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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1571 

To provide for a land exchange involving certain National Forest System 

land in the Mendocino National Forest in the State of California, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 4, 2009 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. BOXER) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To provide for a land exchange involving certain National 

Forest System land in the Mendocino National Forest 

in the State of California, 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 ‘‘Deafy Glade Land Ex5 change Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST, 

7 CALIFORNIA. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means So2 lano County, California. 

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

4 means the parcel of approximately 82 acres of land 

5 (including any improvements to the land) that is— 

6 (A) in the Forest; 

7 (B) known as the ‘‘Fouts Springs Ranch’’; 

8 and 

9 (C) depicted on the map. 

10 (3) FOREST.—The term ‘‘Forest’’ means the 

11 Mendocino National Forest in the State of Cali12 fornia. 

13 (4) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en14 titled ‘‘Fouts Springs-Deafy Glade Federal and Non15 Federal Lands’’ and dated July 17, 2008. 

16 (5) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed17 eral land’’ means the 4 parcels of land comprising 

18 approximately 160 acres, as depicted on the map. 

19 (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

20 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

21 (b) LAND EXCHANGE REQUIRED.—If the County 

22 conveys to the Secretary all right, title, and interest of 

23 the County in and to the non-Federal land, the Secretary 

24 shall convey to the County all right, title, and interest of 

25 the United States in and to the Federal land. 


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1 (c) MAP.— 

2 (1) AVAILABILITY.—The map shall be on file 

3 and available for public inspection in the Office of 

4 the Chief of the Forest Service. 

5 (2) CORRECTIONS.—With the agreement of the 

6 County, the Secretary may make technical correc7 tions to the map and legal descriptions of the land 

8 to be exchanged under this section. 

9 (d) APPLICABLE LAW.—Section 206 of the Federal 

10 Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 

11 1716) shall apply to the land exchange under this section. 

12 (e) SURVEY; ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The exact acreage and legal 

14 description of the land to be exchanged under sub15 section (b) shall be determined by a survey satisfac16 tory to the Secretary. 

17 (2) COSTS.—The costs of the survey and any 

18 administrative costs relating to the land exchange 

19 shall be paid by the County. 

20 (f) CONDITION ON USE OF CONVEYED LAND.—As a 

21 condition of the conveyance of the Federal land to the 

22 County under subsection (b), the County shall agree to 

23 continue to use the Federal land for purposes consistent 

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1 tion for the Fouts Springs Ranch in effect as of the date 

2 of enactment of this Act. 

3 (g) EASEMENT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 

4 grant an easement to provide continued access to, and 

5 maintenance and use of, the facilities covered by the spe6 cial use authorization referred to in subsection (f) as nec7 essary for the continued operation of the Fouts Springs 

8 Ranch. 

9 (h) MANAGEMENT OF ACQUIRED LAND.—The non10 Federal land acquired by the Secretary under subsection 

11 (b) shall be— 

12 (1) added to, and administered as part of, the 

13 Forest; and 

14 (2) managed in accordance with— 

15 (A) the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly 

16 known as the ‘‘Weeks Law’’) (16 U.S.C. 480 et 

17 seq.); and 

18 (B) the laws (including regulations) appli19 cable to the National Forest System. 

20 (i) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The land 

21 exchange under subsection (b) shall be subject to any ad22 ditional terms and conditions that the Secretary and the 

23 County may agree on. 

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