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Calendar No. 462 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3923 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 14, 2010 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

To provide for the exchange of certain land located in the 

Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Sugar Loaf Fire Pro5 tection District Land Exchange Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘District’’ means the 

9 Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District of Boulder, Col10 orado. 


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

2 means— 

3 (A) the parcel of approximately 1.52 acres 

4 of land in the National Forest that is generally 

5 depicted on the map numbered 1, entitled 

6 ‘‘Sugarloaf Fire Protection District Proposed 

7 Land Exchange’’, and dated November 12, 

8 2009; and 

9 (B) the parcel of approximately 3.56 acres 

10 of land in the National Forest that is generally 

11 depicted on the map numbered 2, entitled 

12 ‘‘Sugarloaf Fire Protection District Proposed 

13 Land Exchange’’, and dated November 12, 

14 2009. 

15 (3) NATIONAL FOREST.—The term ‘‘National 

16 Forest’’ means the Arapaho-Roosevelt National For17 ests located in the State of Colorado. 

18 (4) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed19 eral land’’ means the parcel of approximately 5.17 

20 acres of non-Federal land in unincorporated Boulder 

21 County, Colorado, that is generally depicted on the 

22 map numbered 3, entitled ‘‘Sugarloaf Fire Protec23 tion District Proposed Land Exchange’’, and dated 

24 November 12, 2009. 


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1 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

3 SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of this 

5 Act, if the District offers to convey to the Secretary all 

6 right, title, and interest of the District in and to the non7 Federal land, and the offer is acceptable to the Sec8 retary— 

9 (1) the Secretary shall accept the offer; and 

10 (2) on receipt of acceptable title to the non11 Federal land, the Secretary shall convey to the Dis12 trict all right, title, and interest of the United States 

13 in and to the Federal land. 

14 (b) APPLICABLE LAW.—Section 206 of the Federal 

15 Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 

16 1716) shall apply to the land exchange authorized under 

17 subsection (a), except that— 

18 (1) the Secretary may accept a cash equali19 zation payment in excess of 25 percent of the value 

20 of the Federal land; and 

21 (2) as a condition of the land exchange under 

22 subsection (a), the District shall— 

23 (A) pay each cost relating to any land sur24 veys and appraisals of the Federal land and 

25 non-Federal land; and 


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1 (B) enter into an agreement with the Sec2 retary that allocates any other administrative 

3 costs between the Secretary and the District. 

4 (c) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The 

5 land exchange under subsection (a) shall be subject to— 

6 (1) valid existing rights; and 

7 (2) any terms and conditions that the Secretary 

8 may require. 

9 (d) TIME FOR COMPLETION OF LAND EXCHANGE.— 

10 It is the intent of Congress that the land exchange under 

11 subsection (a) shall be completed not later than 1 year 

12 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

13 (e) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY TO CONDUCT SALE

14 OF FEDERAL LAND.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with para16 graph (2), if the land exchange under subsection (a) 

17 is not completed by the date that is 1 year after the 

18 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary may 

19 offer to sell to the District the Federal land. 

20 (2) VALUE OF FEDERAL LAND.—The Secretary 

21 may offer to sell to the District the Federal land for 

22 the fair market value of the Federal land. 

23 (f) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall deposit 

25 in the fund established under Public Law 90–171 


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

2 484a) any amount received by the Secretary as the 

3 result of— 

4 (A) any cash equalization payment made 

5 under subsection (b); and 

6 (B) any sale carried out under subsection 

7 (e). 

8 (2) USE OF PROCEEDS.—Amounts deposited 

9 under paragraph (1) shall be available to the Sec10 retary, without further appropriation and until ex11 pended, for the acquisition of land or interests in 

12 land in the National Forest. 

13 (g) MANAGEMENT AND STATUS OF ACQUIRED

14 LAND.—The non-Federal land acquired by the Secretary 

15 under this section shall be— 

16 (1) added to, and administered as part of, the 

17 National Forest; and 

18 (2) managed by the Secretary in accordance 

19 with— 

20 (A) the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly 

21 known as the ‘‘Weeks Law’’) (16 U.S.C. 480 et 

22 seq.); and 

23 (B) any laws (including regulations) appli24 cable to the National Forest. 

25 (h) REVOCATION OF ORDERS; WITHDRAWAL.— 


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1 (1) REVOCATION OF ORDERS.—Any public 

2 order withdrawing the Federal land from entry, ap3 propriation, or disposal under the public land laws 

4 is revoked to the extent necessary to permit the con5 veyance of the Federal land to the District. 

6 (2) WITHDRAWAL.—On the date of enactment 

7 of this Act, if not already withdrawn or segregated 

8 from entry and appropriation under the public land 

9 laws (including the mining and mineral leasing laws) 

10 and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 

11 1001 et seq.), the Federal land is withdrawn until 

12 the date of the conveyance of the Federal land to the 

13 District. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 13, 2010. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 462 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3923 

AN ACT 

To provide for the exchange of certain land located 

State of Colorado, and for other purposes. in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests in the 

JULY 14, 2010 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 


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