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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 61 

To provide for the conveyance of certain National Forest System land in 

the State of Louisiana. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 7, 2015 

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

to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To provide for the conveyance of certain National Forest 

System land in the State of Louisiana. 

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 ‘‘Kisatchie National 

5 Forest Land Conveyance Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDING. 

7 Congress finds that it is in the public interest to au8 thorize the conveyance of certain Federal land in the 

9 Kisatchie National Forest in the State of Louisiana for 

10 market value consideration. 


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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) COLLINS CAMP PROPERTIES.—The term 

4 ‘‘Collins Camp Properties’’ means Collins Camp 

5 Properties, Inc., a corporation incorporated under 

6 the laws of the State. 

7 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

8 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

9 (3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

10 of Louisiana. 

11 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCES. 

12 (a) AUTHORIZATION.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 

14 rights and subsection (b), the Secretary may convey 

15 the Federal land described in paragraph (2) by quit16 claim deed at public or private sale, including com17 petitive sale by auction, bid, or other methods. 

18 (2) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The Federal land 

19 referred to in paragraph (1) consists of— 

20 (A) all Federal land within sec. 9, T. 10 

21 N., R. 5 W., Winn Parish, Louisiana; and 

22 (B) a 2.16-acre parcel of Federal land located in the SW1 23 ⁄4 of sec. 4, T. 10 N., R. 5 W., 

24 Winn Parish, Louisiana, as depicted on a cer25 tificate of survey dated March 7, 2007, by Glen 

26 L. Cannon, P.L.S. 4436. 


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1 (b) FIRST RIGHT OF PURCHASE.—Subject to valid 

2 existing rights and section 6, during the 1-year period be3 ginning on the date of enactment of this Act, on the provi4 sion of consideration by the Collins Camp Properties to 

5 the Secretary, the Secretary shall convey, by quitclaim 

6 deed, to Collins Camp Properties all right, title and inter7 est of the United States in and to— 

8 (1) not more than 47.92 acres of Federal land 

9 comprising the Collins Campsites within sec. 9, T. 

10 10 N., R. 5 W., in Winn Parish, Louisiana, as gen11 erally depicted on a certificate of survey dated Feb12 ruary 28, 2007, by Glen L. Cannon, P.L.S. 4436; 

13 and 

14 (2) the parcel of Federal land described in sub15 section (a)(2)(B). 

16 (c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary may— 

17 (1) configure the Federal land to be conveyed 

18 under this Act— 

19 (A) to maximize the marketability of the 

20 conveyance; or 

21 (B) to achieve management objectives; and 

22 (2) establish any terms and conditions for the 

23 conveyances under this Act that the Secretary deter24 mines to be in the public interest. 


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1 (d) CONSIDERATION.—Consideration for a convey2 ance of Federal land under this Act shall be— 

3 (1) in the form of cash; and 

4 (2) in an amount equal to the market value of 

5 the Federal land being conveyed, as determined 

6 under subsection (e). 

7 (e) MARKET VALUE.—The market value of the Fed8 eral land conveyed under this Act shall be determined— 

9 (1) in the case of Federal land conveyed under 

10 subsection (b), by an appraisal that is— 

11 (A) conducted in accordance with the Uni12 form Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Ac13 quisitions; and 

14 (B) approved by the Secretary; or 

15 (2) if conveyed by a method other than the 

16 methods described in subsection (b), by competitive 

17 sale. 

18 (f) HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—In any conveyance of Fed20 eral land under this Act, the Secretary shall meet 

21 disclosure requirements for hazardous substances, 

22 but shall otherwise not be required to remediate or 

23 abate the substances. 

24 (2) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section otherwise 

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1 ronmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 

2 Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) to the convey3 ances of Federal land. 

4 SEC. 5. PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF LAND. 

5 (a) DEPOSIT OF RECEIPTS.—The Secretary shall de6 posit the proceeds of a conveyance of Federal land under 

7 section 4 in the fund established under Public Law 90– 

8 171 (commonly known as the ‘‘Sisk Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 

9 484a). 

10 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts deposited under sub11 section (a) shall be available to the Secretary until ex12 pended, without further appropriation, for the acquisition 

13 of land and interests in land in the Kisatchie National 

14 Forest in the State. 

15 SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION. 

16 (a) COSTS.—As a condition of a conveyance of Fed17 eral land to Collins Camp Properties under section 4, the 

18 Secretary shall require Collins Camp Properties to pay at 

19 closing— 

20 (1) reasonable appraisal costs; and 

21 (2) the cost of any administrative and environ22 mental analyses required by law (including regula23 tions). 

24 (b) PERMITS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—An offer by Collins Camp 

2 Properties for the acquisition of the Federal land 

3 under section 4 shall be accompanied by a written 

4 statement from each holder of a Forest Service spe5 cial use authorization with respect to the Federal 

6 land that specifies that the holder agrees to relin7 quish the special use authorization on the convey8 ance of the Federal land to Collins Camp Properties. 

9 (2) SPECIAL USE AUTHORIZATIONS.—If any 

10 holder of a special use authorization described in 

11 paragraph (1) fails to provide a written authoriza12 tion in accordance with that paragraph, the Sec13 retary shall require, as a condition of the convey14 ance, that Collins Camp Properties administer the 

15 special use authorization according to the terms of 

16 the special use authorization until the date on which 

17 the special use authorization expires. 

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