II 
Calendar No. 405 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 409 
[Report No. 109–243] 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2005 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
APRIL 20, 2006 
Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of April 7, 2006, by Mr. 
DOMENICI, with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
To provide for the exchange of land within the Sierra 
National Forest, California, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Sierra National Forest 
Land Exchange Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means the parcels of land and improvements thereon 
comprising approximately 160 acres and located in 
township
south,
range
east,
section
30, 
E1⁄2SW1⁄4 and W1⁄2SE1⁄4, Mt. Diablo Meridian, Cali-
fornia. 
(2) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral land’’ means a parcel of land comprising ap-
proximately 80 acres and located in township 8 
south, range 26 east, section 29, N1⁄2NW1⁄4, Mt. 
Diablo Meridian, California. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGE, SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST, CALI-
FORNIA. 
(a) EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If, during the one-year pe-
riod beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, 
the owner of the non-Federal land offers the United 
States the exchange of the non-Federal land and a 
cash equalization payment of $50,000, the Secretary 
shall convey, by quit claim deed, all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to the Federal 
land. The conveyance of the Federal land shall be 
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subject to valid existing rights and under such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe. 
(2) ACCEPTABLE TITLE.—Title to the non-Fed-
eral land shall conform with the title approval stand-
ards of the Attorney General applicable to Federal 
land acquisitions and shall be acceptable to the Sec-
retary. 
(3) CORRECTION AND MODIFICATION OF LEGAL 
DESCRIPTIONS.—The Secretary, in consultation with 
the owner of the non-Federal land, may make cor-
rections to the legal descriptions of the Federal land 
and non-Federal land. The Secretary and the owner 
of the non-Federal land may make minor modifica-
tions to such descriptions insofar as such modifica-
tions do not affect the overall value of the exchange 
by more than five percent. 
(b) VALUATION OF LAND TO BE CONVEYED.—For 
purposes of this section, during the period referred to in 
subsection (a)(1), the value of the non-Federal land shall 
be deemed to be $200,000 and the value of the Federal 
land shall be deemed to be $250,000. 
(c)
ADMINISTRATION
OF
LAND
ACQUIRED
BY 
UNITED STATES.—Once acquired, the Secretary shall 
manage the non-Federal land in accordance with the Act 
of March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the Weeks Act; 
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16 U.S.C. 480 et seq.), and in accordance with the other 
laws and regulations pertaining to National Forest System 
lands. 
(d) CONDITIONS
ON CONVEYANCE
OF FEDERAL 
LAND.—The conveyance by the Secretary under sub-
section (a) shall be subject to the following conditions: 
(1) That the recipient of the Federal land con-
vey all 160 acres of the Federal land to the Sequoia 
Council of the Boy Scouts of America not later than 
four months after the date on which the recipient re-
ceives the Federal land from the Secretary under 
subsection (a). 
(2) That, as described in section 5, the owner 
of the easement granted in section 4 have the right 
of first offer regarding any reconveyance of the Fed-
eral land by the Sequoia Council of the Boy Scouts 
of America. 
(e) DISPOSITION AND USE OF CASH EQUALIZATION 
FUNDS.—The Secretary shall deposit the cash equali-
zation payment received under subsection (a) in the fund 
established by Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as 
the Sisk Act; 16 U.S.C. 484a). The cash equalization pay-
ment shall be available to the Secretary until expended, 
without further appropriation, for the acquisition of lands 
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