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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2297 

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain National Forest 

System land to Custer County, South Dakota. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 11, 2018 

Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. ROUNDS) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain 

National Forest System land to Custer County, South 

Dakota. 

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 ‘‘Custer County Airport 

5 Conveyance Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Cus9 ter County, South Dakota. 


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1 (2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 

2 means all right, title, and interest of the United 

3 States in and to approximately 65.7 acres of Na4 tional Forest System land, as generally depicted on 

5 the map. 

6 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en7 titled ‘‘Custer County Airport Conveyance’’ and 

8 dated October 19, 2017. 

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

10 the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 

11 Chief of the Forest Service. 

12 SEC. 3. LAND CONVEYANCE. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the terms and condi14 tions described in subsection (b), if the County submits 

15 to the Secretary an offer to acquire the Federal land for 

16 the market value, as determined by the appraisal under 

17 subsection (c), the Secretary shall convey the Federal land 

18 to the County. 

19 (b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The conveyance 

20 under subsection (a) shall be— 

21 (1) subject to valid existing rights; 

22 (2) made by quitclaim deed; and 

23 (3) subject to any other terms and conditions 

24 as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the 

25 interests of the United States. 


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1 (c) APPRAISAL.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

3 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

4 shall complete an appraisal to determine the market 

5 value of the Federal land. 

6 (2) STANDARDS.—The appraisal under para7 graph (1) shall be conducted in accordance with— 

8 (A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 

9 Federal Land Acquisitions; and 

10 (B) the Uniform Standards of Professional 

11 Appraisal Practice. 

12 (d) MAP.— 

13 (1) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be 

14 kept on file and available for public inspection in the 

15 appropriate office of the Forest Service. 

16 (2) CORRECTION OF ERRORS.—The Secretary 

17 may correct any errors in the map. 

18 (e) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the con19 veyance under subsection (a), the County shall pay to the 

20 Secretary an amount equal to the market value of the Fed21 eral land, as determined by the appraisal under subsection 

22 (c). 

23 (f) SURVEY.—The exact acreage and legal description 

24 of the Federal land to be conveyed under subsection (a) 


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1 shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Sec2 retary. 

3 (g) ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary 

4 may determine whether compliance with the National En5 vironmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) 

6 or any other environmental law is applicable in carrying 

7 out the conveyance under subsection (a). 

8 (h) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—As a condition on the 

9 conveyance under subsection (a), the County shall pay to 

10 the Secretary all costs associated with the conveyance, in11 cluding the cost of— 

12 (1) the appraisal under subsection (c); and 

13 (2) the survey under subsection (f). 

14 (i) USE OF PROCEEDS.—Any proceeds received by 

15 the Secretary as a consideration for the conveyance under 

16 subsection (a) shall remain available to the Secretary until 

17 expended, without further appropriation, for the mainte18 nance and improvement of land or administration facilities 

19 in the State of South Dakota. 

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