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Union Calendar No. 412

107TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1240

[Report No. 107–669] 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 4, 2002

Referred to the Committee on Resources 

SEPTEMBER 23, 2002

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 

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.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Timpanogos Inter5 agency Land Exchange Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
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1 (1) the facility that houses the administrative 

2 office of the Pleasant Grove Ranger District of the 

3 Uinta National Forest can no longer properly serve 

4 the purpose of the facility; 

5 (2) a fire destroyed the Timpanogos Cave Na6 tional Monument Visitor Center and administrative 

7 office in 1991, and the temporary structure that is 

8 used for a visitor center cannot adequately serve the 

9 public; and 

10 (3) combining the administrative office of the 

11 Pleasant Grove Ranger District with a new 

12 Timpanogos Cave National Monument visitor center 

13 and administrative office in one facility would—

14 (A) facilitate interagency coordination; 

15 (B) serve the public better; and 

16 (C) improve cost effectiveness. 

17 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are—

18 (1) to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to 

19 acquire by exchange non-Federal land located in 

20 Highland, Utah as the site for an interagency ad21 ministrative and visitor facility; 

22 (2) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 

23 construct an administrative and visitor facility on 

24 the non-Federal land acquired by the Secretary of 

25 Agriculture; and 
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1 (3) to direct the Secretary of Agriculture and 

2 the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate in the de3 velopment, construction, operation, and maintenance 

4 of the facility. 

5 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

6 In this Act: 

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

8 facility constructed under section 7 to house—

9 (A) the administrative office of the Pleas10 ant Grove Ranger District of the Uinta Na11 tional Forest; and 

12 (B) the visitor center and administrative 

13 office of the Timpanogos Cave National Monu14 ment. 

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

16 means the parcels of land and improvements to the 

17 land in the Salt Lake Meridian comprising—

18 (A) approximately 237 acres located in T. 

5 S., R. 3 E., sec. 13, lot 1, SW1⁄4, NE1⁄4, E1 19 ⁄2, 

NW1⁄4 and E1⁄2, SW1 20 ⁄4, as depicted on the map 

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

22 dated March 12, 2001; 

23 (B) approximately 0.18 acre located in T. 

7 S., R. 2 E., sec. 12, NW1 24 ⁄4, as depicted on 
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1 the map entitled ‘‘Provo Sign and Radio Shop’’, 

2 dated March 12, 2001; 

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

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

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

6 March 12, 2001; 

7 (D) approximately 0.18 acre located in T. 

29 S., R. 7 W., sec. 15, S1 8 ⁄2, as depicted on the 

9 map entitled ‘‘Beaver Administrative Site’’, 

10 dated March 12, 2001; 

11 (E) approximately 7.37 acres located in T. 

7 S., R. 3 E., sec. 28, NE1⁄4, SW1⁄4, NE1 12 ⁄4, as 

13 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Springville Par14 cel’’, dated March 12, 2001; and 

15 (F) approximately 0.83 acre located in T. 

16 5 S., R. 2 E., sec. 20, as depicted on the map 

17 entitled ‘‘Pleasant Grove Ranger District Par18 cel’’, dated March 12, 2001. 

19 (3) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed20 eral land’’ means the parcel of land in the Salt Lake 

21 Meridian comprising approximately 37.42 acres lo22 cated at approximately 4,400 West, 11,000 North 

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

31, NW1 24 ⁄4, as depicted on the map entitled ‘‘The 

25 Highland Property’’, dated March 12, 2001. 
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1 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

3 SEC. 4. MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS. 

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

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

6 available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief 

7 of the Forest Service until the date on which the land de8 picted on the maps is exchanged under this Act. 

9 (b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO LEGAL DESCRIP10 TIONS.—The Secretary may correct minor errors in the 

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

12 SEC. 5. EXCHANGE OF LAND FOR FACILITY SITE. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Sec14 retary may, under such terms and conditions as the Sec15 retary may prescribe, convey by quitclaim deed all right, 

16 title, and interest of the United States in and to the Fed17 eral land in exchange for the conveyance of the non-Fed18 eral land. 

