H. R. 473 

One Hundred Twelfth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twelve 

An Act 

To provide for the conveyance of approximately 140 acres of land in the Ouachita 

National Forest in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy 

Scouts of America, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Help to Access Land for the 

Education of Scouts’’ or ‘‘HALE Scouts Act’’. 

SEC. 2. LAND CONVEYANCE, OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST, OKLAHOMA. 

(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that it is in the public interest 

to provide for the sale of certain federally owned land in the 

Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations 

Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts of America, for market value consideration. 

(b) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—Subject to valid existing rights, 

the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey, by quitclaim deed, to 

the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts of America 

(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Council’’) all right, title, and 

interest of the United States in and to certain National Forest 

System land in the Ouachita National Forest in the State of Oklahoma consisting of approximately 140 acres, depending on the final 

measurement of the road set back and the actual size of the affected 

sections, as more fully described in subsection (c). The conveyance 

may not include any land located within the Indian Nations 

National Scenic and Wildlife Area designated by section 10 of 

the Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness 

Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460vv–8). 

(c) COVERED LANDS.—The National Forest System land to be 

conveyed under subsection (b) is depicted on the map entitled 

‘‘Boy Scout Land Request—Ouachita NF’’. The map shall be on 

file and available for public inspection in the Forest Service Regional 

Office in Atlanta, Georgia. 

(d) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the land conveyed 

under subsection (b), the Council shall pay to the Secretary an 

amount equal to the fair market value of the land, as determined 

by an appraisal approved by the Secretary and done in conformity 

with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716). 

(e) SURVEY AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The exact acreage 

and legal description of the land to be conveyed under subsection 
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(b) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. 

The Council shall pay the reasonable costs of survey, appraisal, 

and any administrative analyses required by law. 

(f) ACCESS.—Access to the land conveyed under subsection (b) 

shall be from the adjacent land of the Council or its successor. 

Notwithstanding section 1323(a) of the Alaska National Interest 

Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3210(a)), the Secretary shall 

not be required to provide additional access to the conveyed land. 

(g) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary may 

prescribe such terms and conditions on the conveyance under subsection (b) as the Secretary considers in the public interest, 

including the reservation of access rights to the conveyed land 

for administrative purposes. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.