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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2577
To authorize the development and maintenance of a multi-agency campus
project in the town of Jackson, Wyoming.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 21, 1999
Mrs. CUBIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Resources
A BILL
To authorize the development and maintenance of a multi-
agency campus project in the town of Jackson, Wyoming.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jackson Multi-Agency
Campus Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) the management of public land and natural
resources and the service of the public in the area
of Jackson, Wyoming, are responsibilities shared
by—
(A) the Department of Agriculture, includ-
ing the Forest Service;
(B) the Department of the Interior,
including—
(i) the National Park Service; and
(ii) the United States Fish and Wild-
life Service;
(C) the Game and Fish Commission of the
State of Wyoming;
(D) Teton County, Wyoming;
(E) the town of Jackson, Wyoming;
(F) the Jackson Chamber of Commerce;
and
(G) the Jackson Hole Historical Society;
and
(2) it is desirable to locate the administrative
offices of several of the agencies and entities speci-
fied in paragraph (1) on 1 site to—
(A) facilitate communication between the
agencies and entities;
(B) reduce costs to the Federal, State, and
local governments; and
(C) better serve the public.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are to—
(1) authorize the Federal agencies specified in
subsection (a) to—
(A) develop and maintain the Project in
Jackson, Wyoming, in cooperation with the
other agencies and entities specified in sub-
section (a); and
(B) provide resources and enter into such
agreements as are necessary for the planning,
design, construction, operation, maintenance,
and fixture modifications of all elements of the
Project;
(2) direct the Secretary to convey to the town
of Jackson, Wyoming, certain parcels of federally
owned land located in Teton County, Wyoming, in
exchange for construction of facilities for the
Bridger-Teton National Forest by the town of Jack-
son;
(3) direct the Secretary to convey to the Game
and Fish Commission of the State of Wyoming cer-
tain parcels of federally owned land in the town of
Jackson, Wyoming, in exchange for approximately
1.35 acres of land, also located in the town of Jack-
son, to be used in the construction of the Project;
and
(4) relinquish certain reversionary interests of
the United States in order to facilitate the trans-
actions described in paragraphs (1) through (4).
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’
means the Game and Fish Commission of the State
of Wyoming.
(2) CONSTRUCTION
COST.—The term ‘‘con-
struction cost’’ means any cost that is—
(A) associated with building improvements
to Federal standards and guidelines; and
(B) open to a competitive bidding process
approved by the Secretary.
(3) FEDERAL
PARCEL.—The term ‘‘Federal
parcel’’ means the parcel of land, and all appur-
tenances to the land, comprising approximately 15.3
acres, depicted as ‘‘Bridger-Teton National Forest’’
on the Map.
(4) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Multi-Agency Campus Project Site’’, dated
March 31, 1999, and on file in the offices of—
(A) the Bridger-Teton National Forest, in
the State of Wyoming; and
(B) the Chief of the Forest Service.
(5) MASTER PLAN.—The term ‘‘master plan’’
means the document entitled ‘‘Conceptual Master
Plan’’, dated July 14, 1998, and on file at the of-
fices of—
(A) the Bridger-Teton National Forest, in
the State of Wyoming; and
(B) the Chief of the Forest Service.
(6) PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Project’’ means the
proposed project for construction of a multi-agency
campus, to be carried out by the town of Jackson,
Wyoming, in cooperation with the other agencies and
entities described in section 2(a)(1), to provide, in
accordance with the master plan—
(A) administrative facilities for various
agencies and entities; and
(B) interpretive, educational, and other fa-
cilities for visitors to the greater Yellowstone
area.
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Agriculture (including a designee of
the Secretary).
(8) STATE PARCEL.—The term ‘‘State parcel’’
means the parcel of land comprising approximately
3 acres, depicted as ‘‘Wyoming Game and Fish’’ on
the Map.
(9) TOWN.—The term ‘‘town’’ means the town
of Jackson, Wyoming.
SEC. 4. MULTI-AGENCY CAMPUS PROJECT, JACKSON, WYO-
MING.
(a) CONSTRUCTION OFFERS
FOR EXCHANGE
OF
PROPERTY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The town may offer to con-
struct, as part of the Project, an administrative fa-
cility for the Bridger-Teton National Forest.
(2) CONVEYANCE.—If the offer described in
paragraph (2) is made not later than 5 years after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall convey the Federal land described in section
5(a)(1) to the town, in exchange for the completed
administrative facility described in this paragraph,
in accordance with this Act.
(b) OFFER TO CONVEY STATE PARCEL.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may offer
to convey a portion of the State parcel, depicted on
the Map as ‘‘Parcel Three’’, to the United States to
be used for construction of an administrative facility
for the Bridger-Teton National Forest.
(2) CONVEYANCE.—If the offer described in
paragraph (2) is made not later than 5 years after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall convey, through a simultaneous conveyance, the
Federal land described in section 5(a)(2) to the
Commission, in exchange for the portion of the State
parcel described in paragraph (2), in accordance
with this Act.
SEC. 5. CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In exchange for the consideration
described in section 3, the Secretary shall convey—
(1) to the town, the portion of the Federal par-
cel, comprising approximately 9.3 acres, depicted on
the Map as ‘‘Parcel Two’’; and
(2) to the Commission, the portion of the Fed-
eral parcel comprising approximately 3.2 acres, de-
picted on the Map as ‘‘Parcel One’’.
(b) REVERSIONARY INTERESTS.—As additional con-
sideration for acceptance by the United States of any offer
described in section 4, the United States shall relinquish
all reversionary interests in the State parcel, as set forth
in the deed between the United States and the State of
Wyoming, dated February 19, 1957, and recorded on Oc-
tober 2, 1967, in Book 14 of Deeds, Page 382, in the
records of Teton County, Wyoming.
SEC. 6. EQUAL VALUE OF INTERESTS EXCHANGED.
(a) VALUATION OF LAND TO BE CONVEYED.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The fair market and im-
provement values of the land to be exchanged under
this Act shall be determined—
(A) by appraisals acceptable to the Sec-
retary, utilizing nationally recognized appraisal
standards; and
(B) in accordance with section 206 of the
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716).
(2) APPRAISAL
REPORT.—Each appraisal re-
port shall be written to Federal standards, as de-
fined in the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Fed-
eral Land Acquisitions developed by the Interagency
Land Acquisition Conference.
(3) NO EFFECT ON VALUE OF REVERSIONARY
INTERESTS.—An appraisal of the State parcel shall
not take into consideration any reversionary interest
held by the United States in the State parcel as of
the date on which the appraisal is conducted.
(b) VALUE OF FEDERAL LAND GREATER THAN CON-
STRUCTION COSTS.—If the value of the Federal land to
be conveyed to the town under section 5(a)(1) is greater
than the construction costs to be paid by the town for the
administrative facility described in section 4(a), the Sec-
retary shall reduce the acreage of the Federal land con-