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 ‘‘Douglas County, Wash-
ington, PUD Conveyance Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) PUBLIC
LAND.—The term ‘‘public land’’ 
means the approximately 622 acres of Federal land 
managed by the Bureau of Land Management and 
identified for conveyance on the map prepared by the 
Bureau of Land Management entitled ‘‘Douglas 
County Public Utility District Proposal’’ and dated 
March 2, 2006. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(3) PUD.—The term ‘‘PUD’’ means the Public 
Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County, Wash-
ington. 
(4) WELLS
HYDROELECTRIC
PROJECT.—The 
term ‘‘Wells Hydroelectric Project’’ means Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission Project No. 2149. 
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SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF PUBLIC LAND, WELLS HYDRO-
ELECTRIC PROJECT, PUBLIC UTILITY DIS-
TRICT NO. 1 OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, WASH-
INGTON. 
(a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—Notwithstanding the 
land use planning requirements of sections 202 and 203 of 
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1712, 1713), and notwithstanding section 24 of the 
Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 818) and Federal Power 
Order for Project 2149, and subject to valid existing rights, 
if not later than 45 days after the date of completion of 
the appraisal required under subsection (b), the Public Util-
ity District No. 1 of Douglas County, Washington, submits 
to the Secretary of the Interior an offer to acquire the public 
land for the appraised value, the Secretary shall convey, 
not later than 30 days after the date of the offer, to the 
PUD all right, title, and interest of the United States in 
and to the public land. 
(b) APPRAISAL.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete an 
appraisal of the public land. The appraisal shall be con-
ducted in accordance with the ‘‘Uniform Appraisal Stand-
ards for Federal Land Acquisitions’’ and the ‘‘Uniform 
Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice’’. 
(c) PAYMENT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
on which the public land is conveyed under this section, 
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the PUD shall pay to the Secretary an amount equal to 
the appraised value of the public land as determined under 
subsection (b). 
(d) MAP
AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—As soon as 
practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall finalize legal descriptions of the public land 
to be conveyed under this section. The Secretary may correct 
any minor errors in the map referred to in section 2 or 
in the legal descriptions. The map and legal descriptions 
shall be on file and available for public inspection in appro-
priate offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(e) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—As a condition of convey-
ance, any costs related to the conveyance under this section 
shall be paid by the PUD. 
(f) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—The Secretary shall 
deposit the proceeds from the sale in the Federal Land Dis-
posal Account established by section 206 of the Federal 
Land Transaction Facilitation Act (43 U.S.C. 2305) to be 
expended to improve access to public lands administered by 
the Bureau of Land Management in the State of Wash-
ington. 
SEC. 4. SEGREGATION OF LANDS. 
(a) WITHDRAWAL.—Except as provided in section 
3(a), effective immediately upon enactment of this Act, and 
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subject to valid existing rights, the public land is with-
drawn from— 
(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal 
under the public land laws, and all amendments 
thereto; 
(2) location, entry, and patenting under the 
mining laws, and all amendments thereto; and 
(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 
materials, and geothermal leasing laws, and all 
amendments thereto. 
(b) DURATION.—This section expires two years after 
the date of enactment of this Act or on the date of the com-
pletion of the conveyance under section 3, whichever is ear-
lier. 
SEC. 5. RETAINED AUTHORITY. 
The Secretary shall retain the authority to place condi-
tions on the license to insure adequate protection and utili-
zation of the public land granted to the Secretary in section 
4(e) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 797(e)) until the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a new 
license for the Wells Hydroelectric Project, to replace the 
original license expiring May 31, 2012, consistent with sec-
tion 15 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 808). 
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Union Calendar No. 252 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 523 
[Report No. 110–398] 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
certain public land located wholly or partially 
within the boundaries of the Wells Hydroelectric 
Project of Public Utility District No. 1 of Doug-
las County, Washington, to the utility district. 
OCTOBER 22, 2007 
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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