IIA
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 207
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
NOVEMBER 8, 1995
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a
land exchange involving the Cleveland National Forest,
California, and to require a boundary adjustment for
the national forest to reflect the land exchange, and
for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Cleveland National
Forest Land Exchange Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST,
CALIFORNIA.
(a) CONVEYANCE
BY
THE SECRETARY
OF AGRI-
CULTURE.—
(1) CONVEYANCE.—In exchange for the convey-
ance described in subsection (b), the Secretary of
Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall convey to the Orange County Council
of the Boy Scouts of America all right, title, and in-
terest of the United States in and to the parcel of
land described in paragraph (2) located in the Cleve-
land National Forest. The parcel conveyed by the
Secretary shall be subject to valid existing rights
and to any easements that the Secretary considers
necessary for public and administrative access.
(2) DESCRIPTION OF PARCEL.—The parcel of
land referred to in paragraph (1) consists of not
more than 60 acres of land in Section 28, Township
9 South, Range 4 East, San Bernardino Meridian,
in the unincorporated territory of San Diego County,
California.
(b) CONVEYANCE BY THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMER-
ICA.—
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(1) CONVEYANCE.—In exchange for the convey-
ance described in subsection (a), the Orange County
Council of the Boy Scouts of America shall convey
to the United States all right, title, and interest to
the parcel of land described in paragraph (2). The
parcel conveyed under this subsection shall be sub-
ject to such valid existing rights of record as may be
acceptable to the Secretary, and the title to the par-
cel shall conform with the title approval standards
applicable to Federal land acquisitions.
(2) DESCRIPTION OF PARCEL.—The parcel of
land referred to in paragraph (1) shall be approxi-
mately equal in value to the lands described in sub-
section (a)(2) and shall be at least the Southerly 94
acres of the Westerly 1⁄2 of Section 34, Township 9
South, Range 4 East, San Bernardino Meridian, in
the unincorporated territory of San Diego County,
California.
(c) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—Upon the completion
of the land exchange authorized under this section, the
Secretary shall adjust the boundaries of the Cleveland Na-
tional Forest to exclude the parcel conveyed by the Sec-
retary under subsection (a) and to include the parcel ob-
tained by the Secretary under subsection (b). For pur-
poses of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation
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Fund Act of 1964 (16 U.S.C. 460l–9), the boundary of
the Cleveland National Forest, as modified by this Act,
shall be considered the boundary of the forest as of Janu-
ary 1, 1965.
(d) INCORPORATION
INTO CLEVELAND NATIONAL
FOREST.—Upon acceptance of title by the Secretary, the
parcel obtained by the Secretary under subsection (b) shall
become part of the Cleveland National Forest and shall
be subject to all laws applicable to such national forest.
Passed the House of Representatives November 7,
1995.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.