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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4690 

To transfer certain lands along the Cle Elum River in the State of Washington to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, 

to support a land exchange involving a portion of such lands, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 24, 2004 

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Resources 

A BILL 

To transfer certain lands along the Cle Elum River in the 

State of Washington to the administrative jurisdiction 

of the Secretary of the Interior, to support a land exchange involving a portion of such lands, 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 ‘‘Cle Elum River Cor5 ridor Act of 2004’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. JURISDICTIONAL TRANSFER, CLE ELUM RIVER 

2 CORRIDOR, WASHINGTON. 

3 The Secretary of Agriculture shall transfer, without 

4 reimbursement, to the administrative jurisdiction of the 

5 Secretary of the Interior certain lands and interests in 

6 lands, previously transferred to the Secretary of Agri7 culture pursuant to section 7(c) of Public Law 89–72 (16 

8 U.S.C. 460l–18), that are located in sections 10 and 11 

9 of township 20 north, range 14 east, Willamette meridian, 

10 and generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Cle Elum River 

11 Corridor Boundary Adjustment, Sheet 1’’ and dated 

12 March 21, 2004. 

13 SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGE, CLE ELUM RIVER CORRIDOR, 

14 WASHINGTON. 

15 (a) ACCEPTANCE OF PRIVATE LANDS.—Subject to 

16 subsection (d), if MountainStar Resort Development, 

17 LLC, offers to the Secretary of the Interior, within 90 

18 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, a parcel 

19 of land consisting of approximately 38 acres located in sec20 tion 11 of township 20 north, range 14 east, Willamette 

21 meridian, and generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Cle 

22 Elum River Corridor Boundary Adjustment, Sheet 2’’ and 

23 dated March 21, 2004, the Secretary shall accept the par24 cel. The Secretary of the Interior shall have jurisdiction 

25 over the parcel accepted under this subsection. 
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1 (b) CONVEYANCE OF LANDS IN EXCHANGE.—Upon 

2 acceptance of title by the Secretary of the Interior to the 

3 parcel of lands described in subsection (a), the Secretary 

4 shall convey to MountainStar Resort Development, LLC, 

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

6 to a parcel of land consisting of approximately 38 acres 

7 located in sections 10 and 11 of township 20 north, range 

8 14 east, Willamette meridian, and generally depicted on 

9 a map entitled ‘‘Cle Elum River Corridor Boundary Ad10 justment, Sheet 3’’ and dated March 21, 2004. 

11 (c) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE.—The exchange under 

12 this section shall be consummated on an equal value basis, 

13 except that the Secretary of the Interior and 

14 MountainStar Resort Development, LLC, may agree to 

15 equalize the agreed-upon values of the Federal and non16 Federal lands involved in the exchange through the inclu17 sion of monetary consideration, so long as any adjustment 

18 agreed to does not exceed 25 percent of the value of the 

19 Federal lands to be conveyed. 

20 (d) CONDITIONS OF CONVEYANCE.—The exchange 

21 under this section shall be subject to the conditions that— 

22 (1) MountainStar Resort Development, LLC, 

23 convey title acceptable to the Secretary of the Inte24 rior; and 
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1 (2) there is no hazardous material on the prop2 erty to be acquired by the United States, as deter3 mined by the Secretary. 

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