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(b) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the con-
veyance under subsection (a), the Warren County Develop-
ment Association shall make to the Secretary a lump sum 
payment of $100,000. 
(c) PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.—The map referred to 
in subsection (a) is the primary description of the lands 
to which the map refers. In the event of a conflict between 
the map description and the metes and bounds description 
of the lands, the map shall be deemed to be the definitive 
description of the lands unless the map cannot be located. 
The map shall be on file and available for public inspection 
in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service until the 
lands are disposed of pursuant to this section. 
(d) REVOCATIONS.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, on conveyance of land by the Secretary 
under this section, any public order withdrawing the land 
from any form of appropriation under the public land laws 
is revoked. 
SEC. 4. CONVEYANCE OF RIDGEWAY RANGER DISTRICT 
HEADQUARTERS, 
ELK 
COUNTY, 
PENNSYL-
VANIA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
Agriculture may convey to Ridgeway Township, Pennsyl-
vania, all right, title, and interest of the United States 
in and to US Tract 904, consisting of 8.812 acres, and
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US Tract 905, consisting of 0.869 acres, Ridgeway Rang-
er District Headquarters, as depicted on the maps titled 
‘‘Allegheny Unit, Harry R. Eliza E. Larson Tract 904, 
1959’’ and ‘‘Allegheny Unit, Leo S. Laura A. Guth Tract 
905, July 1948’’. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the con-
veyance under subsection (a), Ridgeway Township shall 
pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the fair market 
value of the conveyed lands, as determined by an appraisal 
acceptable to the Secretary and Ridgeway Township. 
(c) PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.—The maps referred to 
in subsection (a) is the primary description of the lands 
to which the maps refer. In the event of a conflict between 
a map description and the metes and bounds description 
of the lands, the map shall be deemed to be the definitive 
description of the lands unless the map cannot be located. 
The maps shall be on file and available for public inspec-
tion in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service until 
the lands are disposed of pursuant to this section. 
(d) REVOCATIONS.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, on conveyance of land by the Secretary 
under this section, any public order withdrawing the land 
from any form of appropriation under the public land laws 
is revoked.
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SEC. 5. CONVEYANCE OF MARIENVILLE RANGER RESI-
DENCE, FOREST COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
Agriculture may convey, without consideration, to the 
Marienville Volunteer Fire Department of Forest County, 
Pennsylvania, all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to that portion of US Tract 844, Marienville 
ranger residence, as depicted on the map titled ‘‘Allegheny 
Unit, Peter B. DeSmet Tract 844, 1936’’, which is identi-
fied as Lot 2 on the Survey Plat prepared by D. M. Heller 
and dated December 12, 1999. 
(b) PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.—The map referred to 
in subsection (a) is the primary description of the lands 
to which the map refers. In the event of a conflict between 
the map description and the metes and bounds description 
of the lands, the map shall be deemed to be the definitive 
description of the lands unless the map cannot be located. 
The map shall be on file and available for public inspection 
in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service until the 
lands are disposed of pursuant to this section. 
(c) REVOCATIONS.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, on conveyance of land by the Secretary 
under this section, any public order withdrawing the land 
from any form of appropriation under the public land laws 
is revoked.
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SEC. 6. DISPOSITION OF FUNDS. 
(a) DEPOSIT IN SISK ACT FUND.—The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall deposit in the fund established under 
Public Law 90–171 (16 U.S.C. 484a; commonly known 
as the Sisk Act)— 
(1) the proceeds of a sale or exchange under 
section 2; and 
(2) the consideration received pursuant to sec-
tions 3(b) and 4(b). 
(b) USE OF PROCEEDS.—Subject to subsection (c), 
funds deposited under subsection (a) shall be available to 
the Secretary, without further appropriation, for— 
(1) the acquisition, construction, or improve-
ment of administrative facilities and sites for the Al-
legheny National Forest; or 
(2) the acquisition of land and interests in land 
in the Allegheny National Forest. 
(c) CONDITION ON LAND ACQUISITION.—The acqui-
sition of lands in the Allegheny National Forest using 
funds deposited under subsection (a) is subject to the con-
dition that the market value of the acquired lands may 
not exceed 125 percent of the market value of the lands 
disposed of under this Act.
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SEC. 7. ADMINISTRATION OF LAND ACQUIRED BY UNITED 
STATES. 
Lands acquired by the Secretary of Agriculture under 
section 6(b) or by exchange under section 2 shall be man-
aged by the Secretary in accordance with the Act of March 
1, 1911 (commonly known as the Weeks Act; 16 U.S.C. 
480 et seq.) and other laws and regulations pertaining to 
National Forest System lands. For the purposes of section 
7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 
(16 U.S.C. 460l–9), the boundaries of the Allegheny Na-
tional Forest, as adjusted on account of the disposal and 
acquisition of lands under this Act, shall be considered to 
be the boundaries of that national forest as of January 
1, 1965. 
SEC. 8. RELATION TO OTHER CONVEYANCES AUTHORITIES. 
Except as expressly provided in this Act, nothing in 
this Act affects any other authority of the Secretary of 
Agriculture to sell, exchange, or acquire land. Lands au-
thorized for disposal under this Act shall not be subject 
to subchapters II and III of chapter 5 of title 40, United 
States Code. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 5, 
2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.