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’’. 
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 America, 
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 con-
sisting 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 subsection (c). 
The conveyance may not include any land located within 
the Indian Nations National Scenic and Wildlife Area des-
ignated by section 10 of the Winding Stair Mountain Na-
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tional 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 inspection 
in the Forest Service Regional Office in Atlanta, 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 Sec-
retary 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) SURVEY AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The exact 
acreage and legal description of the land to be conveyed 
under subsection (b) shall be determined by a survey satis-
factory to the Secretary. The Council shall pay the reason-
able costs of survey, appraisal, and any administrative 
analyses required by law. 
(f) ACCESS.—Access to the land conveyed under sub-
section (b) shall be from the adjacent land of the Council 
or its successor. Notwithstanding section 1323(a) of the 
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 
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U.S.C. 3210(a)), the Secretary shall not be required to pro-
vide additional access to the conveyed land. 
(g) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary may prescribe such terms and conditions on the con-
veyance under subsection (b) as the Secretary considers in 
the public interest, including the reservation of access rights 
to the conveyed land for administrative purposes. 
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Union Calendar No. 142 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 473 
[Report No. 112–218] 
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 pur-
poses. 
SEPTEMBER 23, 2011 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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