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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1905

To amend the Small Tracts Act to facilitate the exchange of small tracts 

of land, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 27, 2005

Mr. DOOLITTLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 

committee concerned 

A BILL

To amend the Small Tracts Act to facilitate the exchange 

of small tracts of land, 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 ‘‘Small Tracts Reform 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FACILITATION OF EXCHANGE OF SMALL TRACTS. 

7 (a) EXPANSION OF AVAILABILITY OF LANDS FOR

8 SALE OR EXCHANGE.—Section 3 of Public Law 97–465 
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1 (16 U.S.C. 521e; section 3 of the Act commonly known 

2 as the Small Tracts Act) is amended—

3 (1) by striking ‘‘not practicable’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘either not practicable or not expedient’’; 

5 (2) by striking ‘‘, which have a value as deter6 mined by the Secretary of not more than 

7 $150,000,’’; and 

8 (3) in paragraph (1)—

9 (A) by striking ‘‘parcels of forty acres’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘parcels or portions of parcels of 

11 100 acres’’; and 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘under the mining laws’’. 

13 (b) RULES OR REGULATIONS NOT REQUIRED.—

14 Nothing in the amendments made by this Act shall require 

15 the Forest Service to issue rules or regulations prior to 

16 any sale, exchange, or interchange under Public Law 97–

17 465 (16 U.S.C. 521c et seq.). 

18 (c) SPECIAL CASES.—The Forest Supervisor may 

19 complete the following interchanges under Public Law 97–

20 465 (16 U.S.C. 521c et seq.), as amended by subsection 

21 (a): 

22 (1) An acquisition from Irving N. Christensen 

of that portion of SW1⁄4NW1 23 ⁄4 Section 16, T.19N., 

24 R.9E., MDM., lying southwesterly of California 

State Highway 49 and all that portion of S1⁄2NE1 25 ⁄4
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1 Section 17, T.19N., R.9E., MDM., lying southwest2 erly of California State Highway 49 and northeast3 erly of the North Fork Yuba River, through inter4 change of an approximately equal value of National 

5 Forest System land lying northerly of California 

State Highway 49 within the N1⁄2N1 6 ⁄2 Section 17, 

7 T.19N., R.9E., MDM. The Federal land to be inter8 changed within the specifications of this paragraph 

9 shall be agreed upon by the Forest Supervisor and 

10 Irving N. Christensen. 

11 (2) An acquisition from Dennis W. McCreary 

12 and Cindy M. McCreary of a portion of Lot 19, Sec13 tion 35, T.20N., R.10E., MDM in Downieville, Si14 erra County, California, through interchange of a 

15 portion of National Forest System land in Lot 121, 

16 Section 35, T.20N., R.10E., MDM in Downieville, 

17 Sierra County, California. The Federal land to be 

18 interchanged within the specifications of this para19 graph shall be agreed upon by the Forest Supervisor 

20 and Dennis W. McCreary and Cindy M. McCreary.

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