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

20 land exchange takes place under subsection (a), the Sec21 retary shall determine that title to the non-Federal land 

22 is acceptable based on the approval standards applicable 

23 to Federal land acquisitions. 

24 (c) VALUATION OF NON-FEDERAL LAND.—
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1 (1) DETERMINATION.—The fair market value 

2 of the land and the improvements on the land ex3 changed under this Act shall be determined by an 

4 appraisal that—

5 (A) is approved by the Secretary; and 

6 (B) conforms with the Federal appraisal 

7 standards, as defined in the publication entitled 

8 ‘‘Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal 

9 Land Acquisitions’’. 

10 (2) SEPARATE APPRAISALS.—

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

12 land described in subparagraphs (A) through 

13 (F) of section 3(2) shall be appraised sepa14 rately. 

15 (B) INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY VALUES.—The 

16 property values of each parcel shall not be af17 fected by the unit rule described in the Uniform 

18 Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisi19 tions. 

20 (d) CASH EQUALIZATION.—Notwithstanding section 

21 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 

22 of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)), the Secretary may, as the 

23 circumstances require, either make or accept a cash 

24 equalization payment in excess of 25 percent of the total 
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1 value of the lands or interests transferred out of Federal 

2 ownership. 

3 (e) ADMINISTRATION OF LAND ACQUISITION BY

4 UNITED STATES.—

5 (1) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—On acceptance of title 

7 by the Secretary—

8 (i) the non-Federal land conveyed to 

9 the United States shall become part of the 

10 Uinta National Forest; and 

11 (ii) the boundaries of the national for12 est shall be adjusted to include the land. 

13 (B) ALLOCATION OF LAND AND WATER

14 CONSERVATION FUND MONEYS.—For purposes 

15 of section 7 of the Land and Water Conserva16 tion Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–099), 

17 the boundaries of the national forest, as ad18 justed under this section, shall be considered to 

19 be boundaries of the national forest as of Janu20 ary 1, 1965. 

21 (2) APPLICABLE LAW.—Subject to valid exist22 ing rights, the Secretary shall manage any land ac23 quired under this section in accordance with—
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1 (A) the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 

2 480 et seq.) (commonly known as the ‘‘Weeks 

3 Act’’); and 

4 (B) other laws (including regulations) that 

5 apply to National Forest System land. 

6 SEC. 6. DISPOSITION OF FUNDS. 

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

8 equalization funds received in the land exchange in the 

9 fund established under Public Law 90–171 (16 U.S.C. 

10 484a) (commonly known as the ‘‘Sisk Act’’). 

11 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds deposited under sub12 section (a) shall be available to the Secretary, without fur13 ther appropriation, for the acquisition of land and inter14 ests in land for administrative sites in the State of Utah 

15 and land for the National Forest System. 

16 SEC. 7. CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF FACILITY. 

17 (a) CONSTRUCTION.—

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

19 soon as practicable after funds are made available to 

20 carry out this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 

21 construct, and bear responsibility for all costs of 

22 construction of, a facility and all necessary infra23 structure on non-Federal land acquired under sec24 tion 5. 
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1 (2) DESIGN AND SPECIFICATIONS.—Prior to 

2 construction, the design and specifications of the fa3 cility shall be approved by the Secretary and the 

4 Secretary of the Interior. 

5 (b) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF FACILITY.—

6 The facility shall be occupied, operated, and maintained 

7 jointly by the Secretary (acting through the Chief of the 

8 Forest Service) and the Secretary of the Interior (acting 

9 through the Director of the National Park Service) under 

10 terms and conditions agreed to by the Secretary and the 

11 Secretary of the Interior. 

12 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

14 as are necessary to carry out this Act.

Passed the Senate August 1, 2002. 

Attest: JERI THOMSON, 

Secretary. 
Union Calendar No. 412

107TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1240

[Report No. 107–669] 

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. 

SEPTEMBER 23, 2002

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed