IB 

Union Calendar No. 106 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1905 

[Report No. 109–169, Part I] 

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 

JULY 14, 2005 

Reported from the Committee on Resources 

JULY 14, 2005 

Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the 

Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

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, 
2 

•HR 1905 RH 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Tracts Reform 

3 Act’’. 

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

5 (a) EXPANSION OF AVAILABILITY OF LANDS FOR

6 SALE OR EXCHANGE.—Section 3 of Public Law 97–465 

7 (16 U.S.C. 521e; section 3 of the Act commonly known 

8 as the Small Tracts Act) is amended— 

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

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

11 (2) by striking ‘‘, which have a value as deter12 mined by the Secretary of not more than 

13 $150,000,’’; and 

14 (3) in paragraph (1)— 

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

16 and inserting ‘‘parcels or portions of parcels of 

17 100 acres’’; and 

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

19 (b) RULES OR REGULATIONS NOT REQUIRED.— 

20 Nothing in the amendments made by this Act shall require 

21 the Forest Service to issue rules or regulations prior to 

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

23 465 (16 U.S.C. 521c et seq.). 

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

25 complete the following interchanges under Public Law 97– 
3 

•HR 1905 RH 

1 465 (16 U.S.C. 521c et seq.), as amended by subsection 

2 (a): 

3 (1) An acquisition from Irving N. Christensen 

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

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

State Highway 49 and all that portion of S1⁄2NE1 6 ⁄4

7 Section 17, T.19N., R.9E., MDM., lying southwest8 erly of California State Highway 49 and northeast9 erly of the North Fork Yuba River, through inter10 change of an approximately equal value of National 

11 Forest System land lying northerly of California 

State Highway 49 within the N1⁄2N1 12 ⁄2 Section 17, 

13 T.19N., R.9E., MDM. The Federal land to be inter14 changed within the specifications of this paragraph 

15 shall be agreed upon by the Forest Supervisor and 

16 Irving N. Christensen. 

17 (2) An acquisition from Dennis W. McCreary 

18 and Cindy M. McCreary of a portion of Lot 19, Sec19 tion 35, T.20N., R.10E., MDM in Downieville, Si20 erra County, California, through interchange of a 

21 portion of National Forest System land in Lot 121, 

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

23 Sierra County, California. The Federal land to be 

24 interchanged within the specifications of this para-
4 

•HR 1905 RH 

1 graph shall be agreed upon by the Forest Supervisor 

2 and Dennis W. McCreary and Cindy M. McCreary. 

Union Calendar No. 106 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1905 

[Report No. 109–169, Part I] 

A BILL 

To amend the Small Tracts Act to facilitate the exposes. change of small tracts of land, and for other purJULY 14, 2005 

Reported from the Committee on Resources 

JULY 14, 2005 

Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the 

Union and ordered to be printed Committee of the Whole House on the State of the