H. R. 5923 

One Hundred Fifteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen 

An Act 

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain public lands in Ouachita 

National Forest, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Walnut Grove Land Exchange 

Act’’. 

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

In this Act: 

(1) CHURCH.—The term ‘‘Church’’ means the Walnut Grove 

Church in Garland County, Arkansas. 

(2) OFFERED TRACT.—The term ‘‘Offered Tract’’ means all 

right, title, and interest of the Church in and to approximately 

6.3 acres of non-Federal land identified as ‘‘Offered Tract 5742’’ 

on the Detail Map of the Walnut Grove Exchange, Ouachita 

National Forest map (printed date May 11, 2017). 

(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

of Agriculture. 

(4) SELECTED TRACT.—The term ‘‘Selected Tract’’ means 

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

approximately 4 acres identified as ‘‘Selected Tract 5743’’ on 

the Detail Map of the Walnut Grove Exchange, Ouachita 

National Forest map (printed date May 11, 2017), subject to 

the reservation of a road easement by the Secretary. 

SEC. 3. EXCHANGE OF LAND; EQUALIZATION OF VALUE. 

(a) EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED.—Subject to the provisions of this 

Act, not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of 

this Act, if the Church offers to convey the Offered Tract to the 

United States, the Secretary shall— 

(1) convey to the Church all right, title, and interest of 

the United States in and to the Selected Tract; and 

(2) accept from the Church a conveyance of all right, title, 

and interest of the Church in and to the Offered Tract. 

(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The exchange under subsection (a) shall 

be— 

(1) subject to valid existing rights; 

(2) conditioned on an equalization payment made by the 

Church in accordance with subsection (c); and 

(3) conditioned on the payment of the costs described in 

subsection (g). 

(c) EQUAL VALUE AND CASH EQUALIZATION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 

exchange under subsection (a) shall be for equal value or the 

values shall be equalized by a cash payment. 

(2) EXCEPTION.—If the value of the Offered Tract exceeds 

the Selected Tract, an equalization payment shall not be 

required. 

(d) APPRAISALS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The value of the land to be exchanged 

under this Act shall be determined by appraisals conducted 

by one or more independent and qualified appraisers. 

(2) APPRAISAL STANDARDS.—The Secretary shall complete 

an appraisal of the land to be exchanged under this Act in 

accordance with— 

(A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land 

Acquisitions; and 

(B) the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal 

Practice. 

(e) FORMAT.—Title and valuation to the land to be exchanged 

under this Act shall be in a format acceptable to the Secretary 

and the Church. 

(f) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall finalize a 

map and legal descriptions of all land to be conveyed under 

this Act. 

(2) CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary may correct any minor 

errors in the map or in the legal descriptions. 

(3) MAP ON FILE.—The map and legal descriptions shall 

be on file and available for public inspection in appropriate 

offices of the United States Forest Service. 

(g) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—As a condition of conveyance, any 

costs related to the conveyance under this section shall be paid 

by the Church. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.