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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1939 

To provide for the conveyance of certain land in the Santa Fe National 

Forest, New Mexico. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 2, 2007 

Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. DOMENICI) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To provide for the conveyance of certain land in the Santa 

Fe National Forest, New Mexico. 

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 ‘‘Santa Fe National 

5 Forest Title Claim Resolution Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) CLAIM.—The term ‘‘Claim’’ means a claim 

9 of the Claimants against the United States under— 


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1 (A) the administrative adjudication of Ra2 mona and Boyd Lawson, IBLA 97–459, 

3 NMNM–96160, 159 IBLA 184 (June 4, 2003); 

4 or 

5 (B) section 316 of the Federal Land Policy 

6 and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 

7 1746). 

8 (2) CLAIMANTS.—The term ‘‘Claimants’’ means 

9 Ramona Lawson and Boyd Lawson. 

10 (3) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 

11 means a parcel of National Forest System land in 

12 the Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico, that 

13 is— 

14 (A) a portion of the land occupied by im15 provements that is referred to in the adminis16 trative adjudication described in paragraph 

17 (1)(A); 

18 (B) comprised of approximately 6.20 acres 

19 of land; 

20 (C) in lot 10, sec. 22, T. 18 N., R. 12 E., 

21 New Mexico Principal Meridian, San Miguel 

22 County, New Mexico; and 

23 (D) described and delineated in the survey. 

24 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

25 the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 


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1 Forest Service Regional Forester, Southwestern Re2 gion. 

3 (5) SURVEY.—The term ‘‘survey’’ means the 

4 survey plat entitled ‘‘Boundary Survey and Con5 servation Easement Plat’’, prepared by Chris A. 

6 Chavez, Land Surveyor, Forest Service, 

7 NMPLS#12793, and recorded on February 27, 

8 2007, at book 55, page 93, of the land records of 

9 San Miguel County, New Mexico. 

10 SEC. 3. SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST LAND CONVEYANCE. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, except as 

12 provided in paragraph (1) and subject to valid existing 

13 rights, convey and quitclaim to the Claimants all right, 

14 title, and interest of the United States in and to the Fed15 eral land in exchange for— 

16 (1) the grant by the Claimants to the United 

17 States of a scenic easement to the Federal land 

18 that— 

19 (A) protects the purposes for which the 

20 Federal land was designated under the Wild 

21 and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.); 

22 and 

23 (B) is determined to be acceptable by the 

24 Secretary; and 


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1 (2) a release of the United States by the Claim2 ants of— 

3 (A) the Claim; and 

4 (B) any additional related claims of the 

5 Claimants against the United States. 

6 (b) SURVEY.—The Secretary, with the approval of 

7 the Claimants, may make minor corrections to the survey 

8 and legal description of the Federal land to correct cler9 ical, typographical, and surveying errors. 

10 (c) SATISFACTION OF CLAIM.—The conveyance of 

11 Federal land under subsection (a) shall constitute a full 

12 satisfaction of the Claim. 

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