclaim deed all right,

8 title, and interest of the United States in and to the Federal

9 land in exchange for the conveyance of the non-Federal

10 land.

11 (b) TITLE TO NON-FEDERAL LAND.—Before the land

12 exchange takes place under subsection (a), the Secretary

13 shall determine that title to the non-Federal land is accept14 able based on the approval standards applicable to Federal

15 land acquisitions.

16 (c) VALUATION OF NON-FEDERAL LAND.—

17 (1) DETERMINATION.—The fair market value of

18 the land and the improvements on the land exchanged

19 under this title shall be determined by an appraisal

20 that—

21 (A) is approved by the Secretary; and

22 (B) conforms with the Federal appraisal

23 standards, as defined in the publication entitled

24 ‘‘Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal

25 Land Acquisitions’’.
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1 (2) SEPARATE APPRAISALS.—

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each parcel of Federal

3 land described in subparagraphs (A) through (F)

4 of section 102(2) shall be appraised separately.

5 (B) INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY VALUES.—The

6 property values of each parcel shall not be af7 fected by the unit rule described in the Uniform

8 Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisi9 tions.

10 (d) CASH EQUALIZATION.—Notwithstanding section

11 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act

12 of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)), the Secretary may, as the cir13 cumstances require, either make or accept a cash equali14 zation payment in excess of 25 percent of the total value

15 of the lands or interests transferred out of Federal owner16 ship.

17 (e) ADMINISTRATION OF LAND ACQUISITION BY

18 UNITED STATES.—

19 (1) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—On acceptance of title by

21 the Secretary—

22 (i) the non-Federal land conveyed to

23 the United States shall become part of the

24 Uinta National Forest; and
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1 (ii) the boundaries of the national for2 est shall be adjusted to include the land.

3 (B) ALLOCATION OF LAND AND WATER CON4 SERVATION FUND MONEYS.—For purposes of sec5 tion 7 of the Land and Water Conservation

6 Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–099), the

7 boundaries of the national forest, as adjusted

8 under this section, shall be considered to be

9 boundaries of the national forest as of January

10 1, 1965.

11 (2) APPLICABLE LAW.—Subject to valid existing

12 rights, the Secretary shall manage any land acquired

13 under this section in accordance with—

14 (A) the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C.

15 480 et seq.) (commonly known as the ‘‘Weeks

16 Act’’); and

17 (B) other laws (including regulations) that

18 apply to National Forest System land.

19 SEC. 105. DISPOSITION OF FUNDS.

20 (a) DEPOSIT.—The Secretary shall deposit any cash

21 equalization funds received in the land exchange in the fund

22 established under Public Law 90–171 (16 U.S.C. 484a)

23 (commonly known as the ‘‘Sisk Act’’).

24 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds deposited under sub25 section (a) shall be available to the Secretary, without fur-
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1 ther appropriation, for the acquisition of land and interests

2 in land for administrative sites in the State of Utah and

3 land for the National Forest System.

4 SEC. 106. CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF FACILITY.

5 (a) CONSTRUCTION.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), as

7 soon as practicable after funds are made available to

8 carry out this title, the Secretary of the Interior shall

9 construct, and bear responsibility for all costs of con10 struction of, a facility and all necessary infrastruc11 ture on non-Federal land acquired under section 104.

12 (2) DESIGN AND SPECIFICATIONS.—Prior to con13 struction, the design and specifications of the facility

14 shall be approved by the Secretary and the Secretary

15 of the Interior.

16 (b) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF FACILITY.—The

17 facility shall be occupied, operated, and maintained jointly

18 by the Secretary (acting through the Chief of the Forest

19 Service) and the Secretary of the Interior (acting through

20 the Director of the National Park Service) under terms and

21 conditions agreed to by the Secretary and the Secretary of

22 the Interior.

23 SEC. 107. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

24 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as

25 are necessary to carry out this title.
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1 TITLE II—UTAH PUBLIC LANDS

2 ARTIFACT PRESERVATION

3 SEC. 201. FINDINGS.

4 Congress finds that—

5 (1) the collection of the Utah Museum of Natural

6 History in Salt Lake City, Utah, includes more than

7 1,000,000 archaeological, paleontological, zoological,

8 geological, and botanical artifacts;

9 (2) the collection of items housed by the Museum

10 contains artifacts from land managed by—

11 (A) the Bureau of Land Management;

12 (B) the Bureau of Reclamation;

13 (C) the National Park Service;

14 (D) the United States Fish and Wildlife

15 Service; and

16 (E) the Forest Service;

17 (3) more than 75 percent of the Museum’s collec18 tion was recovered from federally managed public

19 land; and

20 (4) the Museum has been designated by the legis21 lature of the State of Utah as the State museum of

22 natural history.

23 SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS.

24 In this title:
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1 (1) MUSEUM.—The term ‘‘Museum’’ means the

2 University of Utah Museum of Natural History in

3 Salt Lake City, Utah.

4 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

5 the Secretary of the Interior.

6 SEC. 203. ASSISTANCE FOR UNIVERSITY OF UTAH MUSEUM

7 OF NATURAL HISTORY.

8 (a) ASSISTANCE FOR MUSEUM.—The Secretary shall

9 make a grant to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City,

10 Utah, to pay the Federal share of the costs of construction

11 of a new facility for the Museum, including the design,

12 planning, furnishing, and equipping of the Museum.

13 (b) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—To receive a grant under sub15 section (b), the Museum shall submit to the Secretary

16 a proposal for the use of the grant.

17 (2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the

18 costs described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 25

19 percent.

20 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

21 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

22 $15,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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1 TITLE III—SALT RIVER BAY NA2 TIONAL HISTORICAL PARK

3 AND ECOLOGICAL PRESERVE

4 BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT

5 SEC. 301. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

6 The first sentence of section 103(b) of the Salt River

7 Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve at

8 St. Croix, Virgin Islands, Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 410tt–

9 1(b)) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘The park shall consist

10 of approximately 1015 acres of lands, waters, and interests

11 in lands as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Salt

12 River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Pre13 serve, St. Croix, U.S.V.I.’, numbered 141/80002, and dated

14 May 2, 2002.’’.

Attest:

Clerk.