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Calendar No. 653 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2062 

[Report No. 115–366] 

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 

NOVEMBER 15, 2018 

Reported by Ms. MURKOWSKI, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

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 2018’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) PERMITTEE.— 

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

5 means a person who, on the date of the enact6 ment of this Act, holds a valid permit for use 

7 of a property. 

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

9 includes any heirs, executors, and assigns of the 

10 permittee or interest of the permittee. 

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

12 (A) the approximately 1.1 acres of Na13 tional Forest System land in sec. 8, T. 10 S., 

14 R. 16 E., Gila and Salt River Meridian, as gen15 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Coronado 

16 National Forest Land Conveyance Act of 

17 2017’’, special use permit numbered SAN5005– 

18 03, and dated October 2017; 

19 (B) the approximately 4.5 acres of Na20 tional Forest System land in sec. 8, T. 10 S., 

21 R. 16 E., Gila and Salt River Meridian, as gen22 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Coronado 

23 National Forest Land Conveyance Act of 

24 2017’’, special use permit numbered SAN5116– 

25 03, and dated October 2017; and 


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1 (C) the approximately 3.9 acres of National Forest System land in NW1 2 ⁄4, sec. 1, T. 

3 10 S., R. 15 E., Gila and Salt River Meridian, 

4 as generally depicted on the map entitled 

5 ‘‘Coronado National Forest Land Conveyance 

6 Act of 2017’’, special use permit numbered 

7 SAN5039–02, and dated October 2017. 

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

9 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

10 SEC. 3. SALE OF LAND. 

11 (a) SALE.— 

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

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

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

15 permittee submits a request to the Secretary, the 

16 Secretary shall— 

17 (A) accept tender of consideration from 

18 that permittee; and 

19 (B) sell and quitclaim to that permittee all 

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

21 and to the property for which the permittee 

22 holds a permit. 

23 (2) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period referred 

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


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1 date of enactment of this Act and ending on the 

2 date of expiration of the applicable permit. 

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

4 establish such terms and conditions on the sales of the 

5 properties under this Act as the Secretary determines to 

6 be in the public interest. 

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

8 Act shall be for cash consideration equal to the market 

9 value of the property, as determined by the appraisal de10 scribed in subsection (d). 

11 (d) APPRAISAL.— 

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

13 an appraisal of each property, which shall— 

14 (A) include the value of any appurtenant 

15 easements; and 

16 (B) exclude the value of any private im17 provements made by a permittee of the property 

18 before the date of appraisal. 

19 (2) STANDARDS.—An appraisal under para20 graph (1) shall be conducted in accordance with— 

21 (A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 

22 Federal Land Acquisitions, established in ac23 cordance with the Uniform Relocation Assist24 ance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act 

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


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1 (B) the Uniform Standards of Professional 

2 Appraisal Practice. 

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

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

5 this Act; and 

6 (2) the cost of an appraisal under subsection 

7 (d). 

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

9 (1) DEPOSIT OF RECEIPTS.—The consideration 

10 received by the Secretary for the sale of a property 

11 under this Act shall be deposited into a special ac12 count in the Treasury of the United States. 

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

14 paragraph (1) shall be available to the Secretary 

15 until expended, without further appropriation, for 

16 hazardous fuel reduction projects on National Forest 

17 System land in the State of Arizona. 

18 (f) PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF LAND.—Any pay19 ment received by the Secretary from the sale of property 

20 under this Act shall be deposited in the fund established 

21 under Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as the ‘‘Sisk 

22 Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 484a) and shall be available to the Sec23 retary until expended, without further appropriation, for 

24 the acquisition of inholdings in national forests in the State 

25 of Arizona. 


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1 (g) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 

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

3 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

4 shall file maps and legal descriptions of each prop5 erty. 

6 (2) FORCE OF LAW.—The maps and legal de7 scriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 

8 same force and effect as if included in this Act, ex9 cept that the Secretary may correct typographical 

10 errors in the maps and legal descriptions. 

11 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The maps and 

12 legal descriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall be 

13 on file and available for public inspection in the of14 fice of the Supervisor of the Coronado National For15 est. 


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Calendar No. 653 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2062 

[Report No. 115–366] 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey 

land in the State of Arizona. at market value certain National Forest System 

NOVEMBER 15, 2018 

Reported with amendments 


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