109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5016
AN ACT 
To provide for the exchange of certain Bureau of Land 
Management land in Pima County, 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 ‘‘Las Cienegas En-
hancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means the Sahuarita parcel of land consisting of ap-
proximately 1,280 acres, as depicted on the map en-
titled ‘‘Las Cienegas Enhancement Act—Federal 
Land’’ and dated May 9, 2006. 
(2) 
LANDOWNER.—The 
term 
‘‘landowner’’ 
means Las Cienegas Conservation, LLC. 
(3) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral land’’ means the Empirita-Simonson parcel of 
land consisting of approximately 2,392 acres, as de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Las Cienegas Enhance-
ment Act—Non-Federal Land’’ and dated May 9, 
2006. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGE, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
LAND IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA. 
(a) EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED.—If the landowner of-
fers to convey to the Secretary title to the non-Federal 
land, the Secretary shall accept the offer and convey to
the landowner all, right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to the Federal land. 
(b) VALUATION, APPRAISALS, AND EQUALIZATION.—
(1) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE.—The value of 
the Federal land and the non-Federal land to be ex-
changed under this section shall be equal. If the val-
ues are not equal, the values shall be equalized in 
accordance with paragraph (3). 
(2) APPRAISAL.—To determine the value of the 
Federal land and the non-Federal land, the Federal 
land and the non-Federal land shall be subject to an 
appraisal by an independent, qualified appraiser 
agreed to by the Secretary and landowner. The ap-
praiser shall consider the value of the Federal land 
and the non-Federal land as of the date of the en-
actment of this Act. The appraisal shall be con-
ducted in accordance with the Uniform Appraisal 
Standards for Federal Land Acquisition and the 
Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Prac-
tice. Not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the appraisal shall be submitted to 
the Secretary and landowner for approval. 
(3) EQUALIZATION OF VALUES.—If the values 
of the Federal land and non-Federal land are not 
equal, their values may be equalized—
(A) by reducing the acreage of the non-
Federal land or the Federal land to be ex-
changed, as appropriate; or 
(B) by the payment by the landowner or 
the Secretary of a cash equalization payment, 
which, in the case of a cash equalization pay-
ment made by the landowner, may exceed 25 
percent of the value of the Federal land, not-
withstanding section 206(b) of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1716(b)). 
(4) DISPOSITION AND USE OF PROCEEDS.—Any 
cash equalization payment received by the Secretary 
under paragraph (3) shall be deposited in the Fed-
eral Land Disposal Account established by section 
206(a) of the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation 
Act (43 U.S.C. 2305(a)). Amounts so deposited shall 
be available to the Secretary, without further appro-
priation and until expended, for the acquisition of 
land and interests in land in southern Arizona. 
(c) PROTECTION OF VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.—The 
exchange of the Federal land and the non-Federal land 
shall be subject to any easements, rights-of-way, and other 
valid encumbrances on the land in existence on the date 
of enactment of this Act.
(d) TIME FOR COMPLETION OF EXCHANGE.—The ex-
change of the Federal land and non-Federal land under 
this section shall be completed—
(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), not 
later than one year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act; or 
(2) if there is a dispute concerning an appraisal 
of the Federal land or non-Federal land or appraisal 
issue arising under subsection (b), before the expira-
tion of the 90-day period beginning on the date the 
dispute is resolved. 
(e) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—As a condition of the 
conveyance of the Federal land to the landowner, the land-
owner shall pay the costs of carrying out the exchange 
of the Federal land and non-Federal land under this sec-
tion, including any direct costs relating to any environ-
mental reviews and mitigation of the Federal land. 
(f) CORRECTION OF ERRORS; MINOR BOUNDARY AD-
JUSTMENTS.—The Secretary and landowner may mutually 
agree—
(1) to correct minor errors in the legal descrip-
tions of the Federal land and non-Federal land to be 
exchanged under this section; or 
(2) to make minor adjustments to the bound-
aries of the Federal land and non-Federal land.
(g) ROAD ACCESS.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date on which the non-Federal land is acquired by the 
Secretary, the Secretary shall provide to the Secretary of 
Agriculture a right-of-way through the non-Federal land 
for motorized public road access to the boundary of the 
Coronado National Forest. The right-of-way shall be pro-
vided in accordance with section 507 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1767). 
(h) ADMINISTRATION OF LAND ACQUIRED BY THE 
UNITED STATES.—On acquisition of the non-Federal land 
by the Secretary, the Secretary shall—
(1) include the acquired land as part of the Las 
Cienegas National Conservation Area; and 
(2) administer the acquired land in accordance 
with Public Law 106–538 (16 U.S.C. 460ooo et 
seq.), which established the Las Cienegas National 
Conservation Area, and other applicable laws. 
SEC. 4. MODIFICATION OF LAS CIENEGAS NATIONAL CON-
SERVATION AREA BOUNDARY. 
The boundary of the Las Cienegas National Con-
servation Area is modified to exclude the 40-acre tract 
that, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, is leased 
by the Bureau of Land Management to the town of Elgin, 
Arizona, for a sanitary landfill.
SEC. 5. LAND CONVEYANCE, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA. 
As an additional condition of the conveyance of the 
Federal land to the landowner under section 3, the land-
owner shall convey, without consideration, to Pima Coun-
ty, Arizona, a parcel of land consisting of approximately 
98 acres, as depicted on the map referred to in section 
2(1) as ‘‘land to be conveyed to Pima County’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 27, 
2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.