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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1237 

To provide for a land exchange with the Trinity Public Utilities District 

of Trinity County, California, involving the transfer of land to the Bureau 

of Land Management and the Six Rivers National Forest in exchange 

for National Forest System land in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 29, 2011 

Mr. HERGER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To provide for a land exchange with the Trinity Public 

Utilities District of Trinity County, California, involving 

the transfer of land to the Bureau of Land Management 

and the Six Rivers National Forest in exchange for National Forest System land in the Shasta-Trinity National 

Forest, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. LAND EXCHANGE, TRINITY PUBLIC UTILITIES 

2 DISTRICT, TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, 

3 THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, AND 

4 THE FOREST SERVICE. 

5 (a) LAND EXCHANGE REQUIRED.—If the Trinity 

6 Public Utilities District of Trinity County, California (in 

7 this section referred to as the ‘‘Utilities District’’) conveys 

8 to the Secretary of Agriculture all right, title, and interest 

9 of the Utilities District in and to the parcel of land de10 scribed in subsection (b)(1) and conveys to the Secretary 

11 of the Interior all right, title, and interest of the Utilities 

12 District in and to the parcel of land described in sub13 section (b)(2), the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey 

14 to the Utilities District, in exchange, all right, title, and 

15 interest of the United States in and to a parcel of land 

16 in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in the State of Cali17 fornia consisting of approximately 100 acres near the 

18 Weaverville Airport in Trinity County. 

19 (b) LAND TO BE ACQUIRED.— 

20 (1) FOREST SERVICE ACQUISITION.—The land 

21 to be acquired by the Secretary of Agriculture under 

22 subsection (a) consists of approximately 150 acres, 

23 known as the Van Duzen parcel, within the bound24 aries of the Six Rivers National Forest. 

25 (2) BLM ACQUISITION.—The land to be ac26 quired by the Secretary of the Interior under subVerDate Mar 15 2010 04:24 Mar 30, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1237.IH H1237

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1 section (a) consists of approximately 47 acres, 

2 known as the Sky Ranch parcel, adjacent to public 

3 land administered by the Redding Field Office of the 

4 Bureau of Land Management. 

5 (c) AVAILABILITY OF MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIP6 TIONS.—Any map prepared by the Secretary of Agri7 culture or the Secretary of the Interior in connection with 

8 the land exchange required by subsection (a), and the legal 

9 description of the lands to be exchanged, shall be on file 

10 and available for public inspection in the Office of the 

11 Chief of the Forest Service and the appropriate office of 

12 the Bureau of Land Management. With the agreement of 

13 the parties to a conveyance under subsection (a), the Sec14 retary concerned may make technical corrections to the 

15 map and legal descriptions. 

16 (d) LAND EXCHANGE PROCESS.—Section 206 of the 

17 Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 

18 U.S.C. 1716) shall apply to the land conveyances under 

19 this section. 

20 (e) SURVEY AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The 

21 exact acreage and legal description of the land to be ex22 changed under subsection (a) shall be determined by a 

23 survey satisfactory to the Secretary concerned. The Utili24 ties District shall be responsible for the costs of the survey 


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1 and reasonable administrative costs related to the land ex2 change. 

3 (f) MANAGEMENT OF ACQUIRED LAND.— 

4 (1) FOREST SERVICE ACQUISITION.—The land 

5 acquired by the Secretary of Agriculture under sub6 section (a) shall be added to and administered as 

7 part of the Six Rivers National Forest and managed 

8 in accordance with the Act of March 1, 1911 (com9 monly known as the Weeks Act; 16 U.S.C. 480 et 

10 seq.), and the laws and regulations applicable to the 

11 National Forest System. 

12 (2) BLM ACQUISITION.—The land acquired by 

13 the Secretary of the Interior under subsection (a) 

14 shall be administered as public land by the Redding 

15 Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management in 

16 accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Man17 agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and 

18 the laws and regulations applicable to public land 

19 administered by the Bureau of Land Management. 

20 (g) COMPLETION OF LAND EXCHANGE.—The Sec21 retary of Agriculture shall complete the conveyance of Na22 tional Forest System land required by subsection (a) not 

23 later than one year after the date on which the Utilities 

24 District offers to make the conveyances to the Secretary 


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1 of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior described 

2 in such subsection. 

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