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Calendar No. 136
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1944
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 23, 1997
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
JULY 30, 1997
Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, without amendment
AN ACT
To provide for a land exchange involving the Warner Canyon
Ski Area and other land in the State of Oregon.
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 ‘‘Warner Canyon Ski
Hill Land Exchange Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE INVOLVING WARNER CANYON SKI
AREA AND OTHER LAND IN OREGON.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF EXCHANGE.—If title accept-
able to the Secretary for non-Federal land described in
subsection (b) is conveyed to the United States, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall convey to Lake County, Or-
egon, subject to valid existing rights of record, all right,
title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel
of Federal land consisting of approximately 295 acres
within the Warner Canyon Ski Area of the Freemont Na-
tional Forest, as generally depicted on the map entitled
‘‘Warner Canyon Ski Hill Land Exchange’’, dated June
1997.
(b) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The non-Federal land re-
ferred to in subsection (a) consists of—
(1) approximately 320 acres within the Hart
Mountain National Wildlife Refuge, as generally de-
picted on the map referred to in subsection (a); and
(2) such other parcels of land owned by Lake
County, Oregon, within the Refuge as are necessary
to ensure that the values of the Federal land and
non-Federal land to be exchanged under this section
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are approximately equal in value, as determined by
appraisals.
(c) ACCEPTABLE TITLE.—Title to the non-Federal
land conveyed to the United States under subsection (a)
shall be such title as is acceptable to the Secretary of the
Interior, in conformance with title approval standards ap-
plicable to Federal land acquisitions.
(d) VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.—The conveyance shall
be subject to such valid existing rights of record as may
be acceptable to the Secretary of the Interior.
(e) APPLICABILITY
OF OTHER LAWS.—Except as
otherwise provided in this section, the Secretary of the In-
terior shall process the land exchange authorized by this
section in the manner provided in subpart 2200 of title
43, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date
of enactment of this Act).
(f) MAP.—The map referred to in subsection (a) shall
be on file and available for inspection in 1 or more local
offices of the Department of the Interior and the Depart-
ment of Agriculture.
(g) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The
Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture
may require such additional terms and conditions in con-
nection with the conveyances under this section as either
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Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of
the United States.
Passed the House of Representatives July 22, 1997.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 136
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1944
AN ACT
To provide for a land exchange involving the War-
ner Canyon Ski Area and other land in the State
of Oregon.
JULY 30, 1997
Reported without amendment