Union Calendar No. 196
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2620
[Report No. 103–362]
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to ac-
quire certain lands in California through an ex-
change pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976.
NOVEMBER 15, 1993
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed
IB
Union Calendar No. 196
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2620
[Report No. 103–362]
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain lands in Califor-
nia through an exchange pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 13, 1993
Mr. MATSUI (for himself and Mr. HERGER) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
NOVEMBER 15, 1993
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Insert the part printed in italic]
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain
lands in California through an exchange pursuant to
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds—
(1) the Bureau of Land Management desires to
obtain the lands described in section 3(a) for pur-
poses of an access and staging area being planned
in cooperation with the National Park Service;
(2) the lands described in section 3(b) con-
stitute an isolated tract acquired by the United
States in 1936 for purposes of a Forest Service fire
lookout, but such lands are no longer needed for
that or any other National Forest purpose, and all
improvements have been removed from such lands;
(3) the lands described in section 3(b) are en-
tirely surrounded by private lands owned by a family
one of whose members also owns the lands described
in section 3(a); and
(4)(A) the owners of the land described in sec-
tion 3(a) are willing to transfer those lands to the
United States in exchange for the lands described in
section 3(b); but
(B) under existing law, such an exchange can-
not be accomplished administratively.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to author-
ize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the lands de-
scribed in section 3(a) through an equal-value exchange
for the lands described in section 3(b).
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR EXCHANGE.
Solely for purpose of acquisition by the Secretary of
the Interior (on behalf of the United States) of the lands
described in section 3(a) through an equal-value exchange
pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716), the lands de-
scribed in section 3(b) shall, for the 36-month period be-
ginning on the date of enactment of this Act, be deemed
to be public lands, as defined in section 103(e) of such
Act (43 U.S.C. 1702(e)).
SEC. 3. LAND DESCRIPTIONS.
(a) OHV AREA TRACT.—The lands whose acquisition
through exchange is specifically authorized by this Act are
described as follows: S1⁄2SW1⁄4 of section 26, township 33
north, range 7 west, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian,
Shasta County, California, comprised of 80 acres, more
or less.
(b) DELTA POINT LOOKOUT TRACT.—The lands
which under this Act are deemed to be public lands for
purposes of exchange is a parcel described as follows:
Mount Diablo Meridian, township 36 north, range 5 west,
section 
23, 
SW1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, 
NW1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4,
SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, comprised of 40
acres, more or less.