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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3006 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014 

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

Resources 

AN ACT 

To authorize a land exchange involving the acquisition of 

private land adjacent to the Cibola National Wildlife 

Refuge in Arizona for inclusion in the refuge in exchange 

for certain Bureau of Land Management lands in Riverside County, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act— 

3 (1) MAP 1.—The term ‘‘Map 1’’ means the map 

4 entitled ‘‘Specified Parcel of Public Land in Cali5 fornia’’ and dated July 18, 2014. 

6 (2) MAP 2.—The term ‘‘Map 2’’ means the map 

7 entitled ‘‘River Bottom Farm Lands’’ and dated 

8 July 18, 2014. 

9 SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, CIBOLA NATIONAL WILDLIFE 

10 REFUGE, ARIZONA, AND BUREAU OF LAND 

11 MANAGEMENT LAND IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY, 

12 CALIFORNIA. 

13 (a) CONVEYANCE OF BUREAU OF LAND MANAGE14 MENT LAND.—In exchange for the land described in sub15 section (b), the Secretary of the Interior shall convey to 

16 River Bottom Farms of La Paz County, Arizona, all right, 

17 title and interest of the United States in and to certain 

18 Federal land administered by the Secretary through the 

19 Bureau of Land Management consisting of a total of ap20 proximately 80 acres in Riverside County, California, iden21 tified as ‘‘Parcel A’’ on Map 1. The conveyed land shall 

22 be subject to valid existing rights, including easements, 

23 rights-of-way, utility lines, and any other valid encum24 brances on the land as of the date of the conveyance under 

25 this section. 


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1 (b) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the con2 veyance of the Federal land under subsection (a), River 

3 Bottom Farms shall convey to the United States all right, 

4 title, and interest of River Bottom Farms in and to two 

5 parcels of land contiguous to the Cibola National Wildlife 

6 Refuge in La Paz County, Arizona, consisting of a total 

7 of approximately 40 acres in La Paz County, Arizona, 

8 identified as ‘‘Parcel 301–05–005B–9’’ and ‘‘Parcel 301– 

9 05–008–0’’ on Map 2. 

10 (c) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE.—The values of the 

11 Federal land and non-Federal land to be exchanged under 

12 this section shall be equal or equalized by the payment 

13 of cash to the Secretary by River Bottom Farms, if appro14 priate, pursuant to section 206(b) of the Federal Land 

15 Policy Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)). The value 

16 of the land shall be determined by the Secretary through 

17 an appraisal performed by a qualified appraiser mutually 

18 agreed to by the Secretary and River Bottom Farms and 

19 performed in conformance with the Uniform Appraisal 

20 Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions (U.S. Depart21 ment of Justice, December 2000). If the final appraised 

22 value of the non-Federal land (‘‘Parcel 301–05–005B–9’’ 

23 and ‘‘Parcel 301–05–008–0’’ on Map 2) exceeds the value 

24 of the Federal land (‘‘Parcel A’’ on Map 1), the surplus 


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1 value of the non-Federal land shall be considered to be 

2 a donation by River Bottom Farms to the United States. 

3 (d) EXCHANGE TIMETABLE.—The Secretary shall 

4 complete the land exchange under this section not later 

5 than 1 year after the date of the expiration of any existing 

6 Bureau of Land Management lease agreement or agree7 ments affecting the Federal land (‘‘Parcel A’’ on Map 1) 

8 to be exchanged under this section, unless the Secretary 

9 and River Bottom Farms mutually agree to extend such 

10 deadline. 

11 (e) ADMINISTRATION OF ACQUIRED LAND.—The 

12 land acquired by the Secretary under subsection (b) shall 

13 become part of the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge and 

14 be administered in accordance with the laws and regula15 tions generally applicable to the National Wildlife Refuge 

16 System. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 15, 

2014. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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