national monument (as modified by this section) is hereby
transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary of the Interior for management as part of the na-
tional monument. Federal property excluded from the
monument pursuant to the boundary modification under
subsection (b) is hereby transferred to the administrative
jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture to be managed
as a part of the Coconino National Forest.
(d) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior, acting through the Director of the National Park
Service, shall manage the national monument in accord-
ance with this title and the provisions of law generally ap-
plicable to units of the National Park Service, including
‘‘An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for
other purposes’’ approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535;
16 U.S.C. 1, 2–4).
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as
may be necessary to carry out this section.
SEC. 209. BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA LAND CONVEY-
ANCE.
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to
authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to con-
vey, without consideration, certain lands in Butte County,
California, to persons claiming to have been deprived of
title to such lands.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this section:
(1) The term ‘‘affected lands’’ means those
Federal lands located in the Plumas National Forest
in Butte County, California, in sections 11, 12, 13,
and 14, township 21 north, range 5 East, Mount
Diablo Meridian, as described by the dependent re-
survey by the Bureau of Land Management con-
ducted in 1992, and subsequent Forest Service land
line location surveys, including all adjoining parcels
where the property line as identified by the 1992
BLM dependent resurvey and National Forest
boundary lines before such dependent resurvey are
not coincident.
(2) The term ‘‘claimant’’ means an owner of
real property in Butte County, California, whose real
property adjoins Plumas National Forest lands de-
scribed in paragraph (1), who claims to have been
deprived by the United States of title to property as
a result of previous erroneous surveys.
(3) The terms ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Agriculture.
(c) CONVEYANCE OF LANDS.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Secretary is authorized and di-
rected to convey, without consideration, all right, title, and
interest of the United States in and to affected lands as
described in subsection (b)(1), to any claimant or claim-
ants, upon proper application from such claimant or
claimants, as provided in subsection (d).
(d) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 2 years after the
date of enactment of this Act, claimants shall notify the
Secretary, through the Forest Supervisor of the Plumas
National Forest, in writing of their claim to affected lands.
Such claim shall be accompanied by—
(1) a description of the affected lands claimed;
(2) information relating to the claim of owner-
ship of such lands; and
(3) such other information as the Secretary
may require.
(e) ISSUANCE OF DEED.—(1) Upon a determination
by the Secretary that issuance of a deed for affected lands
is consistent with the purpose and requirements of this
section, the Secretary shall issue a quit claim deed to such
claimant for the parcel to be conveyed.
(2) Prior to the issuance of any such deed as provided
in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that—
(A) the parcel or parcels to be conveyed have
been surveyed in accordance with the Memorandum
of Understanding between the Forest Service and
the Bureau of Land Management, dated November
11, 1989;
(B) all new property lines established by such
surveys have been monumented and marked; and
(C) all terms and conditions necessary to pro-
tect third party and Government Rights-of-Way or
other interests are included in the deed.
(3) The Federal Government shall be responsible for
all surveys and property line markings necessary to imple-
ment this subsection.
(f) NOTIFICATION TO BLM.—The Secretary shall
submit to the Secretary of the Interior an authenticated
copy of each deed issued pursuant to this section no later
than 30 days after the date such deed is issued.
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary
to carry out the purposes of this section.
SEC. 210. TAOS PUEBLO LAND TRANSFER.
(a) TRANSFER.—The parcel of land described in sub-
section (b) is hereby transferred without consideration to
the Secretary of the Interior to be held in trust for the
Pueblo de Taos. Such parcel shall be a part of the Pueblo
de Taos Reservation and shall be managed in accordance
with section 4 of the Act of May 31, 1933 (48 Stat. 108)
(as amended, including as amended by Public Law 91–
550 (84 Stat. 1437)).
(b) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The parcel of land re-
ferred to in subsection (a) is the land that is generally
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Lands transferred to the
Pueblo of Taos—proposed’’ and dated September 1994,
comprises 764.33 acres, and is situated within sections 25,
26, 35, and 36, Township 27 North, Range 14 East, New
Mexico Principal Meridian, within the Wheeler Peak Wil-
derness, Carson National Forest, Taos County, New Mex-
ico.
(c) CONFORMING BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.—The
boundaries of the Carson National Forest and the Wheeler
Peak Wilderness are hereby adjusted to reflect the trans-
fer made by subsection (a).
