108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1651
AN ACT
To provide for the exchange of land within the Si-
erra National Forest, California, and for other
purposes.
108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1651
AN ACT
To provide for the exchange of land within the Sierra
National Forest, California, 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 ‘‘Sierra National Forest
Land Exchange Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’
means the parcels of land and improvements thereon
comprising approximately 160 acres and located in
township 9 south, range 25 east, section 30,
E1⁄2SW1⁄4 and W1⁄2 SE1⁄4, Mt. Diablo Meridian,
California.
(2) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral land’’ means a parcel of land comprising ap-
proximately 80 acres and located in township 8
south, range 26 east, section 29, N1⁄2NW1⁄4, Mt.
Diablo Meridian, California.
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Agriculture.
SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGE, SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST, CALI-
FORNIA.
(a) EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—If, during the one-year pe-
riod beginning on the date of enactment of this Act,
the owner of the non-Federal land offers the United
States the exchange of the non-Federal land and a
cash equalization payment of $50,000, the Secretary
shall convey, by quit claim deed, all right, title, and
interest of the United States in and to the Federal
land. The conveyance of the Federal land shall be
subject to valid existing rights and under such terms
and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe.
(2) ACCEPTABLE TITLE.—Title to the non-Fed-
eral land shall conform with the title approval stand-
ards of the Attorney General applicable to Federal
land acquisitions and shall be acceptable to the Sec-
retary.
(3) CORRECTION AND MODIFICATION OF LEGAL
DESCRIPTIONS.—The Secretary, in consultation with
the owner of the non-Federal land, may make cor-
rections to the legal descriptions of the Federal land
and non-Federal land. The Secretary and the owner
of the non-Federal land may make minor modifica-
tions to such descriptions insofar as such modifica-
tions do not affect the overall value of the exchange
by more than five percent.
(b) VALUATION OF LAND TO BE CONVEYED.—For
purposes of this section, during the period referred to in
subsection (a)(1), the value of the non-Federal land shall
be deemed to be $200,000 and the value of the Federal
land shall be deemed to be $250,000.
(c) ADMINISTRATION
OF
LAND
ACQUIRED
BY
UNITED STATES.—Once acquired, the Secretary shall
manage the non-Federal land in accordance with the Act
of March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the Weeks Act;
16 U.S.C. 480 et seq.), and in accordance with the other
laws and regulations pertaining to National Forest System
lands.
(d) CONDITIONS
ON CONVEYANCE
OF FEDERAL
LAND.—The conveyance by the Secretary under sub-
section (a) shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1) That the recipient of the Federal land con-
vey all 160 acres of the Federal land to the Sequoia
Council of the Boy Scouts of America not later than
four months after the date on which the recipient re-
ceives the Federal land from the Secretary under
subsection (a).
(2) That, as described in section 5, the owner
of the easement granted in section 4 have the right
of first offer regarding any reconveyance of the Fed-
eral land by the Sequoia Council of the Boy Scouts
of America.
(e) DISPOSITION AND USE OF CASH EQUALIZATION
FUNDS.—The Secretary shall deposit the cash equali-
zation payment received under subsection (a) in the fund
established by Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as