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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1237 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 24, 2012 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AN ACT 

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. 


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

3 SECTION 1. LAND EXCHANGE, TRINITY PUBLIC UTILITIES 

4 DISTRICT, TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, 

5 THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, AND 

6 THE FOREST SERVICE. 

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

8 Public Utilities District of Trinity County, California (in 

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

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

11 of the Utilities District in and to the parcel of land de12 scribed in subsection (b)(1) and conveys to the Secretary 

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

14 District in and to the parcel of land described in sub15 section (b)(2), the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey 

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

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

18 in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in the State of Cali19 fornia consisting of approximately 100 acres near the 

20 Weaverville Airport in Trinity County. 

21 (b) LAND TO BE ACQUIRED.— 

22 (1) FOREST SERVICE ACQUISITION.—The land 

23 to be acquired by the Secretary of Agriculture under 

24 subsection (a) consists of approximately 150 acres, 


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1 known as the Van Duzen parcel, within the bound2 aries of the Six Rivers National Forest. 

3 (2) BLM ACQUISITION.—The land to be ac4 quired by the Secretary of the Interior under sub5 section (a) consists of approximately 47 acres, 

6 known as the Sky Ranch parcel, adjacent to public 

7 land administered by the Redding Field Office of the 

8 Bureau of Land Management. 

9 (c) AVAILABILITY OF MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIP10 TIONS.—Any map prepared by the Secretary of Agri11 culture or the Secretary of the Interior in connection with 

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

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

14 and available for public inspection in the Office of the 

15 Chief of the Forest Service and the appropriate office of 

16 the Bureau of Land Management. With the agreement of 

17 the parties to a conveyance under subsection (a), the Sec18 retary concerned may make technical corrections to the 

19 map and legal descriptions. 

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

21 Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 

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

23 this section, except that— 

24 (1) if the value of the land described in para25 graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) is less than the 


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1 value of the land to be conveyed to the Utilities Dis2 trict, any cash equalization payments received by the 

3 Secretaries shall be deposited in the General Treas4 ury; and 

5 (2) if the value of the land described in para6 graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) is greater than 

7 the value of the land to be conveyed to the Utilities 

8 District, no cash equalization payment may be made 

9 to the Utilities District and the acreage of the land 

10 involved in the exchange may be adjusted to equalize 

11 the value of the exchange. 

12 (e) SURVEY AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The 

13 exact acreage and legal description of the land to be ex14 changed under subsection (a) shall be determined by a 

15 survey satisfactory to the Secretary concerned. The Utili16 ties District shall be responsible for the costs of the survey 

17 and reasonable administrative costs related to the land ex18 change. 

19 (f) MANAGEMENT OF ACQUIRED LAND.— 

20 (1) FOREST SERVICE ACQUISITION.—The land 

21 acquired by the Secretary of Agriculture under sub22 section (a) shall be added to and administered as 

23 part of the Six Rivers National Forest and managed 

24 in accordance with the Act of March 1, 1911 (com25 monly known as the Weeks Act; 16 U.S.C. 480 et 


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

2 National Forest System. 

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

4 the Secretary of the Interior under subsection (a) 

5 shall be administered as public land by the Redding 

6 Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management in 

7 accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Man8 agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and 

9 the laws and regulations applicable to public land 

10 administered by the Bureau of Land Management. 

11 (g) COMPLETION OF LAND EXCHANGE.—The Sec12 retary of Agriculture shall complete the conveyance of Na13 tional Forest System land required by subsection (a) not 

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

15 District offers to make the conveyances to the Secretary 

16 of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior described 

17 in such subsection. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2012. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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