(d) RESOLUTION OF OUTSTANDING CLAIMS.—The
Congress finds and declares that, as a result of the enact-
ment of this section, the Taos Pueblo has no unresolved
equitable or legal claims against the United States on the
lands to be held in trust and to become part of the Pueblo
de Taos Reservation under this section.
SEC. 211. COLONIAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.
(a) TRANSFER
AND
RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior (hereinafter in this section referred
to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) is authorized to transfer, without
reimbursement, to York County, Virginia, that portion of
the existing sewage disposal system, including related im-
provements and structures, owned by the United States
and located within the Colonial National Historical Park,
together with such rights-of-way as are determined by the
Secretary to be necessary to maintain and operate such
system.
(b) REPAIR AND REHABILITATION OF SYSTEM.—The
Secretary is authorized to enter into a cooperative agree-
ment with York County, Virginia, under which the Sec-
retary will pay a portion, not to exceed $110,000, of the
costs of repair and rehabilitation of the sewage disposal
system referred to in subsection (a).
(c) FEES AND CHARGES.—In consideration for the
rights-of-way granted under subsection (a), and in rec-
ognition of the National Park Service’s contribution au-
thorized under subsection (b), the cooperative agreement
under subsection (b) shall provide for a reduction in, or
the elimination of, the amounts charged to the National
Park Service for its sewage disposal. The cooperative
agreement shall also provide for minimizing the impact of
the sewage disposal system on the park and its resources.
Such system may not be enlarged or substantially altered
without National Park Service concurrence.
(d) INCLUSION OF LAND IN COLONIAL NATIONAL
HISTORICAL PARK.—Notwithstanding the provisions of
the Act of June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1208; 16 U.S.C. 81b
et seq.), limiting the average width of the Colonial Park-
way, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to include
within the boundaries of Colonial National Historical Park
and to acquire by donation, exchange, or purchase with
donated or appropriated funds the lands or interests in
lands (with or without improvements) within the areas de-
picted on the map dated August 1993, numbered 333/
80031A, and entitled ‘‘Page Landing Addition to Colonial
National Historical Park’’. Such map shall be on file and
available for inspection in the offices of the National Park
Service at Colonial National Historical Park and in Wash-
ington, District of Columbia.
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section.
SEC. 212. CUPRUM, IDAHO RELIEF.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds and declares
that:
(1) In 1899, the citizens of Cuprum, Idaho,
commissioned E.S. Hesse to conduct a survey de-
scribing these lands occupied by their community.
The purpose of this survey was to provide a basis for
the application for a townsite patent.
(2) In 1909, the Cuprum Townsite patent
(Number 52817) was granted, based on an aliquot
parts description which was intended to circumscribe
the Hesse survey.
(3) Since the day of the patent, the Hesse sur-
vey has been used continuously by the community of
Cuprum and by Adams County, Idaho, as the official
townsite plat and basis for conveyance of title within
the townsite.
(4) Recent boundary surveys conducted by the
United States Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, and the United States Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management, discovered
inconsistencies between the official aliquot parts de-
scription of the patented Cuprum Townsite and the
Hesse survey. Many lots along the south and east
boundaries of the townsite are now known to extend
onto National Forest System lands outside the town-
site.
(5) It is the determination of Congress that the
original intent of the Cuprum Townsite application
was to include all the lands described by the Hesse
survey.
(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to
amend the 1909 Cuprum Townsite patent to include those
additional lands described by the Hesse survey in addition
to other lands necessary to provide an administratively ac-
ceptable boundary to the National Forest System.
(c) AMENDMENT OF PATENT.—The 1909 Cuprum
Townsite patent is hereby amended to include parcels 1
and 2, identified on the plat, marked as ‘‘Township 20
North, Range 3 West, Boise Meridian, Idaho, Section 10:
Proposed Patent Adjustment Cuprum Townsite, Idaho’’
prepared by Payette N.F.—Land Survey Unit, drawn and
approved by Tom Betzold, Forest Land Surveyor, on April
25, 1995. Such additional lands are hereby conveyed to
the original patentee, Pitts Ellis, trustee, and Probate
Judge of Washington County, Idaho, or any successors or
assigns in interest in accordance with State law. The Sec-
retary of Agriculture may correct clerical and typo-
graphical errors in such plat.
(d) SURVEY.—The Federal Government shall survey
the Federal property lines and mark and post the bound-
aries necessary to implement this section.
