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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 310 
To provide for the conveyance of approximately 140 acres of land in the 
Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, 
Inc., of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 8, 2009 
Mr. BOREN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for the conveyance of approximately 140 acres 
of land in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma 
to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts 
of America, 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 ‘‘Help to Access Land 
for the Education of Scouts’’ or ‘‘HALE Scouts Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. LAND CONVEYANCE, OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST, 
OKLAHOMA. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that it is in the public 
interest to provide for the sale of certain federally owned 
land in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma to the 
Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts of Amer-
ica, for market value consideration. 
(b) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—Subject to valid exist-
ing rights, the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey, by 
quitclaim deed, to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the 
Boy Scouts of America (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Council’’) all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to certain National Forest System land in 
the Ouachita National Forest in the State of Oklahoma 
consisting of approximately 140 acres, depending on the 
final measurement of the road set back and the actual size 
of the affected sections, as more fully described in sub-
section (c). The conveyance may not include any land lo-
cated within the Indian Nations National Scenic and Wild-
life Area designated by section 10 of the Winding Stair 
Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Area Act 
(16 U.S.C. 460vv–8). 
(c) COVERED LANDS.—The National Forest System 
land to be conveyed under subsection (b) is depicted on 
the map entitled ‘‘Boy Scout Land Request–Ouachita 
NF’’. The map shall be on file and available for public 
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inspection in the Forest Service Regional Office in At-
lanta, Georgia. 
(d) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the land 
conveyed under subsection (b), the Council shall pay to 
the Secretary an amount equal to the fair market value 
of the land, as determined by an appraisal approved by 
the Secretary and done in conformity with the Uniform 
Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and 
section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716). 
(e) USE OF PROCEEDS.—The consideration received 
under subsection (d) shall be deposited in the fund estab-
lished by Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as the 
‘‘Sisk Act’’; 16 U.S.C. 484a). The amount so deposited 
shall be available to the Secretary, without further appro-
priation, for expenditure for the acquisition of land and 
interests in land in the Ouachita National Forest. 
(f) SURVEY
AND
ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—The 
exact acreage and legal description of the land to be con-
veyed under subsection (b) shall be determined by a survey 
satisfactory to the Secretary. The Council shall pay the 
reasonable costs of survey, appraisal, and any administra-
tive analyses required by law. 
(g) ACCESS.—Access to the land conveyed under sub-
section (b) shall be from the adjacent land of the Council 
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or its successor. Notwithstanding section 1323(a) of the 
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 3210(a)), the Secretary shall not be required to 
provide additional access to the conveyed land. 
(h) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The 
Secretary may prescribe such terms and conditions on the 
conveyance under subsection (b) as the Secretary con-
siders in the public interest, including the reservation of 
access rights to the conveyed land for administrative pur-
poses. 
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