106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4226
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange
all or part of certain administrative sites and other land
in the Black Hills National Forest and to use funds
derived from the sale or exchange to acquire replacement
sites and to acquire or construct administrative improve-
ments in connection with the Black Hills National For-
est.
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 ‘‘Black Hills National
Forest and Rocky Mountain Research Station Improve-
ment Act’’.
SEC. 2. SALE OR EXCHANGE OF LAND, BLACK HILLS NA-
TIONAL FOREST, SOUTH DAKOTA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may, under
such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe,
sell or exchange any right, title, and interest of the United
States in and to the approximately 362 acres contained
in the following parcels of land in the State of South Da-
kota:
(1) Tract BLKH–1 ‘‘Spearfish Dwelling’’ (ap-
proximately 0.24 acres); N1⁄2 of Lot 8 and Lot 9 of
Block 16, Section 10, T6N, R2E, Black Hills Merid-
ian.
(2) Tract BLKH–2 ‘‘Deadwood Garage’’ (ap-
proximately 0.12 acres); Lots 9 and 11 of Block 34,
Section 23, T5N, R3E, Black Hills Meridian.
(3) Tract BLKH–3 ‘‘Deadwood Dwellings’’ (ap-
proximately 0.32 acres); Lots 12-16, inclusive, of
Block 44, Section 23, T5N, R3E, Black Hill Merid-
ian.
(4) Tract BLKH–4 ‘‘Hardy Work Center’’ (ap-
proximately 150 acres); E1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4,
Section 
19; 
NE1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 
E1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4,
E1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, Section 30, T3N, R1E,
Black Hills Meridian.
(5) Tract BLKH–6 ‘‘Pactola Work Center’’
(approximately 
100 
acres); 
W1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4,
W1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 
W1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4,
SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 
Section 
25; 
E1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4,
SE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, Section 26, T2N, R5E, Black
Hills Meridian.
(6) Tract BLKH–7 ‘‘Pactola Ranger District
Office’’ (approximately 8.25 acres); Lot 1 of Ranger
Station Subdivision, Section 4, T1N, R7E, Black
Hills Meridian.
(7) Tract BLKH–8 ‘‘Reder Administrative
Site’’ (approximately 82 acres); Lots 6 and 7, Sec-
tion 29; Lot A of Reder Placer, Lot 19,
NW1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, Section 30, T1S, R5E, Black
Hills Meridian.
(8) Tract BLKH–9 ‘‘Allen Gulch Properties’’
(approximately 21 acres); Lot 14 less and except
Tract STA #0029, Section 25, and Lot 1, Section
36, T1S, R4E, Black Hills Meridian.
(9) Tract BLKH–10 ‘‘Custer Ranger District
Office’’ (approximately 0.39 acres); Lots 4 and 9 of
Block 125 and the East 15 feet of the vacated
north/south alley adjacent to Lot 4, City of Custer,
Section 26, T3S, R4E, Black Hills Meridian.
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary may
make technical corrections to the legal descriptions in
paragraphs (1) through (9) of subsection (a).
(c) APPLICABLE AUTHORITIES.—Except as otherwise
provided in this section, any sale or exchange of land de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall be subject to laws (including
regulations) applicable to the conveyance and acquisition
of land for National Forest System purposes.
(d) CASH
EQUALIZATION.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Secretary may accept cash
equalization payments in excess of 25 percent of the total
value of the land described in subsection (a) from any ex-
change under subsection (a).
(e) SOLICITATIONS OF OFFERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section,
the Secretary may use solicitations of offers for sale
or exchange under this section on such terms and
conditions as the Secretary may prescribe.
(2) REJECTION
OF
OFFERS.—The Secretary
may reject any offer under this section if the Sec-
retary determines that the offer is not adequate or
not in the public interest.
(f) DISPOSITION OF FUNDS.—Any funds received by
the Secretary from a sale under this section or as cash
equalization payments from an exchange under this
section—
(1) shall be deposited into the fund established
by Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as the
‘‘Sisk Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 484a); and
(2) shall be available for expenditure, on appro-
priation, for—
(A) the acquisition from willing sellers of
land and interests in land in the State of South
Dakota; and
(B) the acquisition or construction of ad-
ministrative improvements in connection with
the Black Hills National Forest.
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section.
SEC. 3. REPLACEMENT LABORATORY, ROCKY MOUNTAIN
RESEARCH STATION, RAPID CITY, SOUTH DA-
KOTA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary of Agriculture $2,100,000 for a
laboratory facility for the Rocky Mountain Research Sta-
tion in Rapid City, South Dakota, to replace the obsolete
laboratory capability at the research station. The replace-
ment facility shall be colocated with at least one of the
administrative improvements for the Black Hills National
Forest acquired or constructed under the authority of sec-
tion 2(f)(2)(B).
(b) CONDITIONS ON ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.—
No funds available to carry out this section may be used
to purchase or otherwise acquire property unless—
(1) the acquisition is from willing sellers; and
(2) the property is located within the bound-
aries of the State of South Dakota.
Passed the House of Representatives September 18,
2000.
Attest:
Clerk.