SEC. 213. RELINQUISHMENT OF INTEREST.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States relinquishes all
right, title, and interest that the United States may have
in land that—
(1) was subject to a right-of-way that was
granted to the predecessor of the Chicago and
Northwestern Transportation Company under the
Act entitled ‘‘An Act granting to railroads the right
of way through the public lands of the United
States’’, approved March 3, 1875 (42 U.S.C. 934 et
seq.), which right-of-way the Company has conveyed
to the city of Douglas, Wyoming; and
(2) is located within the boundaries of the city
limits of the city of Douglas, Wyoming, or between
the right-of-way of Interstate 25 and the city limits
of the city of Douglas, Wyoming;
as determined by the Secretary of the Interior in consulta-
tion with the appropriate officials of the city of Douglas,
Wyoming.
(b) CONVEYANCE.—As soon as practicable after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior
shall file for recordation in the real property records of
Converse County, Wyoming, a deed or other appropriate
form of instrument conveying to the city of Douglas, Wyo-
ming, all right, title, and interest in the land described
in subsection (a).
(c) CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY TO THE
BIG HORN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 1, WYO-
MING.—The Secretary of the Interior shall convey, by quit
claim deed, to the Big Horn County School District Num-
ber 1, Wyoming, all right, title, and interest of the United
States in and to the following described lands in Big Horn
County, Wyoming: Lots 19–24 of Block 22, all within the
town of Frannie, Wyoming, in the S1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4 and
N1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4 of section 31 of T. 58N., R. 97 W., Big
Horn County.
SEC. 214. MODOC NATIONAL FOREST.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Modoc Na-
tional Forest is hereby modified to include and encompass
760 acres, more or less, on the following described lands:
Mount Diablo Meridian, Lassen County, California T. 38
N., R. 10 E., sec. 5, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4; sec. 8,
E1⁄2NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, sec. 16, W1⁄2; sec.
25, Lots 13, 14 and 15 (S1⁄2SW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4); T. 37
N., R. 11 E., sec. 20, NW1⁄4SE1⁄4.
(b) RULE FOR LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION
FUND.—For the purposes of section 7 of the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–
9), the boundary of the Modoc National Forest, as modi-
fied by this title, shall be considered to the boundary of
the National Forest as of January 1, 1965.
SEC. 215. CONVEYANCE TO CITY OF SUMPTER, OREGON.
(a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Ag-
riculture shall convey, without consideration, to the city
of Sumpter, Oregon (in this section referred to as the
‘‘City’’), all right, title, and interest of the United States
in and to a parcel of real property of approximately 1.43
acres consisting of all of block 8 of the REVISED PLAN
OF SUMPTER TOWNSITE in the City, as shown in plat
recorded March 6, 1897, in Plat Book 3, page 26; includ-
ing the alley running through such block, vacated by Ordi-
nance No. 1966–3, recorded December 14, 1966, in Deed
66–50–014.
(b) ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The
real property to be conveyed under subsection (a) consists
of the same property that was deeded to the United States
in the following deeds:
(1) Warranty Deed from Sumpter Power &
Water Company to the United States of America
dated October 12, 1949, and recorded in Vol. 152,
page 170 of Baker County records on December 22,
1949.
(2) Warranty Deed from Mrs. Alice Windle to
the United States of America dated October 11,
1949, and recorded in Vol. 152, page 168 of Baker
County records on December 22, 1949.
(3) Warranty Deed from Alice L. Windle
Charles and James M. Charles to the United States
of America and dated August 8, 1962, and recorded
in Book 172, page 1331 on August 27, 1962.
(c) CONDITION OF CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance
under subsection (a) shall be subject to the condition that
the City use the conveyed property only for public pur-
poses, such as a city park, information center, or interpre-
tive area.
(d) RELEASE.—Upon making the conveyance re-
quired by subsection (a), the United States is relieved
from liability for any and all claims arising from the pres-
ence of materials on the conveyed property.
(e) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If the Secretary of
Agriculture determines that the real property conveyed
under subsection (a) is not being used in accordance with
the condition specified in subsection (c) or that the City
has initiated proceedings to sell, lease, exchange, or other-
wise dispose of all or a portion of the property, than, at
the option of the Secretary, the United States shall have
a right of reentry with regard to the property, with title
thereto revesting in the United States.
