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Union Calendar No. 28

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 529

[Report No. 104–55]

To authorize the exchange of National Forest System lands in the Targhee

National Forest in Idaho for non-Federal lands within the forest in Wyoming.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 17, 1995

Mr. CRAPO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Resources

FEBRUARY 27, 1995

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

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

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 17, 1995]

A BILL

To authorize the exchange of National Forest System lands

in the Targhee National Forest in Idaho for non-Federal

lands within the forest in Wyoming.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF EXCHANGE.

2 (a) CONVEYANCE.—Notwithstanding the requirements

3 in the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to Consolidate National Forest

4 Lands’’, approved March 20, 1922 (16 U.S.C. 485), and

5 section 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management

6 Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)) that Federal and non-Fed7 eral lands exchanged for each other must be located within

8 the same State, the Secretary of Agriculture may convey

9 the Federal lands described in section 2(a) in exchange for

10 the non-Federal lands described in section 2(b) in accord11 ance with the provisions of this Act.

12 (b) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW.—

13 Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the land exchange

14 authorized by this section shall be made under the existing

15 authorities of the Secretary.

16 (c) ACCEPTABILITY OF TITLE AND MANNER OF CON17 VEYANCE.—The Secretary shall not carry out the exchange

18 described in subsection (a) unless the title to the non-Fed19 eral lands to be conveyed to the United States, and the form

20 and procedures of conveyance, are acceptable to the Sec21 retary.

22 SEC. 2. DESCRIPTION OF LANDS TO BE EXCHANGED.

23 (a) FEDERAL LANDS.—The Federal lands referred to

24 in this Act are located in the Targhee National Forest in

25 Idaho, are generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Targhee

26 Exchange, Idaho-Wyoming—Proposed, Federal Land’’,
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1 dated September 1994, and are known as the North Fork

2 Tract.

3 (b) NON-FEDERAL LANDS.—The non-Federal lands re4 ferred to in this Act are located in the Targhee National

5 Forest in Wyoming, are generally depicted on the map enti6 tled ‘‘Non-Federal Land, Targhee Exchange, Idaho-Wyo7 ming—Proposed’’, dated September 1994, and are known

8 as the Squirrel Meadows Tract.

9 (c) MAPS.—The maps referred to in subsections (a)

10 and (b) shall be on file and available for inspection in the

11 office of the Targhee National Forest in Idaho and in the

12 office of the Chief of the Forest Service.

13 SEC. 3. EQUALIZATION OF VALUES.

14 Prior to the exchange authorized by section 1, the val15 ues of the Federal and non-Federal lands to be so exchanged

16 shall be established by appraisals of fair market value that

17 shall be subject to approval by the Secretary. The values

18 either shall be equal or shall be equalized using the following

19 methods:

20 (1) ADJUSTMENT OF LANDS.—

21 (A) PORTION OF FEDERAL LANDS.—If the

22 Federal lands are greater in value than the non23 Federal lands, the Secretary shall reduce the

24 acreage of the Federal lands until the values of
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1 the Federal lands closely approximate the values

2 of the non-Federal lands.

3 (B) ADDITIONAL FEDERALLY-OWNED

4 LANDS.—If the non-Federal lands are greater in

5 value than the Federal lands, the Secretary may

6 convey additional federally owned lands within

7 the Targhee National Forest up to an amount

8 necessary to equalize the values of the non-Fed9 eral lands and the lands to be transferred out of

10 Federal ownership. However, such additional

11 federally owned lands shall be limited to those

12 meeting the criteria for land exchanges specified

13 in the Targhee National Forest Land and Re14 source Management Plan.

15 (2) PAYMENT OF MONEY.—The values may be

16 equalized by the payment of money as provided in

17 section 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Man18 agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)).

19 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

20 For purposes of this Act:

21 (1) The term ‘‘Federal lands’’ means the Federal

22 lands described in section 2(a).

23 (2) The term ‘‘non-Federal lands’’ means the

24 non-Federal lands described in section 2(b).
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1 (3) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of

2 Agriculture.
Union Calendar No. 28

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 529

[Report No. 104–55]

A BILL

To authorize the exchange of National Forest SysWyoming. Idaho for non-Federal lands within the forest in tem lands in the Targhee National Forest in

FEBRUARY 27, 1995

Reported with an amendment, committed to the commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and