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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1803 

To authorize the exchange of certain land located in the State of Idaho, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 17, 2007 

Mr. CRAIG introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize the exchange of certain land located in the 

State of Idaho, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Idaho Land Convey5 ance Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LAND.— 

9 The term ‘‘Bureau of Land Management land’’ 

10 means a parcel of land— 


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1 (A) the area of which is not more than 50 

2 acres; and 

3 (B) that is under the jurisdiction of the 

4 Secretary of the Interior. 

5 (2) COMPANY.—The term ‘‘Company’’ means 

6 the Sun Valley Company. 

7 (3) NATIONAL FOREST.—The term ‘‘National 

8 Forest’’ means the Sawtooth National Forest. 

9 (4) FOREST SERVICE LAND.—The term ‘‘Forest 

10 Service land’’ means a parcel of land— 

11 (A) the area of which is not more than 50 

12 acres; and 

13 (B) that is under the jurisdiction of the 

14 Secretary. 

15 (5) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed16 eral land’’ means a parcel of land— 

17 (A) the area of which is not more than 50 

18 acres; and 

19 (B) that is owned by the Company. 

20 (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

21 the Secretary of Agriculture (acting through the 

22 Chief of the Forest Service). 

23 (7) SHOSHONE DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘Sho24 shone District’’ means the Shoshone District of the 

25 Bureau of Land Management. 


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1 SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGE; TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION. 

2 (a) LAND EXCHANGE.—If the Company offers to 

3 convey to the Secretary the non-Federal land, the Sec4 retary may— 

5 (1) accept the offer; and 

6 (2) on conveyance to the Secretary of the non7 Federal land, simultaneously convey to the Company 

8 the Forest Service land. 

9 (b) TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—On the date on which the 

11 Secretary conveys to the Company the Forest Serv12 ice land under subsection (a)(2)— 

13 (A) the Secretary shall transfer to the Sec14 retary of the Interior administrative jurisdiction 

15 of the non-Federal land; and 

16 (B) the Secretary of the Interior shall 

17 transfer to the Secretary administrative juris18 diction of the Bureau of Land Management 

19 land. 

20 (2) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.— 

21 (A) SHOSHONE DISTRICT.—On the date on 

22 which the Secretary transfers to the Secretary 

23 of the Interior the non-Federal land under 

24 paragraph (1)(A)— 

25 (i) the non-Federal land shall become 

26 part of the Shoshone District; and 


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1 (ii) the boundaries of the Shoshone 

2 District shall be adjusted to include the 

3 non-Federal land. 

4 (B) NATIONAL FOREST.—On the date on 

5 which the Secretary of the Interior transfers to 

6 the Secretary administrative jurisdiction of the 

7 Bureau of Land Management land under para8 graph (1)(B)— 

9 (i) the Bureau of Land Management 

10 land shall become part of the National 

11 Forest; and 

12 (ii) the boundaries of the National 

13 Forest shall be adjusted to include the Bu14 reau of Land Management land. 

15 (3) MANAGEMENT OF TRANSFERRED LAND.— 

16 For any parcel of land the jurisdiction of which is 

17 transferred under paragraph (1), the applicable Sec18 retary shall manage the parcel of land in accordance 

19 with— 

20 (A) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 

21 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 

22 (B) the Federal Land Policy and Manage23 ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); 

24 (C) the National Environmental Policy Act 

25 of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and 


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1 (D) all other applicable laws (including 

2 regulations). 

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