(f) AUTHORIZED SALE
OF PROPERTY.—Notwith-
standing subsections (c) and (e), the Secretary of Agri-
culture may authorize the City to dispose of the real prop-
erty conveyed under subsection (a) if the proceeds from
such disposal are at least equal to the fair market value
of the property and are paid to the United States. The
Secretary shall deposit amounts received under this sub-
section into the special fund in the Treasury into which
funds are deposited pursuant to the Act of December 4,
1967 (16 U.S.C. 484a), commonly known as the Sisk Act.
The disposal of the conveyed property under this sub-
section shall be subject to such terms and conditions as
the Secretary may prescribe.
(g) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The
Secretary of Agriculture may require such additional
terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance
under subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appro-
priate to protect the interests of the United States.
SEC. 216. CUMBERLAND GAP NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.
(a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding the Act of June
11, 1940 (16 U.S.C. 261 et seq.), the Secretary of the
Interior is authorized to acquire by donation, purchase
with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange not to
exceed 10 acres of land or interests in land, which shall
consist of those necessary lands for the establishment of
trailheads to be located at White Rocks and Chadwell Gap.
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—Lands and interests in lands
acquired pursuant to subsection (a) shall be added to and
administered as part of the Cumberland Gap National
Historical Park.
SEC. 217. ALPINE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
(a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—(1) The Secretary of
Agriculture shall convey, without consideration, to the Al-
pine Elementary School District 7 of the State of Arizona
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘School District’’), all
right, title and interest of the United States in and to a
parcel of real property, including any improvements there-
on, consisting of approximately 30 acres located in the
Apache National Forest, Apache County, Arizona, and
further delineated as follows: North 1⁄2 of Northeast 1⁄4
of Southeast 1⁄4 of section 14, Township 5 North, Range
30 East, Gila and Salt River meridian, and North 1⁄2 of
South 1⁄2 of Northeast 1⁄4 of Southeast 1⁄4 of such section.
(2) The exact acreage and legal description of the real
property to be conveyed under paragraph (1) shall be de-
termined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. The
cost of the survey shall be borne by the School District.
(b) CONDITION OF CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance
made under subsection (a) shall be subject to the condition
that the School District use the conveyed property for pub-
lic school facilities and related public school recreational
purposes.
(c) RIGHT OF REENTRY.—The United States shall
retain a right of reentry in the property to be conveyed.
If the Secretary determines that the conveyed property is
not being used in accordance with the condition in sub-
section (b), the United States shall have the right to reen-
ter the conveyed property without consideration.
(d) ENCUMBRANCES.—The conveyance made under
subsection (a) shall be subject to all encumbrances on the
property existing as of the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(e) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The
Secretary may require such additional terms and condi-
tions in connection with the conveyance under subsection
(a) of the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the
interests of the United States.
SEC. 218. MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT LAND EXCHANGE.
(a) CONVEYANCE.—(1) The Secretary of the Interior
may convey the Federal lands described in subsection
(d)(1) in exchange for the non-Federal lands described in
subsection (d)(2), in accordance with the provisions of this
Act.
(b) APPLICABILITY
OF
OTHER
PROVISIONS
OF
LAW.—The land exchange required in this section shall
be carried out in accordance with section 206 of the Fed-
eral Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1716) and in accordance with other applicable laws.
(c) ACCEPTABILITY OF TITLE AND MANNER OF CON-
VEYANCE.—The Secretary of the Interior shall not carry
out an exchange described in subsection (a) unless the title
to the non-Federal lands to be conveyed to the United
States, and the form and procedures of conveyance, are
acceptable to the Secretary.
(d) LANDS TO BE EXCHANGED.—
(1) FEDERAL LANDS TO BE EXCHANGED.—The
Federal lands referred to in this section to be ex-
changed consist of approximately 179.4 acres in
Mariposa County, California as generally depicted on
the map entitled ‘‘Merced Irrigation District Ex-
change—Proposed, Federal Land’’, dated March 15,
1995, more particularly described as follows:
T. 3 S., R. 15 E., MDM (Mount Diablo
Meridian):
Sec. 35, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, containing ap-
proximately 40 acres.
T. 4 S., R. 15 E., MDM (Mount Diablo
Meridian):
Sec. 14: E1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4, containing
approximately 20 acres.
Sec. 23: NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, containing ap-
proximately 40 acres.
T. 5 S., R. 15 E., MDM (Mount Diablo
Meridian):
Sec. 2: Lot 1, containing approxi-
mately 57.9 acres.