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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 313 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a land exchange 

involving lands within the boundaries of the Cape Cod National Seashore, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 8, 2019 

Mr. KEATING introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a 

land exchange involving lands within the boundaries of 

the Cape Cod National Seashore, 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. LAND EXCHANGE INVOLVING CAPE COD NA4 TIONAL SEASHORE. 

5 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF EXCHANGE.—If title accept6 able to the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 

7 National Park Service (referred to hereafter in this section 

8 as the ‘‘Secretary’’), for non-Federal land defined in sub9 section (b)(1) is conveyed to the United States, the SecVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:11 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H313.IH H313

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1 retary shall convey to the owner of the non-Federal land, 

2 subject to valid existing rights, all right, title, and interest 

3 of the United States in and to the Federal land defined 

4 in subsection (b)(2). 

5 (b) LAND DESCRIPTIONS.— 

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

7 means the approximately 1.09 acres of land depicted 

8 as Tract 22–4556 on the map titled ‘‘United States 

9 Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 

10 Northeast Region, Cape Cod National Seashore’’ 

11 and dated October 20, 1963, Sheet 202–22A. 

12 (2) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed13 eral land’’ means the approximately 1.02 acres of 

14 land depicted as Tract 26–4653 on the map titled 

15 ‘‘United States, Department of the Interior, Na16 tional Park Service, Northeast Region, Cape Cod 

17 National Seashore’’ and dated October 27, 1964, 

18 Sheet 202–26. 

19 (c) ACCEPTABLE TITLE.—Title to the non-Federal 

20 land conveyed to the United States under subsection (a) 

21 shall be such title as is acceptable to the Secretary, in con22 formance with title approval standards applicable to Fed23 eral land acquisitions. 

24 (d) APPLICABLE LAWS; TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 

25 The exchange under this section shall be subject to— 


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1 (1) the laws (including regulations) and policies 

2 applicable to exchanges of land administered by the 

3 National Park Service, including the laws and poli4 cies concerning equalization of values, and environ5 mental compliance; with the exception of appraisal 

6 requirements; and 

7 (2) such terms and conditions as the Secretary 

8 determines to be appropriate. 

9 (e) APPRAISALS.—For the purpose of valuation of the 

10 land proposed for exchange under this section, the Sec11 retary may use the appraisals conducted by Michael Sut12 ton, Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, and dated 

13 July 14 and July 22, 2009. 

14 (f) ADMINISTRATION.—The land acquired by the Sec15 retary pursuant to the exchange authorized by this section 

16 shall be administered as part of the Cape Cod National 

17 Seashore. 

18 (g) MAPS.—The maps referred to in subsection (a) 

19 shall be on file and available for inspection in the appro20 priate offices of the Department of the Interior. 

21 (h) DEFINITION OF IMPROVED PROPERTY.—Section 

22 4(d) of Public Law 87–126 (16 U.S.C. 459b–3(d)) is 

23 amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The term 

24 ‘improved property’ includes such dwelling structures (in25 cluding the land thereon) as shall be conveyed by the SecVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:11 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H313.IH H313

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1 retary pursuant to section 2 in exchange for conveyance 

2 to or acquisition by the Secretary of an improved property 

3 as described in this section.’’. 

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