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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 755 
To authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land exchange in Bullhead 
City, Arizona, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 24, 2019 
Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. GALLEGO, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mrs. 
LESKO, and Mr. SCHWEIKERT) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land exchange 
in Bullhead City, Arizona, 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 ‘‘Black Mountain Range 
and Bullhead City Land Exchange Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means Bullhead 
City, Arizona. 
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(2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means the approximately 345.2 acres of land in 
Bullhead City, Arizona, generally depicted as ‘‘Fed-
eral Land to be exchanged to Bullhead City’’ on the 
Map. 
(3) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Bullhead City Land Exchange’’ and dated 
August 24, 2018. 
(4) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral land’’ means the approximately 1,100 acres of 
land owned by Bullhead City in the Black Mountain 
Range generally depicted as ‘‘Bullhead City Land to 
be Exchanged to BLM’’ on the Map. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If after December 15, 2020, the 
City offers to convey to the Secretary all right, title, and 
interest of the City in and to the non-Federal land, the 
Secretary shall accept the offer and simultaneously convey 
to the City all right, title, and interest of the United States 
in and to the Federal land. 
(b) LAND TITLE.—Title to the non-Federal land con-
veyed to the Secretary under this Act shall be in a form 
acceptable to the Secretary and shall conform to the title 
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approval standards of the Attorney General of the United 
States applicable to land acquisitions by the Federal Gov-
ernment. 
(c) EXCHANGE COSTS.—The City shall pay for all 
land survey, appraisal, and other costs to the Secretary 
as may be necessary to process and consummate the ex-
change under this Act. 
SEC. 4. EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE AND APPRAISALS. 
(a) APPRAISALS.—The values of the lands to be ex-
changed under this Act shall be determined by the Sec-
retary through appraisals performed— 
(1) in accordance with— 
(A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 
Federal Land Acquisitions; 
(B) the Uniform Standards of Professional 
Appraisal Practice; and 
(C) appraisal instructions issued by the 
Secretary; and 
(2) by an appraiser mutually agreed to by the 
Secretary and the City. 
(b) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE.—The values of the 
Federal and non-Federal land parcels exchanged shall be 
equal, or if they are not equal, shall be equalized as fol-
lows: 
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(1) SURPLUS OF FEDERAL LAND VALUE.—If 
the final appraised value of the Federal land exceeds 
the final appraised value of the non-Federal land, 
the City shall reduce the amount of land it is re-
questing from the Federal Government in order to 
create an equal value in accordance with section 
206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)). Land that is not 
exchanged because of equalization under this para-
graph shall remain subject to lease under the Act of 
June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the ‘‘Recreation 
and Public Purposes Act’’) (44 Stat. 741, chapter 
578; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 
(2) USE
OF
FUNDS.—Any cash equalization 
moneys received by the Secretary under paragraph 
(1) shall be— 
(A) deposited in the Federal Land Dis-
posal Account established by section 206(a) of 
the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act 
(43 U.S.C. 2305(a)); and 
(B) used in accordance with that Act (43 
U.S.C. 2301 et seq.). 
(3) SURPLUS OF NON-FEDERAL LAND VALUE.— 
If the final appraised value of the non-Federal land 
exceeds the final appraised value of the Federal 
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land, the United States shall not make a cash 
equalization payment to the City, and surplus value 
of the non-Federal land shall be considered a dona-
tion by the City to the United States for all pur-
poses of law. 
SEC. 5. WITHDRAWAL PROVISIONS. 
Lands acquired by the Secretary under this Act are, 
upon such acquisition, automatically and permanently 
withdrawn from all forms of appropriation and disposal 
under the public land laws (including the mining and min-
eral leasing laws) and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1930 
(30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 
SEC. 6. MAPS, ESTIMATES, AND DESCRIPTIONS. 
(a) MINOR ERRORS.—The Secretary and the City 
may, by mutual agreement— 
(1) make minor boundary adjustments to the 
Federal and non-Federal lands involved in the ex-
change; and 
(2) correct any minor errors in any map, acre-
age estimate, or description of any land to be ex-
changed. 
(b) CONFLICT.—If there is a conflict between a map, 
an acreage estimate, or a description of land under this 
Act, the map shall control unless the Secretary and the 
City mutually agree otherwise. 
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(c) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall file and 
make available for public inspection in the Arizona head-
quarters of the Bureau of Land Management a copy of 
all maps referred to in this Act. 
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