PUBLIC LAW 106–329—OCT. 19, 2000

BLACK HILLS NATIONAL FOREST AND ROCKY

MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION

IMPROVEMENT ACT

114 STAT. 1296 PUBLIC LAW 106–329—OCT. 19, 2000

Public Law 106–329

106th Congress

An Act

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange all or part of certain

administrative sites and other land in the Black Hills National Forest and to

use funds derived from the sale or exchange to acquire replacement sites and

to acquire or construct administrative improvements in connection with the Black

Hills National Forest.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Black Hills National Forest

and Rocky Mountain Research Station Improvement Act’’.

SEC. 2. SALE OR EXCHANGE OF LAND, BLACK HILLS NATIONAL

FOREST, SOUTH DAKOTA.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to

in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may, under such terms and

conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, sell or exchange any

right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the approximately 362 acres contained in the following parcels of land in

the State of South Dakota:

(1) Tract BLKH–1 ‘‘Spearfish Dwelling’’ (approximately

0.24 acres); N1⁄2 of Lot 8 and Lot 9 of Block 16, Section 10,

T6N, R2E, Black Hills Meridian.

(2) Tract BLKH–2 ‘‘Deadwood Garage’’ (approximately 0.12

acres); Lots 9 and 11 of Block 34, Section 23, T5N, R3E,

Black Hills Meridian.

(3) Tract BLKH–3 ‘‘Deadwood Dwellings’’ (approximately

0.32 acres); Lots 12-16, inclusive, of Block 44, Section 23, T5N,

R3E, Black Hill Meridian.

(4) Tract BLKH–4 ‘‘Hardy Work Center’’ (approximately

150 acres); E1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4, Section 19;

NE1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, E1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4,

Section 30, T3N, R1E, Black Hills Meridian.

(5) Tract BLKH–6 ‘‘Pactola Work Center’’ (approximately

100 acres); W1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, W1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, W1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4,

SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, Section 25; E1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4,

Section 26, T2N, R5E, Black Hills Meridian.

(6) Tract BLKH–7 ‘‘Pactola Ranger District Office’’ (approximately 8.25 acres); Lot 1 of Ranger Station Subdivision, Section

4, T1N, R7E, Black Hills Meridian.

(7) Tract BLKH–8 ‘‘Reder Administrative Site’’ (approximately 82 acres); Lots 6 and 7, Section 29; Lot A of Reder

Placer, Lot 19, NW1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, Section 30, T1S, R5E, Black

Hills Meridian.

Black Hills

National Forest

and Rocky

Mountain

Research Station

Improvement

Act.

South Dakota.

Oct. 19, 2000

[H.R. 4226]

PUBLIC LAW 106–329—OCT. 19, 2000 114 STAT. 1297

(8) Tract BLKH–9 ‘‘Allen Gulch Properties’’ (approximately

21 acres); Lot 14 less and except Tract STA #0029, Section

25, and Lot 1, Section 36, T1S, R4E, Black Hills Meridian.

(9) Tract BLKH–10 ‘‘Custer Ranger District Office’’

(approximately 0.39 acres); Lots 4 and 9 of Block 125 and

the East 15 feet of the vacated north/south alley adjacent

to Lot 4, City of Custer, Section 26, T3S, R4E, Black Hills

Meridian.

(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary may make technical corrections to the legal descriptions in paragraphs (1) through

(9) of subsection (a).

(c) APPLICABLE AUTHORITIES.—Except as otherwise provided

in this section, any sale or exchange of land described in subsection

(a) shall be subject to laws (including regulations) applicable to

the conveyance and acquisition of land for National Forest System

purposes.

(d) CASH EQUALIZATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision

of law, the Secretary may accept cash equalization payments in

excess of 25 percent of the total value of the land described in

subsection (a) from any exchange under subsection (a).

(e) SOLICITATIONS OF OFFERS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary

may use solicitations of offers for sale or exchange under this

section on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may

prescribe.

(2) REJECTION OF OFFERS.—The Secretary may reject any

offer under this section if the Secretary determines that the

offer is not adequate or not in the public interest.

(f ) DISPOSITION OF FUNDS.—Any funds received by the Secretary from a sale under this section or as cash equalization payments from an exchange under this section—

(1) shall be deposited into the fund established by Public

Law 90–171 (commonly known as the ‘‘Sisk Act’’) (16 U.S.C.

484a); and

(2) shall be available for expenditure, on appropriation,

for—

(A) the acquisition from willing sellers of land and

interests in land in the State of South Dakota; and

(B) the acquisition or construction of administrative

improvements in connection with the Black Hills National

Forest.

(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized

to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this

section.

SEC. 3. REPLACEMENT LABORATORY, ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH

STATION, RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA.

(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated to

the Secretary of Agriculture $2,100,000 for a laboratory facility

for the Rocky Mountain Research Station in Rapid City, South

Dakota, to replace the obsolete laboratory capability at the research

station. The replacement facility shall be colocated with at least

one of the administrative improvements for the Black Hills National

Forest acquired or constructed under the authority of section

2(f )(2)(B).

114 STAT. 1298 PUBLIC LAW 106–329—OCT. 19, 2000

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4226 (S. 1599):

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106–816 (Comm. on Resources).

SENATE REPORTS: No. 106–210 accompanying S. 1599 (Comm. on Energy and

Natural Resources).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000):

Sept. 18, considered and passed House.

Oct. 5, considered and passed Senate.

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(b) CONDITIONS ON ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.—No funds available to carry out this section may be used to purchase or otherwise

acquire property unless—

(1) the acquisition is from willing sellers; and

(2) the property is located within the boundaries of the

State of South Dakota.

Approved October 19, 2000.