I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2718 
To authorize the exchange of certain Federal land within the State of Idaho, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 26, 2005 
Mr. OTTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the exchange of certain Federal land within 
the State of Idaho, 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 ‘‘Idaho Land Enhance-
ment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
AGREEMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘Agreement’’ 
means the agreement executed in 2005, entitled
‘‘Agreement to Initiate, Boise Foothills—Northern 
Idaho Land Exchange’’, and entered into by— 
(A) the Bureau of Land Management; 
(B) the Forest Service; 
(C) the State; and 
(D) the City. 
(2) BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LAND.— 
The term ‘‘Bureau of Land Management land’’ 
means the approximately 605 acres of land adminis-
tered by the Bureau of Land Management (includ-
ing all appurtenances to the land) that is proposed 
to be acquired by the State, as depicted in exhibit 
A2 of the Agreement. 
(3) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the 
Idaho State Board of Land Commissioners. 
(4) CITY.—The term ‘‘city’’ means the city of 
Boise, Idaho. 
(5) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means the Bureau of Land Management land and 
the National Forest System land. 
(6) NATIONAL
FOREST
SYSTEM
LAND.—The 
term ‘‘National Forest System land’’ means the ap-
proximately 7,220 acres of land (including all appur-
tenances to the land) that is—
(A) administered by the Secretary of Agri-
culture in the Idaho Panhandle National For-
ests and the Clearwater National Forest; 
(B) proposed to be acquired by the State; 
and 
(C) depicted in exhibit A2 of the Agree-
ment. 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(8) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Idaho, Department of Lands. 
(9) STATE
LAND.—The term ‘‘State land’’ 
means the approximately 11,085 acres of land (in-
cluding all appurtenances to the land) administered 
by the State that are proposed to be acquired by the 
United States, as depicted in exhibit A1 of the 
Agreement. 
SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the Agreement 
and this Act, if the State offers to convey the State land 
to the United States, the Secretary and the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall— 
(1) accept the offer; and 
(2) on receipt of title to the State land, simulta-
neously convey to the State the Federal land.
(b) ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary and 
the Secretary of Agriculture may enter into any additional 
agreements that the Secretary and the Secretary of Agri-
culture determine to be necessary or appropriate to sup-
plement the Agreement, including agreements that— 
(1) provide legal descriptions of the Federal 
land and State land (including any interests in the 
Federal land and State land) to be exchanged under 
this Act; 
(2) identify all reserved and outstanding inter-
ests in the Federal land and State land; 
(3) stipulate any cash equalization payments re-
quired; and 
(4) specify any other terms and conditions that 
are necessary to complete the land exchange. 
(c) VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.—The conveyance of 
the Federal land and State land shall be subject to— 
(1) all valid existing rights; and 
(2) any other reservations, terms, and condi-
tions agreed to by the Secretary, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, and the Board. 
(d) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The value of the Federal 
land and State land to be exchanged under this 
Act—
(A) shall be equal; or 
(B) shall be made equal in accordance with 
subsection (e). 
(2) APPRAISALS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The value of the Fed-
eral land and State land shall be determined in 
accordance with appraisals conducted in accord-
ance with— 
(i) the Uniform Appraisal Standards 
for Federal Land Acquisitions; and 
(ii) any appraisal instructions of the 
Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture, 
(B) APPROVAL.—Any appraisal conducted 
under subparagraph (A) shall be reviewed and 
approved by— 
(i) the Secretary and the Secretary of 
Agriculture; or 
(ii) an interdepartmental appraisal re-
view team established jointly by the Sec-
retary and the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(e) CASH EQUALIZATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the value of the Federal 
land and State land is not equal, the value may be 
equalized by the payment of cash to the United 
States or to the State, as appropriate, in accordance
with section 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)). 
(2) DISPOSITION AND USE OF PROCEEDS.— 
(A) DISPOSITION
OF
PROCEEDS.—Any 
cash equalization payments received by the 
United States under paragraph (1) shall be de-
posited in the fund established under Public 
Law 90–171 (commonly known as the ‘‘Sisk 
Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 484a). 
(B) USE OF PROCEEDS.—Amounts depos-
ited under paragraph (2) shall be available to 
the Secretary of Agriculture, without further 
appropriation and until expended, for the acqui-
sition of land and interests in land for addition 
to the National Forest System in the State. 
(f) RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—As specified in the Agree-
ment— 
(1) the Secretary of Agriculture, under the au-
thority of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), shall convey 
to the State any easements or other rights-of-way to 
National Forest System land that are appropriate to 
provide access to the Federal land acquired by the 
State under this Act; and
(2) the State shall convey to the United States 
any easements or other rights-of-way to land owned 
by the State that are agreed to by the Secretary of 
Agriculture and the State. 
(g) COSTS.—The City, either directly or through a 
collection agreement with the Secretary and the Secretary 
of Agriculture, shall pay the administrative costs associ-
ated with the conveyance of the Federal land and State 
land, including the costs of any field inspections, environ-
mental analyses, appraisals, title examinations, and deed 
and patent preparations. 
SEC. 4. MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL LAND. 
(a) TRANSFER
OF
ADMINISTRATIVE
JURISDIC-
TION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is transferred from 
the Secretary to the Secretary of Agriculture admin-
istrative jurisdiction over the land described in para-
graph (2). 
(2) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred 
to in paragraph (1) is the approximately 2,111 acres 
of Bureau of Land Management land located in Sho-
shone County, Idaho, as generally depicted in exhibit 
A3 of the Agreement. 
(3) MANAGEMENT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—On transfer of adminis-
trative jurisdiction over the land to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture under paragraph (1), the 
land shall be managed by the Secretary of Agri-
culture in accordance with the laws (including 
regulations) applicable to the National Forest 
System. 
(B) WILDERNESS
STUDY
AREAS.—Any 
land designated as a Wilderness Study Area 
that is transferred to the Secretary of Agri-
culture under paragraph (1) shall be managed 
in a manner that preserves the suitability of 
land for designation as wilderness until Con-
gress determines otherwise. 
(b) ADDITIONS
TO
THE NATIONAL FOREST SYS-
TEM.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall administer any 
State land conveyed to the United States under this Act 
for administration by the Secretary of Agriculture in ac-
cordance with— 
(1) the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Weeks Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 480 et seq.); and 
(2) any laws (including regulations) applicable 
to the National Forest System. 
(c) LAND TO BE MANAGED BY THE SECRETARY.— 
The Secretary shall administer any State land conveyed
to the United States under this Act for administration by 
the Secretary as acquired land in accordance with— 
(1) the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 
(2) other applicable laws. 
(d) LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Acquisition by the United 
States of the State land under this Act shall not re-
quire a revision or amendment to the applicable land 
and resource management plan of the Forest Service 
or the Bureau of Land Management. 
(2) RENEWAL.—When a land and resource 
management plan of the Forest Service or the Bu-
reau of Land Management, as appropriate, is re-
newed, the plan shall take into account the State 
land acquired under this Act. 
(3) MANAGEMENT.—Pending completion of the 
land and resource management plan renewal process 
under paragraph (2), the Secretary and the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall manage the acquired 
State land in accordance with the standards and 
guidelines in the applicable land and resource man-
agement plans for adjacent land managed by the 
Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture.