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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3326 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 17, 2014 

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

Resources 

AN ACT 

To provide for an exchange of land between the United 

States and the Trinity Public Utilities District of Trinity 

County, California, involving a parcel of National Forest 

System land in Shasta-Trinity National Forest. 

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. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Trinity County Land 

3 Exchange Act of 2014’’. 

4 SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, TRINITY PUBLIC UTILITIES DIS5 TRICT, TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THE 

6 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, AND THE 

7 FOREST SERVICE. 

8 (a) LAND EXCHANGE REQUIRED.—If not later than 

9 3 years after enactment of this Act, the Utilities District 

10 conveys to the Secretary of the Interior all right, title, and 

11 interest of the Utilities District in and to Parcel A, subject 

12 to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Inte13 rior may require, the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey 

14 Parcel B to the Utilities District, subject to such terms 

15 and conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture may re16 quire, including the reservation of easements for all roads 

17 and trails considered to be necessary for administrative 

18 purposes and to ensure public access to National Forest 

19 System lands. 

20 (b) AVAILABILITY OF MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIP21 TIONS.—Maps are entitled ‘‘Trinity County Land Ex22 change Act of 2014 – Parcel A’’ and ‘‘Trinity County 

23 Land Exchange Act of 2014 – Parcel B’’, both dated 

24 March 24, 2014. The maps shall be on file and available 

25 for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the For26 est Service and the appropriate office of the Bureau of 


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1 Land Management. With the agreement of the parties to 

2 the conveyances under subsection (a), the Secretary of the 

3 Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may make tech4 nical corrections to the maps and legal descriptions. 

5 (c) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE.— 

6 (1) LAND EXCHANGE PROCESS.—The land ex7 change under this section shall be an equal value ex8 change. Except as provided in paragraph (3), the 

9 Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri10 culture shall carry out the land exchange in accord11 ance with section 206 of the Federal Land Policy 

12 and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716). 

13 (2) APPRAISAL OF PARCELS.—The values of 

14 Parcel A and Parcel B shall by determined by ap15 praisals performed by a qualified appraiser mutually 

16 agreed to by the parties to the conveyances under 

17 subsection (a). The appraisals shall be approved by 

18 the Secretary of Interior and the Secretary of Agri19 culture and conducted in conformity with the Uni20 form Appraisal Standards for Federal Land. 

21 (3) CASH EQUALIZATION.—If the values of Par22 cel A and Parcel B are not equal, the values may 

23 be equalized through the use of a cash equalization 

24 payment, however, if the final appraised value of 

25 Parcel A exceeds the value of Parcel B, the surplus 


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1 value of Parcel A shall be considered to be a dona2 tion by the Utilities District. Notwithstanding sec3 tion 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Manage4 ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)), a cash 

5 equalization payment may be made in excess of 25 

6 percent of the appraised value of the Parcel B. 

7 (d) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any cash equalization pay9 ment received by the United States under subsection 

10 (c) shall be deposited in the fund established under 

11 Public Law 90–171 (16 U.S.C. 484a; commonly 

12 known as the Sisk Act). 

13 (2) USE OF PROCEEDS.—Amounts deposited 

14 under paragraph (1) shall be available to the Sec15 retary of Agriculture, without further appropriation 

16 and until expended, for the improvement, mainte17 nance, reconstruction, or construction of a facility or 

18 improvement for the National Forest System. 

19 (e) SURVEY.—The exact acreage and legal descrip20 tion of Parcel A and Parcel B shall be determined by a 

21 survey satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior and 

22 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

23 (f) COSTS.—As a condition of the land exchange 

24 under subsection (a), the Utilities District shall pay the 

25 costs associated with— 


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1 (1) the surveys described in subsection (e); 

2 (2) the appraisals described in subsection 

3 (c)(2); and 

4 (3) any other reasonable administrative or re5 mediation cost determined by the Secretary of Agri6 culture. 

7 (g) MANAGEMENT OF ACQUIRED LAND.—Upon the 

8 acquisition of Parcel A, the Secretary of the Interior, act9 ing through the Redding Field Office of the Bureau of 

10 Land Management, shall administer Parcel A as public 

11 land in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Man12 agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and the 

13 laws and regulations applicable to public land adminis14 tered by the Bureau of Land Management, except that 

15 public recreation and public access to and for recreation 

16 shall be the highest and best use of Parcel A. 

17 (h) COMPLETION OF LAND EXCHANGE.—Once the 

18 Utilities District offers to convey Parcel A to the Secretary 

19 of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture shall complete 

20 the conveyance of Parcel B not later than 1 year after 

21 the date of enactment of this Act. 

22 (i) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 

23 (1) PARCEL A.—The term ‘‘Parcel A’’ means 

24 the approximately 47 acres of land, known as the 

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1 istered by the Redding Field Office of the Bureau of 

2 Land Management as depicted on the map entitled 

3 ‘‘Trinity County Land Exchange Act of 2014 – Par4 cel A’’, dated March 24, 2014, more particularly de5 scribed as a portion of Mineral Survey 178, south 

6 Highway 299, generally located in the S1/2 of the 

7 S1/2 of Section 7 and the N1/2 of the N1/2 of Sec8 tion 8, Township 33 North, Range 10 West, Mount 

9 Diablo Meridian. 

10 (2) PARCEL B.—The term ‘‘Parcel B’’ means 

11 the approximately 100 acres land in the Shasta12 Trinity National Forest in the State of California 

13 near the Weaverville Airport in Trinity County as 

14 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Trinity County Land 

15 Exchange Act of 2014 – Parcel B’’ dated March 24, 

16 2014, more particularly described as Lot 8, SW1/4 

17 SE1/4, and S1/2 N1/2 SE, Section 31, Township 34 

18 North, Range 9 West, Mount Diablo Meridian. 


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1 (3) UTILITIES DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘Utilities 

2 District’’ means the Trinity Public Utilities District 

3 of Trinity County, California. 

Passed the House of Representatives November 13, 

2014. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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