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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5861 
To establish terms and conditions under which the Secretary of the Interior 
shall convey, for fair market value, certain properties in the Lake Roo-
sevelt National Recreation Area in the State of Washington to the 
permittees of those properties, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 14, 2016 
Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish terms and conditions under which the Secretary 
of the Interior shall convey, for fair market value, certain 
properties in the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation 
Area in the State of Washington to the permittees of 
those properties, 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. FINDING. 
Congress finds that it is in the public interest to 
eliminate expensive and contentious disputes between the 
Secretary and permittees by conveying, for fair market 
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value, certain federally owned land in the Lake Roosevelt 
National Recreation Area, Washington. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to establish terms and con-
ditions under which the Secretary shall convey, for fair 
market value (less the improvements), certain Federal 
land in the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, 
Washington. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) PERMITTEE.—The term ‘‘permittee’’— 
(A) means a person who, on the date of 
the enactment of this Act, holds a valid permit 
for use of a Property; and 
(B) includes the permittee’s heirs, execu-
tors, and assigns of that permittee’s interest. 
(2) PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘Property’’ means 
Federal land (including improvements) associated by 
permit with one of 25 private cabins on 26 vacation 
sites located along Sherman Creek and Rickey Point 
in the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
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SEC. 4. SALE OF PROPERTIES. 
(a) TIMING; PURCHASER TO EXTEND OPTION TO 
PURCHASE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall give the 
permittee of a Property the first option to purchase 
that Property for fair market value (less the value 
of all permittee improvements) as determined under 
subsection (d). The Secretary shall convey the Prop-
erty as soon as practicable after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, but no later than at the conclu-
sion of the current permit period. If the Secretary 
fails to convey the property before the lease expires, 
the Secretary shall authorize permit extensions at no 
additional cost to the permittee. 
(2) COMPENSATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS.—If a 
permittee declines to purchase a Property, the Sec-
retary shall offer the Property for sale to the general 
public at fair market value, as determined under 
subsection (d). If a person other than the permittee 
purchases the Property, that person shall com-
pensate the permittee for the fair market value of all 
private improvements made to the Property, as de-
termined under subsection (d). 
(3) FAILURE TO SELL.—If no person submits a 
bid at or above the fair market value as determined 
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under subsection (d), the property shall remain in 
Federal ownership. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary— 
(1) shall offer to sell, for fair market value— 
(A) all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to each Property, subject 
to valid existing rights; and 
(B) easements for— 
(i) vehicular access to such Property; 
(ii) access to and use of one dock for 
such Property; and 
(iii) access to and use of all boat-
houses, ramps, retaining walls, and other 
improvements for which access is provided 
in the permit for use of such Property on 
the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) may sell, for fair market value, Federal land 
contiguous to each Property, not including shoreline 
or land needed to provide public access to the shore-
line, if the Secretary— 
(A) determines that such a sale will elimi-
nate inholdings and facilitate administration of 
adjacent land remaining in Federal ownership 
after the sale of each Property; and 
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(B) after consultation with the appropriate 
Indian tribe, determines that such a sale will 
not adversely affect Indian cultural resources 
and sacred sites. 
(c) PURCHASE PROCESS.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) solicit sealed bids for each Property; and 
(2) sell each Property to the bidder who sub-
mits the highest bid at or above the fair market 
value of the Property, as determined under sub-
section (d). 
(d) APPRAISAL.—The Secretary shall conduct an ap-
praisal of each Property (less the value of all permittee 
improvements) to determine the fair market value of that 
Property. The appraisal shall— 
(1) be conducted in conformance with the Uni-
form Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice; 
(2) appraise the value of the Property, includ-
ing the value of appurtenant easements, exclusive of 
the value of private improvements made by permit-
tees of the Property before the date of the appraisal; 
and 
(3) appraise the value of all private improve-
ments made by permittees of the Property before the 
date of the appraisal. 
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(e) COSTS.—The cost of a conveyance of a Property 
under this Act, including the cost of required appraisals, 
shall be paid— 
(1) by the Secretary in the case of a sale to a 
permittee, from revenues of that sale; and 
(2) by the purchaser in the case of a sale to any 
person other than the permittee. 
SEC. 5. PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF LAND. 
Revenues from the sale of Federal land under this 
Act shall be made available to the Secretary, without fur-
ther appropriation, for costs under section 4(e)(1) and for 
deferred maintenance activities in the Lake Roosevelt Na-
tional Recreation Area. 
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