IIB 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 241 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 6, 2012 

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

Resources 

AN ACT 

To authorize the conveyance of certain National Forest System lands in the Los Padres National Forest in California. 

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. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

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

4 means the approximately 5 acres of National Forest 

5 System land in Santa Barbara County, California, 

6 as generally depicted on the map. 

7 (2) FOUNDATION.—The term ‘‘Foundation’’ 

8 means the White Lotus Foundation, a nonprofit 

9 foundation located in Santa Barbara, California. 

10 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en11 titled ‘‘San Marcos Pass Encroachment for Consid12 eration of Legislative Remedy’’ and dated June 1, 

13 2009. 

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

15 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

16 SEC. 2. LAND CONVEYANCE. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of this 

18 section, if the Foundation offers to convey to the Secretary 

19 all right, title, and interest of the Foundation in and to 

20 a parcel of non-Federal land that is acceptable to the Sec21 retary— 

22 (1) the Secretary shall accept the offer; and 

23 (2) on receipt of acceptable title to the non24 Federal land, the Secretary shall convey to the 

25 Foundation all right, title, and interest of the United 

26 States in and to the Federal land. 


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1 (b) APPLICABLE LAW.—The land exchange author2 ized under subsection (a) shall be subject to section 206 

3 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 

4 (43 U.S.C. 1716). 

5 (c) TIME FOR COMPLETION OF LAND EXCHANGE.— 

6 It is the intent of Congress that the land exchange under 

7 subsection (a) shall be completed not later than 2 years 

8 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

9 (d) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY TO CONDUCT SALE

10 OF FEDERAL LAND.—If the land exchange under sub11 section (a) is not completed by the date that is 2 years 

12 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary may 

13 offer to sell to the Foundation the Federal land for fair 

14 market value. 

15 (e) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The 

16 land exchange under subsection (a) and any sale under 

17 subsection (d) shall be subject to— 

18 (1) valid existing rights; 

19 (2) the Secretary finding that the public inter20 est would be well served by making the exchange or 

21 sale; 

22 (3) any terms and conditions that the Secretary 

23 may require; and 

24 (4) the Foundation paying the reasonable costs 

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1 trative costs associated with the land exchange or 

2 sale. 

3 (f) APPRAISALS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The land conveyed under 

5 subsection (a) or (d) shall be appraised by an inde6 pendent appraiser selected by the Secretary. 

7 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—An appraisal under para8 graph (1) shall be conducted in accordance with na9 tionally recognized appraisal standards, including— 

10 (A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 

11 Federal Land Acquisitions; and 

12 (B) the Uniform Standards of Professional 

13 Appraisal Practice. 

14 (g) MANAGEMENT AND STATUS OF ACQUIRED

15 LAND.—Any non-Federal land acquired by the Secretary 

16 under this Act shall be managed by the Secretary in ac17 cordance with— 

18 (1) the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known 

19 as the ‘‘Weeks Law’’) (16 U.S.C. 480 et seq.); and 


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1 (2) any laws (including regulations) applicable 

2 to the National Forest System. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 5, 2012. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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