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using the authority provided by this title or other convey-
ance authorities available to the Secretary; 
(B) a discussion of the intended purposes of any new 
revenue obtained using this authority or other conveyance 
authorities available to the Secretary, and a list of any 
individual projects that exceed $500,000; and 
(C) a presentation of accomplishments of previous years 
using this authority or other conveyance authorities avail-
able to the Secretary. 
(2) NOTICE OF CHANGES TO CONVEYANCE LIST.—If the Sec-
retary proposes to convey an administrative site under this 
title or using other conveyance authorities available to the 
Secretary and the administrative site is not included on a 
list provided under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall submit 
to the congressional committees specified in paragraph (3) writ-
ten notice of the proposed conveyance, including the anticipated 
revenue that may be obtained from the conveyance. 
(3) NOTICE OF USE OF AUTHORITY.—At least once a year, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, 
the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, the Committee on 
Appropriations, and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate a report containing a description of 
all conveyances of National Forest System land made by the 
Secretary under this title or other conveyance authorities 
during the period covered by the report. 
(f) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority of the Secretary 
to initiate the conveyance of an administrative site under this 
title expires on September 30, 2008. 
(g) REPEAL OF PILOT CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY.—Effective Sep-
tember 30, 2006, section 329 of the Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (16 U.S.C. 580d 
note; Public Law 107–63), is repealed. Notwithstanding the repeal 
of such section, the Secretary may complete the conveyance under 
such section of any administrative site whose conveyance was initi-
ated under such section before that date. 
SEC. 504. CONVEYANCE REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) CONFIGURATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SITES.—
(1) CONFIGURATION.—To facilitate the conveyance of an 
administrative site under this title, the Secretary may configure 
the administrative site—
(A) to maximize the marketability of the administrative 
site; and 
(B) to achieve management objectives. 
(2) SEPARATE TREATMENT OF FACILITY OR IMPROVEMENT.—
A facility or improvement on an administrative site to be con-
veyed under this title may be severed from the land and dis-
posed of in a separate conveyance. 
(3) RESERVATION OF INTERESTS.—In conveying an adminis-
trative site under this title, the Secretary may reserve such 
right, title, and interest in and to the administrative site as 
the Secretary determines to be necessary. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.—
(1) 
CONSIDERATION
REQUIRED.—A 
person 
or 
entity 
acquiring an administrative site under this title shall provide
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to the Secretary consideration in an amount that is at least 
equal to the market value of the administrative site. 
(2) FORM OF CONSIDERATION.—
(A) SALE.—Consideration for an administrative site 
conveyed by sale under this title shall be paid in cash 
on conveyance of the administrative site. 
(B) EXCHANGE.—If the administrative site is conveyed 
by exchange, the consideration shall be provided in the 
form of a conveyance to the Secretary of land or improve-
ments that are equal in market value to the conveyed 
administrative site. If the market values are not equal, 
the market values may be equalized by—
(i) the Secretary making a cash payment to the 
person or entity acquiring the administrative site; or 
(ii) the person or entity acquiring the administra-
tive site making a cash equalization payment to the 
Secretary. 
(c) DETERMINATION OF MARKET VALUE.—The Secretary shall 
determine the market value of an administrative site to be conveyed 
under this title or of non-Federal land or improvements to be 
provided as consideration in exchange for an administrative site—
(1) by conducting an appraisal that is performed in accord-
ance with—
(A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land 
Acquisitions, established in accordance with the Uniform 
Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Poli-
cies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.); and 
(B) the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal 
Practice; or 
(2) by competitive sale. 
(d) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.—
(1) FEDERAL PROPERTY DISPOSAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 
5 of title 40, United States Code, shall not apply to the convey-
ance of an administrative site under this title. 
(2) LAND EXCHANGES.—Section 206 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1716) shall not apply 
to the conveyance of an administrative site under this title 
carried out by means of an exchange or combination of sale 
and exchange. 
(3) LEAD-BASED
PAINT
AND
ASBESTOS
ABATEMENT.—Not-
withstanding any provision of law relating to the mitigation 
or abatement of lead-based paint or asbestos-containing 
building materials, the Secretary is not required to mitigate 
or abate lead-based paint or asbestos-containing building mate-
rials with respect to an administrative site to be conveyed 
under this title. However, if the administrative site has lead-
based paint or asbestos-containing building materials, the Sec-
retary shall—
(A) provide notice to the person or entity acquiring 
the administrative site of the presence of the lead-based 
paint or asbestos-containing building material; and 
(B) obtain written assurance from the person or entity 
acquiring the administrative site that the person or entity 
will comply with applicable Federal, State, and local laws 
relating to the management of the lead-based paint and 
asbestos-containing building materials.
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(4) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—The National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) shall apply to 
the conveyance of administrative sites under this title, except 
that, in any environmental review or analysis required under 
such Act for the conveyance of an administrative site under 
this title, the Secretary is only required to—
(A) analyze the most reasonably foreseeable use of 
the administrative site, as determined through a market 
analysis; 
(B) determine whether or not to reserve any right, 
title, or interest in the administrative site under subsection 
(a)(3); and 
(C) evaluate the alternative of not conveying the 
administrative site, consistent with the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969. 
(e) REJECTION OF OFFERS.—The Secretary shall reject any offer 
made for the acquisition of an administrative site under this title 
if the Secretary determines that the offer is—
(1) not adequate to cover the market value of the adminis-
trative site; or 
(2) not otherwise in the public interest. 
(f) CONSULTATION AND PUBLIC NOTICE.—As appropriate, the 
Secretary is encouraged to work with the Administrator of the 
General Services Administration with respect to the conveyance 
of administrative sites under this title. Before making an adminis-
trative site available for conveyance under this title, the Secretary 
shall consult with local governmental officials of the community 
in which the administrative site is located and provide public notice 
of the proposed conveyance. 
SEC. 505. DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS RECEIVED FROM ADMINISTRA-
TIVE SITE CONVEYANCES. 
(a) DEPOSIT.—The Secretary shall deposit in the fund estab-
lished under Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as the Sisk 
Act; 16 U.S.C. 484a) all of the proceeds from the conveyance of 
an administrative site under this title. 
(b) USE.—Amounts deposited under paragraph (1) shall be 
available to the Secretary, until expended and without further 
appropriation, to pay any necessary and incidental costs incurred 
by the Secretary in connection with—
(1) the acquisition, improvement, maintenance, reconstruc-
tion, or construction of a facility or improvement for the 
National Forest System; and 
(2) the conveyance of administrative sites under this title, 
including costs described in subsection (c). 
(c) BROKERAGE SERVICES.—The Secretary may use the proceeds 
from the conveyance of an administrative site under this title to 
pay reasonable commissions or fees for brokerage services obtained 
in connection with the conveyance if the Secretary determines that 
the services are in the public interest. The Secretary shall provide 
public notice of any brokerage services contract entered into in 
connection with a conveyance under this title. 
TITLE VI—VETERANS HEALTH CARE 
SEC. 601. From any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, there is appropriated to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs 
an 
additional 
amount 
for 
‘‘Medical 
Services’’ 
of
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$1,500,000,000, to be available for obligation upon enactment of 
this Act and to remain available until September 30, 2006. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.