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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 529

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 29 (legislative day, MARCH 27), 1995

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural

Resources

AN ACT

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 require3 ments in the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to Consolidate National

4 Forest Lands’’, approved March 20, 1922 (16 U.S.C.

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

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

8 be located within the same State, the Secretary of Agri9 culture may convey the Federal lands described in section

10 2(a) in exchange for the non-Federal lands described in

11 section 2(b) in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

12 (b) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF

13 LAW.—Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the land

14 exchange authorized by this section shall be made under

15 the existing authorities of the Secretary.

16 (c) ACCEPTABILITY OF TITLE AND MANNER OF CON17 VEYANCE.—The Secretary shall not carry out the ex18 change described in subsection (a) unless the title to the

19 non-Federal lands to be conveyed to the United States,

20 and the form and procedures of conveyance, are acceptable

21 to the Secretary.

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

25 in Idaho, are generally depicted on the map entitled

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

2 North Fork Tract.

3 (b) NON-FEDERAL LANDS.—The non-Federal lands

4 referred to in this Act are located in the Targhee National

5 Forest in Wyoming, are generally depicted on the map en6 titled ‘‘Non-Federal Land, Targhee Exchange, Idaho-Wy7 oming—Proposed’’, dated September 1994, and are

8 known 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

15 values of the Federal and non-Federal lands to be so ex16 changed shall be established by appraisals of fair market

17 value that shall be subject to approval by the Secretary.

18 The values either shall be equal or shall be equalized using

19 the following methods:

20 (1) ADJUSTMENT OF LANDS.—

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

22 Federal lands are greater in value than the

23 non-Federal lands, the Secretary shall reduce

24 the acreage of the Federal lands until the val-
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1 ues of the Federal lands closely approximate

2 the values of the non-Federal lands.

3 (B) ADDITIONAL FEDERALLY-OWNED

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

5 in value than the Federal lands, the Secretary

6 may convey additional federally owned lands

7 within the Targhee National Forest up to an

8 amount necessary to equalize the values of the

9 non-Federal lands and the lands to be trans10 ferred out of Federal ownership. However, such

11 additional federally owned lands shall be limited

12 to those meeting the criteria for land exchanges

13 specified in the Targhee National Forest Land

14 and Resource 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 Fed22 eral 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

2 of Agriculture.

Passed the House of Representatives March 28,

1995.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.