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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2777 
To provide for the acquisition of five isolated parcels of land owned by 
the State of Utah, under the control of the Utah National Guard, 
and withdrawn for military use as part of Camp Williams, Utah, in 
exchange for a consolidated parcel of public land of approximate equal 
value, also within the boundaries of Camp Williams, necessary for future 
military mission training. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 19, 2007 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah (for himself, Mr. CANNON, and Mr. MATHESON) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for the acquisition of five isolated parcels of 
land owned by the State of Utah, under the control 
of the Utah National Guard, and withdrawn for military 
use as part of Camp Williams, Utah, in exchange for 
a consolidated parcel of public land of approximate equal 
value, also within the boundaries of Camp Williams, nec-
essary for future military mission training. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Utah National Guard 
Lands Consolidation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, CAMP WILLIAMS, UTAH. 
(a) ACQUISITION OF STATE LAND AUTHORIZED.— 
The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau 
of Land Management, shall accept ownership of all right, 
title, and interest in and to certain lands comprising ap-
proximately 931 acres owned by the State of Utah and 
located within the boundaries of the public lands currently 
withdrawn for military use by the Utah National Guard 
as ‘‘Camp Williams’’, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Camp Williams Land Exchange’’ and dated April 9, 
2007, if such lands are offered to the Secretary by the 
State of Utah. 
(b) CONVEYANCE
OF FEDERAL LAND AUTHOR-
IZED.—In exchange for the State lands acquired under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall convey to the State of 
Utah all right, title, and interest of the United States in 
and to public lands within the boundaries of Camp Wil-
liams of substantially equal value to the acquired lands. 
(c) CONDITIONS OF LAND EXCHANGE.—The land ex-
change shall be subject to the following conditions: 
(1) LOCATION OF LAND TRANSFERRED.—The 
land to be conveyed to the State of Utah by the Sec-
retary shall be selected in consultation with the Gov-
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ernor of Utah, and shall be located adjacent to exist-
ing Camp Williams’ facilities and infrastructure, and 
have access to State of Utah Route 68, as generally 
depicted as ‘‘selected lands’’ on the map referred to 
in subsection (a). 
(2) VALUATION OF PARCELS.—The valuation of 
lands accepted by the Secretary and lands conveyed 
to the State of Utah shall be determined by the Sec-
retary in accordance with the Uniform Appraisal 
Standards for Federal Land Acquisition, except that 
the appraisal of the land shall only take into consid-
eration their value as noncommercial lands used for 
military purposes. 
(3) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—In the absence of 
a mutual agreement between the Secretary and the 
Governor of Utah respecting administrative costs 
necessary to carry out this section, the Secretary 
and the State of Utah shall share the costs equally. 
(d) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—The lands conveyed 
to the State of Utah shall be subject to a reversionary 
interest that such lands shall revert back to ownership of 
the United States if they are sold or attempted to be sold, 
or if they are used solely for nondefense, commercial pur-
poses. It is not a violation of the reversionary interest for 
the State of Utah to lease the lands to commercial inter-
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ests if such leases facilitate public-private partnerships for 
the construction and operation of buildings, facilities, 
roads, or other infrastructure that support the Utah Na-
tional Guard mission or for other public purposes. 
(e) MANAGEMENT OF ACQUIRED LANDS.—The lands 
acquired by the Secretary under subsection (a) shall be 
managed by the Bureau of Land Management as with-
drawn public lands for military use, in the same manner 
and to the same extent as adjacent public lands within 
the boundaries of Camp Williams. 
(f) TIME FOR EXCHANGE.—The land exchange pro-
vided for under this section shall occur not later than 120 
days after the date on which the lands described in sub-
section (a) are offered to the Secretary by the State of 
Utah, and no futher environmental review is required be-
fore the Secretary may proceed with the land exchange. 
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