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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5016
Entitled ‘‘Gilpin County, Colorado—B.L.M. Land Transfer Act of 1994’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 21, 1994
Mr. SKAGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
Entitled ‘‘Gilpin County, Colorado—B.L.M. Land Transfer
Act of 1994’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds and declares that—
(1) certain scattered parcels of Federal land lo-
cated within Gilpin County, Colorado, are currently
administered by the Secretary of the Interior as part
of the Royal Gorge Resource Area, Canon City Dis-
trict, United States Bureau of Land Management;
(2) these land parcels, comprised of approxi-
mately 130 separate tracts of land ranging in size
from approximately 38 acres to much less than an
acre, have been identified as suitable for disposal by
the Bureau of Land Management through its re-
source management planning process and are appro-
priate for disposal; and
(3) even though these land parcels are scattered
and small in size, they nevertheless appear to have
a fair market value which may be used by the Fed-
eral Government to exchange for lands which will
better lend themselves to Federal management and
have higher values for future public access, use and
enjoyment, recreation, the protection and enhance-
ment of fish and wildlife and fish and wildlife habi-
tat, and the protection of riparian lands, wetlands,
scenic beauty and other public values.
(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to au-
thorize, direct, facilitate and expedite the land exchange
set forth herein in order to further the public interest by
disposing of Federal lands with limited public utility and
acquire in exchange therefor lands with important values
for permanent public management and protection.
SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The exchange directed by this Act
shall be consummated if within 90 days after enactment
of this Act Lake Gulch, Inc., a Colorado corporation (as
defined in section 4 of this Act), offers to transfer to the
United States pursuant to the provisions of this Act the
offered lands or interests in land described herein.
(b) CONVEYANCE BY LAKE GULCH.—Subject to the
provisions of section 3 of this Act, Lake Gulch shall convey
to the Secretary of the Interior all right, title, and interest
in and to the following offered lands—
(1) certain lands comprising approximately 40
acres with improvements thereon located in Larimer
County, Colorado, and lying within the boundaries of
Rocky Mountain National Park as generally depicted
on a map entitled ‘‘Circle C Church Camp’’, dated
August 1994, which shall upon their acquisition by
the United States and without further action by the
Secretary of the Interior be incorporated into Rocky
Mountain National Park and thereafter be adminis-
tered in accordance with the laws, rules and regula-
tions generally applicable to the National Park Sys-
tem and Rocky Mountain National Park;
(2) certain lands located along the Arkansas
River in Lake County, Colorado, which comprise ap-
proximately 517 acres, as generally depicted on a
map entitled ‘‘Arkansas River Headwaters Front-
age’’, dated August 1994; and
(3) certain lands located within and adjacent to
the United States Bureau of Land Management San
Luis Resource Area in Conejos County, Colorado,
which comprise approximately 3,993 acres and are
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Quinlan
Ranches Tract’’, dated August 1994.
(c) SUBSTITUTION OF LANDS.—If one or more of the
precise offered land parcels identified above is unable to
be conveyed to the United States due to appraisal or other
problems, Lake Gulch and the Secretary may mutually
agree to substitute therefor alternative offered lands ac-
ceptable to the Secretary.
(d) CONVEYANCE
BY
THE UNITED STATES.—(1)
Upon receipt of title to the lands identified in subsection
(a) the Secretary shall simultaneously convey to Lake
Gulch all right, title, and interest of the United States,
subject to valid existing rights, in and to the following se-
lected lands—
(A) certain surveyed lands located in Gilpin
County, Colorado, Township 3 South, Range 72
West, Sixth Principal Meridian, Section 18, Lots
118–220, which comprise approximately 195 acres
and are intended to include all federally owned lands
in section 18, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Lake Gulch Selected Lands’’, dated July 1994;
(B) certain surveyed lands located in Gilpin
County, Colorado, Township 3 South, Range 72
West, Sixth Principal Meridian, Section 17, Lots 37,
38, 39, 40, 52, 53, and 54, which comprise approxi-
mately 96 acres, as generally depicted on a map en-
titled ‘‘Lake Gulch Selected Lands’’, dated July
1994; and
(C) certain unsurveyed lands located in Gilpin
County, Colorado, Township 3 South, Range 73
West, Sixth Principal Meridian, Section 13, which
comprise approximately 10 acres, and are generally
depicted as parcels 307–326 on a map entitled
‘‘Lake Gulch Selected Lands’’, dated July 1994:
Provided, however, That a parcel or parcels of land
in section 13 shall not be transferred to Lake Gulch
if at the time of the proposed transfer the parcel or
parcels are under formal application for transfer to
a qualified unit of local government. Due to the
small and unsurveyed nature of such parcels pro-
posed for transfer to Lake Gulch in section 13, and
the high cost of surveying such small parcels, the
Secretary is authorized to transfer such section 13
lands to Lake Gulch without survey based on such
legal or other description as he determines appro-