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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 604 
To provide for a land exchange with the City of Bountiful, Utah, involving 
National Forest System land in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest 
and to further land ownership consolidation in that national forest, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 16, 2009 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on 
Energy and Commerce and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for a land exchange with the City of Bountiful, 
Utah, involving National Forest System land in the 
Wasatch-Cache National Forest and to further land own-
ership consolidation in that national forest, 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 ‘‘Bountiful City Land 
Consolidation Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the City of 
Bountiful, Utah. 
(2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means the land under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary identified on the map as ‘‘Shooting Range 
Special Use Permit Area’’. 
(3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Bountiful City Land Consolidation Act’’ and 
dated October 15, 2007. 
(4) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral land’’ means the 3 parcels of City land com-
prising a total of approximately 1,680 acres, as gen-
erally depicted on the map. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGE, WASATCH-CACHE NATIONAL FOR-
EST, UTAH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (c) through 
(g), if the City of Bountiful, Utah, conveys to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture all right, title, and interest of the 
City in and to the non-Federal land, the Secretary shall 
convey to the City all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the Federal land. 
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(b) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the Forest Service. 
(c) VALUATION AND EQUALIZATION.— 
(1) VALUATION.—The value of the Federal land 
and the non-Federal land to be conveyed under sub-
section (a)— 
(A) shall be equal, as determined by ap-
praisals carried out in accordance with section 
206 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716); or 
(B) if not equal, shall be equalized in ac-
cordance with paragraph (2). 
(2) EQUALIZATION.—If the value of the Federal 
land and the non-Federal land to be conveyed in a 
land exchange under this section is not equal, the 
value may be equalized by— 
(A) making a cash equalization payment to 
the Secretary or to the City, as appropriate; or 
(B) reducing the acreage of the Federal 
land or the non-Federal land to be exchanged, 
as appropriate. 
(d) APPLICABLE LAW.—Section 206 of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1716) shall apply to the land exchange authorized under 
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subsection (a), except that the Secretary may accept a 
cash equalization payment in excess of 25 percent of the 
value of the Federal land. 
(e) CONDITIONS.— 
(1) LIABILITY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of the 
exchange under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall— 
(i) require that the City— 
(I) assume all liability for the 
shooting range located on the Federal 
land, including the past, present, and 
future condition of the Federal land; 
and 
(II) hold the United States harm-
less for any liability for the condition 
of the Federal land; and 
(ii) comply with the hazardous sub-
stances disclosure requirements of section 
120(h) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Li-
ability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)). 
(B) LIMITATION.—Clauses (ii) and (iii) of 
section 120(h)(3)(A) of the Comprehensive En-
vironmental Response, Compensation, and Li-
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