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Union Calendar No. 158
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1838
[Report No. 104–306]
To provide for an exchange of lands with the Water Conservancy District
of Washington County, Utah.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 14, 1995
Mr. HANSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
NOVEMBER 6, 1995
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To provide for an exchange of lands with the Water
Conservancy District of Washington County, Utah.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXCHANGE OF LANDS WITH THE WATER CON-
SERVANCY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON COUN-
TY, UTAH.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of this
Act, if within 18 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Water Conservancy District of Washington
County, Utah, offers to transfer to the United States all
right, title, and interest of the District in and to the
Bulloch Site, the Secretary of the Interior shall, in ex-
change, transfer to the District all right, title, and interest
of the United States in and to the Sand Hollow Site, the
Quail Creek Pipeline and Quail Creek Reservoir, subject
to valid existing rights.
(b) 
WATER
RIGHTS
ASSOCIATED
WITH
THE
BULLOCH SITE.—The water rights associated with the
Bulloch Site shall not be included in the transfer under
subsection (a) but shall be subject to an agreement be-
tween the District and the Secretary that the water re-
main in the Virgin River as an instream flow from the
Bulloch Site to the diversion point of the District at the
Quail Creek Reservoir.
(c) WITHDRAWAL OF MINERAL INTERESTS.—Subject
to valid existing rights, the mineral interests underlying
the Sand Hollow Site, the Quail Creek Reservoir, and the
Quail Creek Pipeline are hereby withdrawn from disposi-
tion under the public land laws and from location, entry,
and patent under the mining laws of the United States,
from the operation of the mineral leasing laws of the
United States, from the operation of the Geothermal
Steam Act of 1970, and from the operation of the Act
of July 31, 1947, commonly known as the ‘‘Materials Act
of 1947’’ (30 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).
(d) GRAZING.—The exchange of lands under sub-
section (a) shall be subject to agreement by the District
to continue to permit the grazing of domestic livestock on
the Sand Hollow Site under the terms and conditions of
existing Federal grazing leases or permits, except that the
District, upon terminating any such lease or permit, shall
fully compensate the holder of the terminated lease or per-
mit.
SEC. 2. EQUALIZATION OF VALUES.
The value of the lands transferred out of Federal
ownership under section 1 either shall be equal to the
value of the lands received by the Secretary under section
1 or, if not, shall be equalized by—
(1) to the extent possible, transfer of all right,
title, and interest of the District in and to lands in
Washington County, Utah, and water rights of the
District associated thereto, which are within the
area providing habitat for the desert tortoise, as de-
termined by the Director of the Bureau of Land
Management;
(2) transfer of all right, title, and interest of
the District in and to lands in the Smith Site and
water rights of the District associated thereto; and
(3) the payment of money of the Secretary, to
the extent that lands and rights transferred under
paragraphs (1) and (2) are not sufficient to equalize
the values of the lands exchanged under section 1.
SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT OF LANDS ACQUIRED BY UNITED
STATES.
Lands acquired by the Secretary under this Act shall
be administered by the Secretary, acting through the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Land Management, in accordance
with the provisions of law generally applicable to the pub-
lic lands, including the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
SEC. 4. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT OF 1969.
The exchange of lands under this Act is not subject
to section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332).
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘District’’ means the
Water Conservancy District of Washington County,
Utah.
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
(3) BULLOCH SITE.—The term ‘‘Bulloch Site’’
means the lands located in Kane County, Utah, ad-
jacent to Zion National Park, more particularly de-
scribed as follows:
BULLOCH SITE
Section
Acres
T 39 S R 9 W
(Private)
S1⁄2
320
SW1⁄4, S1⁄2 SW1⁄4 NW1⁄4
180
Total
500
T 40 S R 9 W
(State)
S1⁄2, SW1⁄4 NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4 NE1⁄4
400
S1⁄2, NE1⁄4
480
Total
880
GRAND TOTAL
1,380
(4) SAND
HOLLOW
SITE.—The term ‘‘Sand
Hollow Site’’ means the lands located in Washington
County, Utah, more particularly described as fol-
lows:
SAND HOLLOW RESERVOIR SITE
Section
Acres
T 42 S R 14 W
SW1⁄4
160
E1⁄2, E1⁄2 W1⁄2
480