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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 310 

To provide for the conveyance of approximately 140 acres of land in the 

Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, 

Inc., of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 8, 2009 

Mr. BOREN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To provide for the conveyance of approximately 140 acres 

of land in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma 

to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts 

of America, 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 ‘‘Help to Access Land 

5 for the Education of Scouts’’ or ‘‘HALE Scouts Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LAND CONVEYANCE, OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST, 

2 OKLAHOMA. 

3 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that it is in the public 

4 interest to provide for the sale of certain federally owned 

5 land in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma to the 

6 Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts of Amer7 ica, for market value consideration. 

8 (b) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—Subject to valid exist9 ing rights, the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey, by 

10 quitclaim deed, to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the 

11 Boy Scouts of America (in this section referred to as the 

12 ‘‘Council’’) all right, title, and interest of the United 

13 States in and to certain National Forest System land in 

14 the Ouachita National Forest in the State of Oklahoma 

15 consisting of approximately 140 acres, depending on the 

16 final measurement of the road set back and the actual size 

17 of the affected sections, as more fully described in sub18 section (c). The conveyance may not include any land lo19 cated within the Indian Nations National Scenic and Wild20 life Area designated by section 10 of the Winding Stair 

21 Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Area Act 

22 (16 U.S.C. 460vv–8). 

23 (c) COVERED LANDS.—The National Forest System 

24 land to be conveyed under subsection (b) is depicted on 

25 the map entitled ‘‘Boy Scout Land Request–Ouachita 

26 NF’’. The map shall be on file and available for public 


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1 inspection in the Forest Service Regional Office in At2 lanta, Georgia. 

3 (d) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the land 

4 conveyed under subsection (b), the Council shall pay to 

5 the Secretary an amount equal to the fair market value 

6 of the land, as determined by an appraisal approved by 

7 the Secretary and done in conformity with the Uniform 

8 Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and 

9 section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 

10 Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716). 

11 (e) USE OF PROCEEDS.—The consideration received 

12 under subsection (d) shall be deposited in the fund estab13 lished by Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as the 

14 ‘‘Sisk Act’’; 16 U.S.C. 484a). The amount so deposited 

15 shall be available to the Secretary, without further appro16 priation, for expenditure for the acquisition of land and 

17 interests in land in the Ouachita National Forest. 

18 (f) SURVEY AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The 

19 exact acreage and legal description of the land to be con20 veyed under subsection (b) shall be determined by a survey 

21 satisfactory to the Secretary. The Council shall pay the 

22 reasonable costs of survey, appraisal, and any administra23 tive analyses required by law. 

24 (g) ACCESS.—Access to the land conveyed under sub25 section (b) shall be from the adjacent land of the Council 


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1 or its successor. Notwithstanding section 1323(a) of the 

2 Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 

3 U.S.C. 3210(a)), the Secretary shall not be required to 

4 provide additional access to the conveyed land. 

5 (h) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The 

6 Secretary may prescribe such terms and conditions on the 

7 conveyance under subsection (b) as the Secretary con8 siders in the public interest, including the reservation of 

9 access rights to the conveyed land for administrative pur10 poses. 

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