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Union Calendar No. 457 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3326 

[Report No. 113–615] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 23, 2013 

Mr. HUFFMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

NOVEMBER 12, 2014 

Additional sponsor: Mr. LAMALFA

NOVEMBER 12, 2014 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 23, 2013] 


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A BILL 

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. 


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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. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Exchange Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, TRINITY PUBLIC UTILITIES DIS7 TRICT, TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THE 

8 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, AND THE 

9 FOREST SERVICE. 

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

11 three years after enactment of this Act, the Utilities District 

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

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

14 to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior 

15 may require, the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey Par16 cel B to the Utilities District, subject to such terms and 

17 conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture may require, in18 cluding the reservation of easements for all roads and trails 

19 considered to be necessary for administrative purposes and 

20 to ensure public access to National Forest System lands. 

21 (b) AVAILABILITY OF MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIP22 TIONS.—Maps are entitled ‘‘Trinity County Land Ex23 change Act of 2014 – Parcel A’’ and ‘‘Trinity County Land 

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

25 2014. The maps shall be on file and available for public 


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1 inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service 

2 and the appropriate office of the Bureau of Land Manage3 ment. With the agreement of the parties to the conveyances 

4 under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior and the 

5 Secretary of Agriculture may make technical corrections to 

6 the maps and legal descriptions. 

7 (c) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE.— 

8 (1) LAND EXCHANGE PROCESS.—The land ex9 change under this section shall be an equal value ex10 change. Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Sec11 retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 

12 shall carry out the land exchange in accordance with 

13 section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage14 ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716). 

15 (2) APPRAISAL OF PARCELS.—The values of Par16 cel A and Parcel B shall by determined by appraisals 

17 performed by a qualified appraiser mutually agreed 

18 to by the parties to the conveyances under subsection 

19 (a). The appraisals shall be approved by the Sec20 retary of Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 

21 and conducted in conformity with the Uniform Ap22 praisal Standards for Federal Land. 

23 (3) CASH EQUALIZATION.—If the values of Par24 cel A and Parcel B are not equal, the values may be 

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1 ment, however, if the final appraised value of Parcel 

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

3 Parcel A shall be considered to be a donation by the 

4 Utilities District. Notwithstanding section 206(b) of 

5 the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 

6 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)), a cash equalization pay7 ment may be made in excess of 25 percent of the ap8 praised value of the Parcel B. 

9 (d) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—Any cash equali10 zation payment received by the United States under sub11 section (c) shall be deposited in the general fund of the 

12 Treasury to be used for deficit reduction. 

13 (e) SURVEY.—The exact acreage and legal description 

14 of Parcel A and Parcel B shall be determined by a survey 

15 satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec16 retary of Agriculture. 

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

18 subsection (a), the Utilities District shall pay the costs asso19 ciated with— 

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

21 (2) the appraisals described in subsection (c)(2); 

22 and 

23 (3) any other reasonable administrative or reme24 diation cost determined by the Secretary of Agri25 culture. 


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1 (g) MANAGEMENT OF ACQUIRED LAND.—Upon the ac2 quisition of Parcel A, the Secretary of the Interior, acting 

3 through the Redding Field Office of the Bureau of Land 

4 Management, shall administer Parcel A as public land in 

5 accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management 

6 Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and the laws and regu7 lations applicable to public land administered by the Bu8 reau of Land Management, except that public recreation 

9 and public access to and for recreation shall be the highest 

10 and best use of Parcel A. 

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

12 Utilities District offers to convey Parcel A to the Secretary 

13 of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture shall complete 

14 the conveyance of Parcel B not later than one year after 

15 the date of enactment of this Act. 

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

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

18 approximately 47 acres of land, known as the ‘‘Sky 

19 Ranch parcel’’, adjacent to public land administered 

20 by the Redding Field Office of the Bureau of Land 

21 Management as depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Trinity 

22 County Land Exchange Act of 2014 – Parcel A’’, 

23 dated March 24, 2014, more particularly described as 

24 a portion of Mineral Survey 178, south Highway 299, 

25 generally located in the S1/2 of the S1/2 of Section 


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1 7 and the N1/2 of the N1/2 of Section 8, Township 

2 33 North, Range 10 West, Mount Diablo Meridian. 

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

4 approximately 100 acres land in the Shasta-Trinity 

5 National Forest in the State of California near the 

6 Weaverville Airport in Trinity County as depicted on 

7 the map entitled ‘‘Trinity County Land Exchange Act 

8 of 2014 – Parcel B’’ dated March 24, 2014, more par9 ticularly described as Lot 8, SW1/4 SE1/4, and S1/ 

10 2 N1/2 SE, Section 31, Township 34 North, Range 9 

11 West, Mount Diablo Meridian. 

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

13 District’’ means the Trinity Public Utilities District 

14 of Trinity County, California. 


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Union Calendar No. 457 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3326 

[Report No. 113–615] 

A BILL 

To provide for an exchange of land between the 

Trinity National Forest. parcel of National Forest System land in ShastaDistrict of Trinity County, California, involving a United States and the Trinity Public Utilities 

NOVEMBER 12, 2014 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 


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