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Union Calendar No. 139 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1129 
[Report No. 109–252] 
To authorize the exchange of certain land in the State of Colorado. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2005 
Mr. UDALL of Colorado introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Resources 
OCTOBER 25, 2005 
Additional sponsor: Mr. SALAZAR 
OCTOBER 25, 2005 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 3, 2005] 
A BILL 
To authorize the exchange of certain land in the State of 
Colorado. 
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 ‘‘Pitkin County Land 
Exchange Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to authorize, direct, expedite, 
and facilitate the exchange of land between the United 
States, Pitkin County, Colorado, and the Aspen Valley 
Land Trust. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ASPEN VALLEY LAND TRUST.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Aspen Valley 
Land Trust’’ means the Aspen Valley Land 
Trust, a nonprofit organization as described in 
section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986. 
(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Aspen Valley 
Land Trust’’ includes any successor, heir, or as-
sign of the Aspen Valley Land Trust. 
(2) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Pitkin 
County, a political subdivision of the State of Colo-
rado. 
(3) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means the land directed for exchange between the 
United States Forest Service, the Bureau of Land
Management, and Pitkin County under this Act that 
is comprised of the following parcels: 
(A) The approximately 5.5 acres of Na-
tional Forest System land located in the County, 
as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Ryan 
Land Exchange-Wildwood Parcel Conveyance to 
Pitkin County’’ and dated August 2004. 
(B) The 12 parcels of National Forest Sys-
tem land located in the County totaling approxi-
mately 5.92 acres, as generally depicted on the 
map entitled ‘‘Ryan Land Exchange-Smuggler 
Mountain Patent Remnants Conveyance to 
Pitkin County’’ and dated August 2004. 
(C) The approximately 40 acres of Bureau 
of Land Management land located in the Coun-
ty, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘Ryan Land Exchange-Crystal River Parcel 
Conveyance to Pitkin County’’ and dated August 
2004. 
(4) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral land’’ means the land directed for exchange be-
tween Pitkin County and the United States Forest 
Service under this Act that is comprised of the fol-
lowing parcels:
(A) The approximately 35 acres of non-Fed-
eral land in the County, as generally depicted on 
the map entitled ‘‘Ryan Land Exchange-Ryan 
Property Conveyance to Forest Service’’ and 
dated August 2004. 
(B) The approximately 18.2 acres of non- 
Federal land located on Smuggler Mountain in 
the County, as generally depicted on the map en-
titled ‘‘Ryan Land Exchange-Smuggler Moun-
tain-Grand Turk and Pontiac Claims Convey-
ance to Forest Service’’. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
SEC. 4. LAND EXCHANGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the County offers to convey to 
the United States title to the non-Federal land that is ac-
ceptable to the Secretary, the Secretary and the Secretary 
of the Interior shall— 
(1) accept the offer; and 
(2) on receipt of acceptable title to the non-Fed-
eral land, simultaneously convey to the County, or at 
the request of the County, to the Aspen Valley Land 
Trust, all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to the Federal land, subject to all valid 
existing rights and encumbrances.