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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 219 

To provide for the sale of approximately 25 acres of public land to the 

Turnabout Ranch, Escalante, Utah, at fair market value. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 13, 2009 

Mr. HATCH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To provide for the sale of approximately 25 acres of public 

land to the Turnabout Ranch, Escalante, Utah, at fair 

market value. 

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

3 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act: 

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

6 means the approximately 25 acres of Bureau of 

7 Land Management land identified on the map as 

8 ‘‘Lands to be conveyed to Turnabout Ranch’’. 

9 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en10 titled ‘‘Turnabout Ranch Conveyance’’ dated May 


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1 12, 2006, and on file in the office of the Director 

2 of the Bureau of Land Management. 

3 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

4 the Secretary of the Interior. 

5 (4) MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Monument’’ 

6 means the Grand Staircase-Escalante National 

7 Monument located in southern Utah. 

8 (5) TURNABOUT RANCH.—The term ‘‘Turn9 about Ranch’’ means the Turnabout Ranch in 

10 Escalante, Utah, owned by Aspen Education Group. 

11 SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND TO TURNABOUT 

12 RANCH. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the land use 

14 planning requirements of sections 202 and 203 of the Fed15 eral Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 

16 1712, 1713), if not later than 30 days after completion 

17 of the appraisal required under subsection (b), Turnabout 

18 Ranch of Escalante, Utah, submits to the Secretary an 

19 offer to acquire the Federal land for the appraised value, 

20 the Secretary shall, not later than 30 days after the date 

21 of the offer, convey to Turnabout Ranch all right, title, 

22 and interest to the Federal land, subject to valid existing 

23 rights. 

24 (b) APPRAISAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

25 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete 


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1 an appraisal of the Federal land. The appraisal shall be 

2 completed in accordance with the ‘‘Uniform Appraisal 

3 Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions’’ and the ‘‘Uni4 form Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice’’. All 

5 costs associated with the appraisal shall be born by Turn6 about Ranch. 

7 (c) PAYMENT OF CONSIDERATION.—Not later than 

8 30 days after the date on which the Federal land is con9 veyed under subsection (a), as a condition of the convey10 ance, Turnabout Ranch shall pay to the Secretary an 

11 amount equal to the appraised value of the Federal land, 

12 as determined under subsection (b). 

13 (d) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—As a condition of the 

14 conveyance, any costs of the conveyance under this Act 

15 shall be paid by Turnabout Ranch. 

16 (e) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—The Secretary 

17 shall deposit the proceeds from the conveyance of the Fed18 eral land under subsection (a) in the Federal Land De19 posit Account established by section 206 of the Federal 

20 Land Transaction Facilitation Act (43 U.S.C. 2305), to 

21 be expended in accordance with that Act. 

22 SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF MONUMENT BOUNDARY. 

23 When the conveyance authorized by section 2 is com24 pleted, the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante 

25 National Monument in the State of Utah are hereby modiVerDate Nov 24 2008 02:43 Jan 14, 2009 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S219.IS S219

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1 fied to exclude the Federal land conveyed to Turnabout 

2 Ranch. 

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