Calendar No. 656

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2620

AN ACT

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acposes. Management Act of 1976, and for other pur- change pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and quire certain lands in California through an exSEPTEMBER 27 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994

Reported without amendment
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Calendar No. 656

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2620

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

NOVEMBER 17 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 2), 1993

Received

NOVEMBER 17 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 2), 1993

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

SEPTEMBER 27 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994

Reported by Mr. JOHNSTON, without amendment

AN ACT

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain

lands in California through an exchange pursuant to

the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976,

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. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

4 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds—

5 (1) the Bureau of Land Management desires to

6 obtain the lands described in section 3(a) for pur-
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1 poses of an access and staging area being planned

2 in cooperation with the National Park Service;

3 (2) the lands described in section 3(b) con4 stitute an isolated tract acquired by the United

5 States in 1936 for purposes of a Forest Service fire

6 lookout, but such lands are no longer needed for

7 that or any other National Forest purpose, and all

8 improvements have been removed from such lands;

9 (3) the lands described in section 3(b) are en10 tirely surrounded by private lands owned by a family

11 one of whose members also owns the lands described

12 in section 3(a); and

13 (4)(A) the owners of the land described in sec14 tion 3(a) are willing to transfer those lands to the

15 United States in exchange for the lands described in

16 section 3(b); but

17 (B) under existing law, such an exchange can18 not be accomplished administratively.

19 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to author20 ize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the lands de21 scribed in section 3(a) through an equal-value exchange

22 for the lands described in section 3(b).

23 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR EXCHANGE.

24 Solely for purpose of acquisition by the Secretary of

25 the Interior (on behalf of the United States) of the lands
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1 described in section 3(a) through an equal-value exchange

2 pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and

3 Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716), the lands de4 scribed in section 3(b) shall, for the 36-month period be5 ginning on the date of enactment of this Act, be deemed

6 to be public lands, as defined in section 103(e) of such

7 Act (43 U.S.C. 1702(e)).

8 SEC. 3. LAND DESCRIPTIONS.

9 (a) OHV AREA TRACT.—The lands whose acquisition

10 through exchange is specifically authorized by this Act are

described as follows: S1⁄2SW1 11 ⁄4 of section 26, township 33

12 north, range 7 west, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian,

13 Shasta County, California, comprised of 80 acres, more

14 or less.

15 (b) DELTA POINT LOOKOUT TRACT.—The lands

16 which under this Act are deemed to be public lands for

17 purposes of exchange is a parcel described as follows:

18 Mount Diablo Meridian, township 36 north, range 5 west,

section 23, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1 19 ⁄4,

SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1 20 ⁄4, comprised of 40

21 acres, more or less.

22 SEC. 4. ACQUISITION.

23 Section 104 of the Everglades National Park Protec24 tion and Expansion Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r–8) is
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1 amended by adding at the end the following new sub2 section:

3 ‘‘(k)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this

4 Act, the Secretary is authorized to use funds appropriated

5 pursuant to this Act, including any available funds appro6 priated to the National Park Service for construction in

7 the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Ap8 propriations Acts for fiscal years 1991 through 1994 for

9 project modifications by the Army Corps of Engineers, in

10 such amounts as determined by the Secretary, to provide

11 Federal assistance to the State of Florida (including polit12 ical subdivisions of the State) for acquisition of lands de13 scribed in paragraph (4).

14 ‘‘(2) With respect to any lands acquired pursuant to

15 this subsection, the Secretary may provide not more than

16 25 percent of the total cost of such acquisition.

17 ‘‘(3) All funds made available pursuant to this sub18 section shall be transferred to the State of Florida or a

19 political subdivision of the State, subject to an agreement

20 that any lands acquired with such funds will be managed

21 in perpetuity for the restoration of natural flows to the

22 park or Florida Bay.

23 ‘‘(4) The lands referred to in paragraph (1) are those

24 lands or interests therein adjacent to, or affecting the res25 toration of natural water flows to, the park or Florida Bay
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1 which are located east of the park and known as the Frog

2 Pond, Rocky Glades Agricultural Area, and the Eight-and3 One-Half Square-Mile Area.’’.

Passed the House of Representatives November 15,

1993.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.