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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3127 

To provide for the conveyance of certain National Forest System land within 

Kisatchie National Forest in the State of Louisiana. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 21, 2015 

Mr. ABRAHAM (for himself, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Mr. BOUSTANY, and Mr. RICHMOND) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To provide for the conveyance of certain National Forest 

System land within Kisatchie National Forest in the 

State of Louisiana. 

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 ‘‘Kisatchie National 

5 Forest Land Conveyance Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDING. 

7 Congress finds that it is in the public interest to au8 thorize the conveyance of certain Federal land in the 


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1 Kisatchie National Forest in the State of Louisiana for 

2 market value consideration. 

3 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act: 

5 (1) COLLINS CAMP PROPERTIES.—The term 

6 ‘‘Collins Camp Properties’’ means Collins Camp 

7 Properties, Inc., a corporation incorporated under 

8 the laws of the State. 

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

10 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

11 (3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

12 of Louisiana. 

13 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCES, KISATCHIE NA14 TIONAL FOREST, LOUISIANA. 

15 (a) AUTHORIZATION.— 

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

17 rights and subsection (b), the Secretary may convey 

18 the Federal land described in paragraph (2) by quit19 claim deed at public or private sale, including com20 petitive sale by auction, bid, or other methods. 

21 (2) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The Federal land 

22 referred to in paragraph (1) consists of— 

23 (A) all Federal land within sec. 9, T. 10 

24 N., R. 5 W., Winn Parish, Louisiana; and 


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1 (B) a 2.16-acre parcel of Federal land located in the SW1 2 ⁄4 of sec. 4, T. 10 N., R. 5 W., 

3 Winn Parish, Louisiana, as depicted on a cer4 tificate of survey dated March 7, 2007, by Glen 

5 L. Cannon, P.L.S. 4436. 

6 (b) FIRST RIGHT OF PURCHASE.—Subject to valid 

7 existing rights and section 6, during the 1-year period be8 ginning on the date of enactment of this Act, on the provi9 sion of consideration by the Collins Camp Properties to 

10 the Secretary, the Secretary shall convey, by quitclaim 

11 deed, to Collins Camp Properties all right, title and inter12 est of the United States in and to— 

13 (1) not more than 47.92 acres of Federal land 

14 comprising the Collins Campsites within sec. 9, T. 

15 10 N., R. 5 W., in Winn Parish, Louisiana, as gen16 erally depicted on a certificate of survey dated Feb17 ruary 28, 2007, by Glen L. Cannon, P.L.S. 4436; 

18 and 

19 (2) the parcel of Federal land described in sub20 section (a)(2)(B). 

21 (c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary may— 

22 (1) configure the Federal land to be conveyed 

23 under this Act— 

24 (A) to maximize the marketability of the 

25 conveyance; or 


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1 (B) to achieve management objectives; and 

2 (2) establish any terms and conditions for the 

3 conveyances under this Act that the Secretary deter4 mines to be in the public interest. 

5 (d) CONSIDERATION.—Consideration for a convey6 ance of Federal land under this Act shall be— 

7 (1) in the form of cash; and 

8 (2) in an amount equal to the market value of 

9 the Federal land being conveyed, as determined 

10 under subsection (e). 

11 (e) MARKET VALUE.—The market value of the Fed12 eral land conveyed under this Act shall be determined— 

13 (1) in the case of Federal land conveyed under 

14 subsection (b), by an appraisal that is— 

15 (A) conducted in accordance with the Uni16 form Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Ac17 quisitions; and 

18 (B) approved by the Secretary; or 

19 (2) if conveyed by a method other than the 

20 methods described in subsection (b), by competitive 

21 sale. 

22 (f) HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—In any conveyance of Fed24 eral land under this Act, the Secretary shall meet 

25 disclosure requirements for hazardous substances, 


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1 but shall otherwise not be required to remediate or 

2 abate the substances. 

3 (2) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section otherwise 

4 affects the application of the Comprehensive Envi5 ronmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 

6 Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) to the convey7 ances of Federal land. 

8 SEC. 5. PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF LAND. 

9 (a) DEPOSIT OF RECEIPTS.—The Secretary shall de10 posit the proceeds of a conveyance of Federal land under 

11 section 4 in the fund established under Public Law 90– 

12 171 (commonly known as the ‘‘Sisk Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 

13 484a). 

14 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts deposited under sub15 section (a) shall be available to the Secretary until ex16 pended, without further appropriation, for the acquisition 

17 of land and interests in land in the Kisatchie National 

18 Forest in the State. 

19 SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION. 

20 (a) COSTS.—As a condition of a conveyance of Fed21 eral land to Collins Camp Properties under section 4, the 

22 Secretary shall require Collins Camp Properties to pay at 

23 closing— 

24 (1) reasonable appraisal costs; and 


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1 (2) the cost of any administrative and environ2 mental analyses required by law (including regula3 tions). 

4 (b) PERMITS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—An offer by Collins Camp 

6 Properties for the acquisition of the Federal land 

7 under section 4 shall be accompanied by a written 

8 statement from each holder of a Forest Service spe9 cial use authorization with respect to the Federal 

10 land that specifies that the holder agrees to relin11 quish the special use authorization on the convey12 ance of the Federal land to Collins Camp Properties. 

13 (2) SPECIAL USE AUTHORIZATIONS.—If any 

14 holder of a special use authorization described in 

15 paragraph (1) fails to provide a written authoriza16 tion in accordance with that paragraph, the Sec17 retary shall require, as a condition of the convey18 ance, that Collins Camp Properties administer the 

19 special use authorization according to the terms of 

20 the special use authorization until the date on which 

21 the special use authorization expires. 

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