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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 755 

To authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land exchange in Bullhead 

City, Arizona, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 24, 2019 

Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. GALLEGO, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mrs. 

LESKO, and Mr. SCHWEIKERT) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land exchange 

in Bullhead City, Arizona, 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 ‘‘Black Mountain Range 

5 and Bullhead City Land Exchange Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means Bullhead 

9 City, Arizona. 


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

2 means the approximately 345.2 acres of land in 

3 Bullhead City, Arizona, generally depicted as ‘‘Fed4 eral Land to be exchanged to Bullhead City’’ on the 

5 Map. 

6 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en7 titled ‘‘Bullhead City Land Exchange’’ and dated 

8 August 24, 2018. 

9 (4) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed10 eral land’’ means the approximately 1,100 acres of 

11 land owned by Bullhead City in the Black Mountain 

12 Range generally depicted as ‘‘Bullhead City Land to 

13 be Exchanged to BLM’’ on the Map. 

14 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

15 the Secretary of the Interior. 

16 SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGE. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—If after December 15, 2020, the 

18 City offers to convey to the Secretary all right, title, and 

19 interest of the City in and to the non-Federal land, the 

20 Secretary shall accept the offer and simultaneously convey 

21 to the City all right, title, and interest of the United States 

22 in and to the Federal land. 

23 (b) LAND TITLE.—Title to the non-Federal land con24 veyed to the Secretary under this Act shall be in a form 

25 acceptable to the Secretary and shall conform to the title 


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1 approval standards of the Attorney General of the United 

2 States applicable to land acquisitions by the Federal Gov3 ernment. 

4 (c) EXCHANGE COSTS.—The City shall pay for all 

5 land survey, appraisal, and other costs to the Secretary 

6 as may be necessary to process and consummate the ex7 change under this Act. 

8 SEC. 4. EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE AND APPRAISALS. 

9 (a) APPRAISALS.—The values of the lands to be ex10 changed under this Act shall be determined by the Sec11 retary through appraisals performed— 

12 (1) in accordance with— 

13 (A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 

14 Federal Land Acquisitions; 

15 (B) the Uniform Standards of Professional 

16 Appraisal Practice; and 

17 (C) appraisal instructions issued by the 

18 Secretary; and 

19 (2) by an appraiser mutually agreed to by the 

20 Secretary and the City. 

21 (b) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE.—The values of the 

22 Federal and non-Federal land parcels exchanged shall be 

23 equal, or if they are not equal, shall be equalized as fol24 lows: 


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1 (1) SURPLUS OF FEDERAL LAND VALUE.—If 

2 the final appraised value of the Federal land exceeds 

3 the final appraised value of the non-Federal land, 

4 the City shall reduce the amount of land it is re5 questing from the Federal Government in order to 

6 create an equal value in accordance with section 

7 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 

8 Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)). Land that is not 

9 exchanged because of equalization under this para10 graph shall remain subject to lease under the Act of 

11 June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the ‘‘Recreation 

12 and Public Purposes Act’’) (44 Stat. 741, chapter 

13 578; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 

14 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—Any cash equalization 

15 moneys received by the Secretary under paragraph 

16 (1) shall be— 

17 (A) deposited in the Federal Land Dis18 posal Account established by section 206(a) of 

19 the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act 

20 (43 U.S.C. 2305(a)); and 

21 (B) used in accordance with that Act (43 

22 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.). 

23 (3) SURPLUS OF NON-FEDERAL LAND VALUE.— 

24 If the final appraised value of the non-Federal land 

25 exceeds the final appraised value of the Federal 


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1 land, the United States shall not make a cash 

2 equalization payment to the City, and surplus value 

3 of the non-Federal land shall be considered a dona4 tion by the City to the United States for all pur5 poses of law. 

6 SEC. 5. WITHDRAWAL PROVISIONS. 

7 Lands acquired by the Secretary under this Act are, 

8 upon such acquisition, automatically and permanently 

9 withdrawn from all forms of appropriation and disposal 

10 under the public land laws (including the mining and min11 eral leasing laws) and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1930 

12 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 

13 SEC. 6. MAPS, ESTIMATES, AND DESCRIPTIONS. 

14 (a) MINOR ERRORS.—The Secretary and the City 

15 may, by mutual agreement— 

16 (1) make minor boundary adjustments to the 

17 Federal and non-Federal lands involved in the ex18 change; and 

19 (2) correct any minor errors in any map, acre20 age estimate, or description of any land to be ex21 changed. 

22 (b) CONFLICT.—If there is a conflict between a map, 

23 an acreage estimate, or a description of land under this 

24 Act, the map shall control unless the Secretary and the 

25 City mutually agree otherwise. 


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1 (c) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall file and 

2 make available for public inspection in the Arizona head3 quarters of the Bureau of Land Management a copy of 

4 all maps referred to in this Act. 

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