Union Calendar No. 454

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3554

[Report No. 103–809]

A BILL

To require the exchange of National Forest System

ming.for non-Federal lands within the forest in Wyolands in the Targhee National Forest in Idaho

OCTOBER 3, 1994

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee

dered to be printedof the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
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Union Calendar No. 454

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3554

[Report No. 103–809]

To require the exchange of National Forest System lands in the Targhee

National Forest in Idaho for non-Federal lands within the forest in Wyoming.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 19, 1993

Mr. CRAPO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Natural Resources

OCTOBER 3, 1994

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on November 19, 1993]

A BILL

To require the exchange of National Forest System lands

in the Targhee National Forest in Idaho for non-Federal

lands within the forest in Wyoming.

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. AUTHORIZATION OF EXCHANGE.

2 (a) CONVEYANCE.—Notwithstanding the requirements

3 in the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to Consolidate National Forest

4 Lands’’, approved March 20, 1922 (16 U.S.C. 485), and

5 section 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management

6 Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)) that Federal and non-Fed7 eral lands exchanged for each other must be located within

8 the same State, the Secretary of Agriculture may convey

9 the Federal lands described in section 2(a) in exchange for

10 the non-Federal lands described in section 2(b) in accord11 ance with the provisions of this Act.

12 (b) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW.—

13 Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the land exchange

14 required in this Act shall be made under the existing au15 thorities of the Secretary.

16 (c) ACCEPTABILITY OF TITLE AND MANNER OF CON17 VEYANCE.—The Secretary shall not carry out the exchange

18 described in subsection (a) unless the title to the non-Fed19 eral lands to be conveyed to the United States, and the form

20 and procedures of conveyance, are acceptable to the

21 Secretary.

22 SEC. 2. DESCRIPTION OF LANDS TO BE EXCHANGED.

23 (a) FEDERAL LANDS.—The Federal lands referred to

24 in this Act are located in the Targhee National Forest in

25 Idaho, are generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Targhee

26 Exchange, Idaho-Wyoming—Proposed, Federal Land’’,
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1 dated September 1994, and are known as the North Fork

2 Tract.

3 (b) NON-FEDERAL LANDS.—The non-Federal lands re4 ferred to in this Act are located in the Targhee National

5 Forest in Wyoming, are generally depicted on the map enti6 tled ‘‘Non-Federal Land, Targhee Exchange, Idaho-Wyo7 ming—Proposed’’, dated September 1994, and are known

8 as the Squirrel Meadows Tract.

9 (c) MAPS.—The maps referred to in subsections (a)

10 and (b) shall be on file and available for inspection in the

11 office of the Supervisor of the Targhee National Forest in

12 Idaho and in the office of the Chief of the Forest Service.

13 SEC. 3. EQUALIZATION OF VALUES.

14 Before the occurrence of the exchange authorized by sec15 tion 1, the values of the Federal and non-Federal lands to

16 be so exchanged shall be established by appraisals of fair

17 market value that shall be subject to approval by the Sec18 retary. The values either shall be equal or shall be equalized

19 using the following methods:

20 (1) ADJUSTMENT OF LANDS.—

21 (A) PORTION OF FEDERAL LANDS.—If the

22 Federal lands are greater in value than the non23 Federal lands, the Secretary shall reduce the

24 acreage of the Federal lands until the values of
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1 the Federal lands closely approximate the values

2 of the non-Federal lands.

3 (B) ADDITIONAL FEDERALLY OWNED

4 LANDS.—If the non-Federal lands are greater in

5 value than the Federal lands, the Secretary may

6 convey additional federally owned lands within

7 the Targhee National Forest up to an amount

8 necessary to equalize the values of the non-Fed9 eral lands and the lands to be transferred out of

10 Federal ownership. However, such additional

11 federally owned lands shall be adjacent to the

12 lands identified on the map referred to in section

13 2(a).

14 (2) PAYMENT OF MONEY.—The values may be

15 equalized by the payment of money as provided in

16 section 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Man17 agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)).

18 SEC. 4. ACQUISITION OF SQUIRREL MEADOWS TRACT.

19 The Secretary shall seek to acquire any portion of the

20 non-Federal lands that is not acquired under this Act.

21 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

22 For purposes of this Act:

23 (1) The term ‘‘Federal lands’’ means the Federal

24 lands described in section 2(a).
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1 (2) The term ‘‘non-Federal lands’’ means the

2 non-Federal lands described in section 2(b).

3 (3) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of

4 Agriculture.

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to authorize

the exchange of National Forest System lands in the

Targhee National Forest in Idaho for non-Federal lands

within the forest in Wyoming.’’.