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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2062 

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey at market value certain 

National Forest System land in the State of Arizona. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 2, 2017 

Mr. FLAKE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey at market 

value certain National Forest System land in the State 

of Arizona. 

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 ‘‘Oracle Cabins Convey5 ance Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) PERMITTEE.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘permittee’’ 

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1 ment of this Act, holds a valid permit for use 

2 of a property. 

3 (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘permittee’’ 

4 includes any heirs, executors, and assigns of the 

5 permittee or interest of the permittee. 

6 (2) PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘property’’ means— 

7 (A) the approximately 1.1 acres of Na8 tional Forest System land in sec. 8, T. 10 S., 

9 R. 16 E., Gila and Salt River Meridian, as gen10 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Coronado 

11 National Forest Land Conveyance Act of 

12 2017’’, special use permit numbered SAN5005– 

13 03, and dated October 2017; 

14 (B) the approximately 4.5 acres of Na15 tional Forest System land in sec. 8, T. 10 S., 

16 R. 16 E., Gila and Salt River Meridian, as gen17 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Coronado 

18 National Forest Land Conveyance Act of 

19 2017’’, special use permit numbered SAN5116– 

20 03, and dated October 2017; and 

21 (C) the approximately 3.9 acres of National Forest System land in NW1 22 ⁄4, sec. 1, T. 

23 10 S., R. 15 E., Gila and Salt River Meridian, 

24 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

25 ‘‘Coronado National Forest Land Conveyance 


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1 Act of 2017’’, special use permit numbered 

2 SAN5039–02, and dated October 2017. 

3 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

4 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

5 SEC. 3. SALE OF LAND. 

6 (a) SALE.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 

8 rights, during the period described in paragraph (2), 

9 not later than 90 days after the date on which a 

10 permittee submits a request to the Secretary, the 

11 Secretary shall— 

12 (A) accept tender of consideration from 

13 that permittee; and 

14 (B) sell and quitclaim to that permittee all 

15 right, title, and interest of the United States in 

16 and to the property for which the permittee 

17 holds a permit. 

18 (2) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period referred 

19 to in paragraph (1) is the period beginning on the 

20 date of enactment of this Act and ending on the 

21 date of expiration of the applicable permit. 

22 (b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary may 

23 establish such terms and conditions on the sales of the 

24 properties under this Act as the Secretary determines to 

25 be in the public interest. 


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1 (c) CONSIDERATION.—A sale of a property under this 

2 Act shall be for cash consideration equal to the market 

3 value of the property, as determined by the appraisal de4 scribed in subsection (d). 

5 (d) APPRAISAL.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall complete 

7 an appraisal of each property, which shall— 

8 (A) include the value of any appurtenant 

9 easements; and 

10 (B) exclude the value of any private im11 provements made by a permittee of the property 

12 before the date of appraisal. 

13 (2) STANDARDS.—An appraisal under para14 graph (1) shall be conducted in accordance with— 

15 (A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 

16 Federal Land Acquisitions, established in ac17 cordance with the Uniform Relocation Assist18 ance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act 

19 of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.); and 

20 (B) the Uniform Standards of Professional 

21 Appraisal Practice. 

22 (e) COSTS.—The Secretary shall pay— 

23 (1) the cost of a conveyance of a property under 

24 this Act; and 


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1 (2) the cost of an appraisal under subsection 

2 (d). 

3 (f) PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF LAND.— 

4 (1) DEPOSIT OF RECEIPTS.—The consideration 

5 received by the Secretary for the sale of a property 

6 under this Act shall be deposited into a special ac7 count in the Treasury of the United States. 

8 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts deposited under 

9 paragraph (1) shall be available to the Secretary 

10 until expended, without further appropriation, for 

11 hazardous fuel reduction projects on National Forest 

12 System land in the State of Arizona. 

13 (g) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 

15 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

16 shall file maps and legal descriptions of each prop17 erty. 

18 (2) FORCE OF LAW.—The maps and legal de19 scriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 

20 same force and effect as if included in this Act, ex21 cept that the Secretary may correct typographical 

22 errors in the maps and legal descriptions. 

23 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The maps and 

24 legal descriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall be 

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1 fice of the Supervisor of the Coronado National For2 est. 

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