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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3008 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 28, 2014 

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

Resources 

AN ACT 

To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National 

Forest System land in Los Padres National Forest in 

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) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 

4 means the approximately 5 acres of National Forest 

5 System land in Santa Barbara County, California, 

6 as generally depicted on the map. 

7 (2) FOUNDATION.—The term ‘‘Foundation’’ 

8 means the White Lotus Foundation, a nonprofit 

9 foundation located in Santa Barbara, California. 

10 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en11 titled ‘‘San Marcos Pass Encroachment for Consid12 eration of Legislative Remedy’’ and dated June 1, 

13 2009. 

14 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

15 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

16 SEC. 2. LAND CONVEYANCE. 

17 (a) LAND EXCHANGE.—Subject to the provisions of 

18 this section, if the Foundation offers to convey to the Sec19 retary all right, title, and interest of the Foundation in 

20 and to a parcel of non-Federal land that is acceptable to 

21 the Secretary— 

22 (1) the Secretary shall accept the offer; and 

23 (2) on receipt of acceptable title to the non24 Federal land, the Secretary shall convey to the 

25 Foundation all right, title, and interest of the United 

26 States in and to the Federal land. 


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1 (b) APPLICABLE LAW.—The land exchange author2 ized under subsection (a) shall be subject to section 206 

3 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 

4 (43 U.S.C. 1716). 

5 (c) TIME FOR COMPLETION OF LAND EXCHANGE.— 

6 It is the intent of Congress that the land exchange under 

7 subsection (a) shall be completed not later than 2 years 

8 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

9 (d) ALTERNATIVE SALE OF FEDERAL LAND.—If the 

10 land exchange under subsection (a) is not completed by 

11 the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of 

12 this Act, the Secretary shall offer to sell to the Foundation 

13 the Federal land for fair market value. 

14 (e) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The 

15 land exchange under subsection (a) and any sale under 

16 subsection (d) shall be subject to— 

17 (1) valid existing rights; 

18 (2) the Secretary finding that the public inter19 est would be well served by making the exchange or 

20 sale; 

21 (3) any terms and conditions that the Secretary 

22 may require; and 

23 (4) the Foundation paying the reasonable costs 

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1 trative costs associated with the land exchange or 

2 sale. 

3 (f) APPRAISALS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The land conveyed under 

5 subsection (a) or (d) shall be appraised by an inde6 pendent appraiser selected by the Secretary. 

7 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—An appraisal under para8 graph (1) shall be conducted in accordance with na9 tionally recognized appraisal standards, including— 

10 (A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 

11 Federal Land Acquisitions; and 

12 (B) the Uniform Standards of Professional 

13 Appraisal Practice. 

14 (g) MANAGEMENT AND STATUS OF ACQUIRED

15 LAND.—Any non-Federal land acquired by the Secretary 

16 under this Act shall be managed by the Secretary in ac17 cordance with— 

18 (1) the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known 

19 as the ‘‘Weeks Law’’) (16 U.S.C. 480 et seq.); and 


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1 (2) any laws (including regulations) applicable 

2 to the National Forest System. 

Passed the House of Representatives January 27, 

2014. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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