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SECTION 1. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to authorize the Secretary
of Agriculture (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’)
to sell or exchange all or part of certain administrative
sites and other lands in the George Washington National
Forest and the Jefferson National Forest, and to use the
value derived therefrom to acquire a replacement site and
to construct on the site suitable improvements for national
forest administrative purposes.
SEC. 2. SALE OR EXCHANGE OF LAND.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may, under such
terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, sell
or exchange any or all right, title, and interest of the
United States in and to the approximately 368 acres con-
tained in the following tracts of land situated in the State
of Virginia:
(1) Tract J–1665 (approximately 101 acres), as
shown on the map titled ‘‘Natural Bridge Juvenile
Corrections Center, February 4, 1998’’.
(2) Tract G–1312a (approximately 214 acres),
Tract G–1312b (approximately 2 acres), and Tract
G1312a–I (approximately 10 acres), as shown on
the plat titled ‘‘George Washington National Forest,
Alleghany Construction Company, (1312a,–I,b),
Alleghany County, Virginia, June 1936’’.
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(3) Tract G–1709 (approximately 23 acres), as
shown on the plat titled ‘‘James C. Doyle, Alleghany
County, Virginia, April 13, 1993’’.
(4) Tract G–1360 (consisting of Lots 31 and
32; approximately .29 acres), Tract G–1361 (con-
sisting of Lots 29 and 30; approximately .29 acres),
Tract G–1362 (consisting of Lots 22, 23, and 24;
approximately .43 acres), and Tract G–1363 (con-
sisting of Lot 21; approximately .14 acres), as
shown on the plat titled ‘‘Dry River Road, George
Washington 
National 
Forest, 
Warehouse 
Site,
Bridgewater, Rockingham County, Virginia, July
1936’’.
(5) Tract G–1524 (consisting of Lot 13; ap-
proximately .13 acres), as shown on the plat titled
‘‘Vertie E. Beery Tract, Rockingham County, Vir-
ginia, February 3, 1966’’.
(6) Tract G–1525 (consisting of Lots 11 and
12; approximately .26 acres), as shown on the plat
titled ‘‘Charles F. Simmons Tract 1525, Rocking-
ham County, Virginia, February 3, 1966’’.
(7) Tract G–1486 (consisting of Lots 14, 15,
and 16; approximately .39 acres), as shown on the
plat shown at Deed Book 133, Page 341 Rocking-
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ham Virginia Records of the D.S. Thomas Inc. Addi-
tion, Town of Bridgewater.
(8) Tract N–123a (consisting of Lots 7 and 8;
approximately .287 acres), as shown on the plat ti-
tled ‘‘George Washington Forest. A.M. Rucker,
Tract N–123a, Buena Vista, Virginia’’.
(9) Tract N–123b (consisting of Lots 5 and 6;
approximately .287 acres), as shown on the plat ti-
tled ‘‘George Washington Unit, A.M. Rucker, N–
123b, Rockbridge County, Virginia, city of Buena
Vista, dated 1942’’.
(10) Tract G–1417 (approximately 1.2 acres),
as shown on the plat titled ‘‘George Washington
Unit, R.A. Warren, Tracts (1417-1417a), Bath
County, Virginia, May 1940’’.
(11) Tract G–1520 (approximately 1 acre), as
shown on the plat titled ‘‘Samuel J. Snead Tract,
Bath County, Virginia, February 3, 1966’’.
(12) Tract G–1522a (approximately .65 acres),
as shown on the plat titled ‘‘Charles N. Loving
Tract, Bath County, Virginia, February 3, 1966’’.
(13) Tract G–1582 (approximately .86 acres),
as shown on the plat titled ‘‘Willie I. Haynes Tract,
Bath County, Virginia, January 1974’’.
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(14) Tract G–1582a (approximately .62 acres),
as shown on the plat titled ‘‘Willie I. Haynes, Bath
County, Virginia, January 1979’’.
(15) Tract G–1673 (approximately 1.69 acres),
as shown on the plat titled ‘‘Erwin S. Solomon
Tract, Bath County, Virginia, September 15, 1970’’.
(16) Tract J–1497 (approximately 2.66 acres),
as shown on the plat titled ‘‘James A. Williams,
Tract 1497, January 24, 1990’’.
(17) Tract J–1652 (approximately 1.64 acres),
as shown on the plat titled ‘‘United States of Amer-
ica, Tract J–1652, Buchanan Magisterial District,
Botetourt County, Virginia, September 4, 1996’’.
(18) Tract J–1653 (approximately 5.08 acres),
as shown on the plat titled ‘‘United States of Amer-
ica, Tract J–1653, Peaks Magisterial District, Bed-
ford County, Virginia, November 4, 1996’’.
The Secretary may acquire land, and existing or future
administrative improvements, in consideration for the con-
veyance of the lands designated in this subsection.
(b) APPLICABLE AUTHORITIES.—Except as other-
wise provided in this Act, any sale or exchange of all or
a portion of the lands designated in subsection (a) shall
be subject to existing laws, rules, and regulations applica-
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ble to the conveyance and acquisition of lands for National
Forest System purposes.
(c) 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 lands designated in subsection (a) from any
exchange authorized by subsection (a).
(d) SOLICITATIONS
OF OFFERS.—In carrying out
this Act, the Secretary may use public or private solicita-
tions of offers for sale or exchange on such terms and con-
ditions as the Secretary may prescribe. The Secretary may
reject any offer if the Secretary determines that the offer
is not adequate or not in the public interest.
SEC. 3. DISPOSITION OF FUNDS.
Any funds received by the Secretary through sale or
by cash equalization from an exchange shall be deposited
into the fund provided by the Act of December 4, 1967
(16 U.S.C. 484a), commonly known as the Sisk Act, and
shall be available for expenditure, upon appropriation,
for—
(1) the acquisition of lands, and interests in the
lands, in the State of Virginia; and
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(2) the acquisition or construction of adminis-
trative improvements in connection with the George
Washington and Jefferson National Forests.
Passed the House of Representatives March 24,
1998.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.