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Calendar No. 162

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 604

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to complete a land exchange with

Georgia Power Company.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 15, 1999

Mr. COVERDELL (for himself and Mr. CLELAND) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

JUNE 21, 1999

Reported by Mr. LUGAR, without amendment

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to complete a land

exchange with Georgia Power Company.

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 ‘‘Lake Oconee Land

5 Exchange Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. LAKE OCONEE LAND EXCHANGE.

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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1 (1) DESCRIPTION OF THE BOUNDARY.—The

2 term ‘‘description of the boundary’’ means the docu3 ments entitled ‘‘Description of the Boundary’’ dated

4 September 6, 1996, prepared by the Forest Service

5 and on file with the Secretary.

6 (2) EXCHANGE AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘ex7 change agreement’’ means the agreement between

8 Georgia Power Company and the Forest Service

9 dated December 26, 1996, as amended on August

10 17, 1998, on file with the Secretary.

11 (3) GEORGIA POWER COMPANY.—The term

12 ‘‘Georgia Power Company’’ means Georgia Power

13 Company, a division of the Southern Company, a

14 Georgia corporation, or its successors or assigns.

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

16 the Secretary of Agriculture.

17 (b) LAND EXCHANGE.—

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Simultaneously with convey19 ance by Georgia Power Company to the Secretary of

20 all right, title, and interest in and to the land de21 scribed in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall—

22 (A) convey to Georgia Power Company all

23 right, title, and interest in and to the land de24 scribed in paragraph (3), except as provided in

25 the exchange agreement; and
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1 (B) make a value equalization payment of

2 $23,250 to Georgia Power Company.

3 (2) LAND TO BE CONVEYED TO THE SEC4 RETARY.—The land described in this paragraph is

5 the land within or near the Chattahoochee National

6 Forest and Oconee National Forest in the State of

7 Georgia, comprising approximately 1,175.46 acres,

8 described in the exchange agreement and the de9 scription of the boundary.

10 (3) LAND TO BE CONVEYED TO GEORGIA

11 POWER COMPANY.—The land described in this para12 graph is the land in the State of Georgia, comprising

13 approximately 1,275.80 acres, described in the ex14 change agreement and the description of the bound15 ary.

16 (c) PARTIAL REVOCATION OF WITHDRAWALS.—

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The orders issued by the

18 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under sec19 tion 24 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 818),

20 authorizing Power Project Numbers 2413 and 2354,

21 issued August 6, 1969, and October 1, 1996, respec22 tively, are revoked insofar as the orders affect the

23 land described in subsection (b)(3).

24 (2) NO ANNUAL CHARGE.—No interest con25 veyed to Georgia Power Company or easement right
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1 retained by Georgia Power Company under this sec2 tion shall be subject to an annual charge for the

3 purpose of compensating the United States for the

4 use of its land for power purposes.

Calendar No. 162

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 604

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to complete

a land exchange with Georgia Power Company.

JUNE 21, 1999

Reported without amendment