In the Senate of the United States,

December 7, 2006.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 482) entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for a land exchange involving Federal lands in the Lincoln National Forest in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.’’, do

pass with the following

AMENDMENT:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pine Springs Land Ex3 change Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

2 In this Act:

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

4 means the 3 parcels of Forest land (including any

5 improvements on the land), comprising approxi6 mately 80 acres, as depicted on the map.

7 (2) FOREST.—The term ‘‘Forest’’ means the Lin8 coln National Forest in the State of New Mexico.

9 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map enti10 tled ‘‘Pine Springs Land Exchange’’ and dated May

11 25, 2004.

12 (4) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed13 eral land’’ means the parcel of University land com14 prising approximately 80 acres, as depicted on the

15 map.

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

17 the Secretary of Agriculture.

18 (6) UNIVERSITY.—The term ‘‘University’’ means

19 Lubbock Christian University in the State of New

20 Mexico.

21 SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGE.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—In exchange for the conveyance to

23 the Secretary of the non-Federal land by the University,

24 the Secretary shall convey to the University, by quitclaim

25 deed, all right, title, and interest of the United States in

26 and to the Federal land.
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1 (b) MAP.—

2 (1) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on

3 file and available for inspection in—

4 (A) the Office of the Chief of the Forest

5 Service; and

6 (B) the Office of the Supervisor of Lincoln

7 National Forest.

8 (2) MINOR ERRORS.—The Secretary and the

9 University may correct any minor errors in the map.

10 SEC. 4. EXCHANGE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The conveyance of Federal land

12 under section 3(a) shall be subject to—

13 (1) any valid existing rights; and

14 (2) any additional terms and conditions that the

15 Secretary determines to be appropriate to protect the

16 interests of the United States.

17 (b) ACCEPTABLE TITLE.—Title to the non-Federal

18 land shall—

19 (1) conform with the title approval standards of

20 the Attorney General applicable to Federal land ac21 quisitions; and

22 (2) otherwise be acceptable to the Secretary.

23 (c) COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND

24 MANAGEMENT ACT.—The land exchange authorized under

25 section 3(a) shall be carried out in accordance with section
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1 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of

2 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716).

3 (d) COSTS.—The costs of carrying out the exchange of

4 Federal land and non-Federal land shall be shared equally

5 by the Secretary and the University.

6 SEC. 5. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

7 (a) REVOCATION AND WITHDRAWAL.—

8 (1) REVOCATION OF ORDERS.—Any public orders

9 withdrawing any of the Federal land from appropria10 tion or disposal under the public land laws are re11 voked to the extent necessary to permit disposal of the

12 Federal land in accordance with this Act.

13 (2) WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LAND.—Subject

14 to valid existing rights, pending the completion of the

15 land exchange under section 3(a), the Federal land is

16 withdrawn from all forms of location, entry, and pat17 ent under the public land laws, including—

18 (A) the mining and mineral leasing laws;

19 and

20 (B) the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30

21 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).

22 (b) ADMINISTRATION OF LAND ACQUIRED BY THE

23 UNITED STATES.—

24 (1) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—On acceptance of

25 title by the Secretary to the non-Federal land—
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1 (A) the non-Federal land shall become part

2 of the Forest; and

3 (B) the boundaries of the Forest shall be ad4 justed to include the acquired land.

5 (2) LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.—

6 For purposes of section 7 of the Land and Water Con7 servation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–9), the

8 boundaries of the Forest, as modified under para9 graph (1), shall be considered to be boundaries of the

10 Forest as of January 1, 1965.

11 (3) MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary shall manage

12 the non-Federal land acquired under section 3(a) in

13 accordance with—

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

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

16 seq.); and

17 (B) any other laws (including regulations)

18 applicable to National Forest System land.

19 (c) DUTIES OF SECRETARY.—In exercising any discre20 tion necessary to carry out this Act, the Secretary shall en21 sure that the public interest is well served.

Attest:

Secretary.
109TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 482

AMENDMENT