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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 482 

To provide for a land exchange involving Federal lands in the Lincoln 

National Forest in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 1, 2005 

Mr. NEUGEBAUER (for himself and Mr. PEARCE) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Resources 

A BILL 

To provide for a land exchange involving Federal lands in 

the Lincoln National Forest in the State of New Mexico, 

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 ‘‘Pine Springs Land 

5 Exchange Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST, 

7 NEW MEXICO. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

10 means the three parcels of land, and any improve-
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1 ments thereon, comprising approximately 80 acres in 

2 the Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico, as de3 picted on the map entitled ‘‘Pine Springs Land Ex4 change’’ and dated May 25, 2004, and more particu5 larly described as S1/2SE1/4NW1/4, SW1/4SW1/4, 

6 W1/2E1/2NW1/4SW1/4, and E1/2W1/2NW1/4SW1/ 

7 4 of section 32 of township 17 south, range 13 east, 

8 New Mexico Principal Meridian. 

9 (2) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed10 eral land’’ means the parcel of land owned by Lub11 bock Christian University comprising approximately 

12 80 acres, as depicted on the map referred to in para13 graph (1) and more particularly described as N1/ 

14 2NW1/4 of section 24 of township 17 south, range 

15 12 east, New Mexico Principal Meridian. 

16 (b) LAND EXCHANGE REQUIRED.— 

17 (1) EXCHANGE.—In exchange for the convey18 ance of the non-Federal land by Lubbock Christian 

19 University, the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey 

20 to Lubbock Christian University, by quit-claim deed, 

21 all right, title, and interest of the United States in 

22 and to the Federal land. The conveyance of the Fed23 eral land shall be subject to valid existing rights and 

24 such additional terms and conditions as the Sec-
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1 retary considers appropriate to protect the interests 

2 of the United States. 

3 (2) ACCEPTABLE TITLE.—Title to the non-Fed4 eral land shall conform with the title approval stand5 ards of the Attorney General applicable to Federal 

6 land acquisitions and shall otherwise be acceptable 

7 to the Secretary. 

8 (3) COSTS OF IMPLEMENTING THE EX9 CHANGE.—The costs of implementing the land ex10 change shall be shared equally by the Secretary and 

11 Lubbock Christian University. 

12 (4) COMPLETION.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

13 the Secretary shall complete, to the extent prac14 ticable, the land exchange not later than 180 days 

15 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

16 (c) TREATMENT OF MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIP17 TIONS.—The Secretary and Lubbock Christian University 

18 may correct any minor error in the map referred to in 

19 subsection (a)(1) or the legal descriptions of the Federal 

20 land and non-Federal land. In the event of a discrepancy 

21 between the map and legal descriptions, the map shall pre22 vail unless the Secretary and Lubbock Christian Univer23 sity otherwise agree. The map shall be on file and available 

24 for inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Serv-
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1 ice and the Office of the Supervisor of Lincoln National 

2 Forest. 

3 (d) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGES.—The fair market 

4 values of the Federal land and non-Federal land ex5 changed under subsection (b) shall be equal or, if they 

6 are not equal, shall be equalized in the manner provided 

7 in section 206 of the Federal Land Policy Management 

8 Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716). The fair market value of 

9 the land shall be determined by appraisals acceptable to 

10 the Secretary and Lubbock Christian University. The ap11 praisals shall be performed in conformance with sub12 section (d) of such section and the Uniform Appraisal 

13 Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions. 

14 (e) REVOCATION AND WITHDRAWAL.— 

15 (1) REVOCATION OF ORDERS.—Any public or16 ders withdrawing any of the Federal land from ap17 propriation or disposal under the public land laws 

18 are revoked to the extent necessary to permit dis19 posal of the Federal land. 

20 (2) WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LAND.—Subject 

21 to valid existing rights, pending the completion of 

22 the land exchange, the Federal land is withdrawn 

23 from all forms of location, entry and patent under 

24 the public land laws, including the mining and min-
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1 eral leasing laws and the Geothermal Steam Act of 

2 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 

3 (f) ADMINISTRATION OF LAND ACQUIRED BY

4 UNITED STATES.— 

5 (1) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—Upon accept6 ance of title by the Secretary of the non-Federal 

7 land, the acquired land shall become part of the Lin8 coln National Forest, and the boundaries of the Lin9 coln National Forest shall be adjusted to include the 

10 land. For purposes of section 7 of the Land and 

11 Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 

12 460l–9), the boundaries of the Lincoln National 

13 Forest, as adjusted pursuant to this paragraph, 

14 shall be considered to be boundaries of the Lincoln 

15 National Forest as of January 1, 1965. 

16 (2) MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary shall man17 age the acquired land in accordance with the Act of 

18 March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the Weeks Act; 

19 16 U.S.C. 480, 500, 513–519, 521, 552, 563), and 

20 in accordance with the other laws and regulations 

21 applicable to National Forest System lands. 

22 (g) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.—Subchapters II 

23 and III of chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code, and 
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1 the Agriculture Property Management Regulations shall 

2 not apply to any action taken pursuant to this section. 

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