I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1214 
To amend the Small Tracts Act to expand the authority of the Secretary 
of Agriculture to sell or exchange small parcels of National Forest 
System land to enhance the management of the National Forest System, 
to resolve minor encroachments, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2015 
Mr. AMODEI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agri-
culture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Tracts Act to expand the authority 
of the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange small 
parcels of National Forest System land to enhance the 
management of the National Forest System, to resolve 
minor encroachments, 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 ‘‘National Forest Small 
Tracts Act Amendments Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE 
OF SMALL PARCELS OF NATIONAL FOREST 
SYSTEM LAND. 
(a) INCREASE IN MAXIMUM VALUE OF SMALL PAR-
CELS.—Section 3 of Public Law 97–465 (commonly 
known as the Small Tracts Act; 16 U.S.C. 521e) is 
amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by strik-
ing ‘‘$150,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$500,000’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL CONVEYANCE PURPOSES.—Section 
3 of Public Law 97–465 (16 U.S.C. 521e) is further 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘; or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(2) and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (3) and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) parcels of 40 acres or less which are deter-
mined by the Secretary to be physically isolated, to 
be inaccessible, or to have lost their National Forest 
character; 
‘‘(5) parcels of 10 acres or less which are not 
eligible for conveyance under paragraph (2), but 
which are encroached upon by permanent habitable 
improvements for which there is no evidence that the 
encroachment was intentional or negligent; or 
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‘‘(6) parcels used as a cemetery, a landfill, or 
a sewage treatment plant under a special use au-
thorization issued by the Secretary.’’. 
(c) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—Section 2 of Public 
Law 97–465 (16 U.S.C. 521d) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary is authorized’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY; CONSIDERATION.— 
The Secretary is authorized’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘The Secretary shall insert’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) INCLUSION
OF TERMS, COVENANTS, CONDI-
TIONS, AND RESERVATIONS.—The Secretary shall insert’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘convenants’’ and inserting 
‘‘covenants’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.— 
‘‘(1) DEPOSIT IN SISK FUND.—The net pro-
ceeds derived from any sale or exchange conducted 
under the authority of paragraph (4), (5), or (6) of 
section 3 shall be deposited in the fund established 
by Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as the 
Sisk Act; 16 U.S.C. 484a). 
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