Calendar No. 656
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2620
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to ac-
quire certain lands in California through an ex-
change pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976, and for other pur-
poses.
SEPTEMBER 27 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994
Reported without amendment
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Calendar No. 656
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2620
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
NOVEMBER 17 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 2), 1993
Received
NOVEMBER 17 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 2), 1993
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
SEPTEMBER 27 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994
Reported by Mr. JOHNSTON, without amendment
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain
lands in California through an exchange pursuant to
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976,
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. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds—
(1) the Bureau of Land Management desires to
obtain the lands described in section 3(a) for pur-
poses of an access and staging area being planned
in cooperation with the National Park Service;
(2) the lands described in section 3(b) con-
stitute an isolated tract acquired by the United
States in 1936 for purposes of a Forest Service fire
lookout, but such lands are no longer needed for
that or any other National Forest purpose, and all
improvements have been removed from such lands;
(3) the lands described in section 3(b) are en-
tirely surrounded by private lands owned by a family
one of whose members also owns the lands described
in section 3(a); and
(4)(A) the owners of the land described in sec-
tion 3(a) are willing to transfer those lands to the
United States in exchange for the lands described in
section 3(b); but
(B) under existing law, such an exchange can-
not be accomplished administratively.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to author-
ize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the lands de-
scribed in section 3(a) through an equal-value exchange
for the lands described in section 3(b).
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR EXCHANGE.
Solely for purpose of acquisition by the Secretary of
the Interior (on behalf of the United States) of the lands
described in section 3(a) through an equal-value exchange
pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716), the lands de-
scribed in section 3(b) shall, for the 36-month period be-
ginning on the date of enactment of this Act, be deemed
to be public lands, as defined in section 103(e) of such
Act (43 U.S.C. 1702(e)).
SEC. 3. LAND DESCRIPTIONS.
(a) OHV AREA TRACT.—The lands whose acquisition
through exchange is specifically authorized by this Act are
described as follows: S1⁄2SW1⁄4 of section 26, township 33
north, range 7 west, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian,
Shasta County, California, comprised of 80 acres, more
or less.
(b) DELTA POINT LOOKOUT TRACT.—The lands
which under this Act are deemed to be public lands for
purposes of exchange is a parcel described as follows:
Mount Diablo Meridian, township 36 north, range 5 west,
section 
23, 
SW1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, 
NW1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4,
SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, comprised of 40
acres, more or less.
SEC. 4. ACQUISITION.
Section 104 of the Everglades National Park Protec-
tion and Expansion Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r–8) is
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(k)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, the Secretary is authorized to use funds appropriated
pursuant to this Act, including any available funds appro-
priated to the National Park Service for construction in
the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Acts for fiscal years 1991 through 1994 for
project modifications by the Army Corps of Engineers, in
such amounts as determined by the Secretary, to provide
Federal assistance to the State of Florida (including polit-
ical subdivisions of the State) for acquisition of lands de-
scribed in paragraph (4).
‘‘(2) With respect to any lands acquired pursuant to
this subsection, the Secretary may provide not more than
25 percent of the total cost of such acquisition.
‘‘(3) All funds made available pursuant to this sub-
section shall be transferred to the State of Florida or a
political subdivision of the State, subject to an agreement
that any lands acquired with such funds will be managed
in perpetuity for the restoration of natural flows to the
park or Florida Bay.
‘‘(4) The lands referred to in paragraph (1) are those
lands or interests therein adjacent to, or affecting the res-
toration of natural water flows to, the park or Florida Bay