IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1129 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 12, 2005 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
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,
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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, expe-
dite, 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 Val-
ley 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 Val-
ley Land Trust’’ includes any successor, heir, or 
assign of the Aspen Valley Land Trust. 
(2) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means 
Pitkin County, a political subdivision of the State of 
Colorado. 
(3) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means the land directed for exchange between the 
United States Forest Service, the Bureau of Land
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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 Coun-
ty, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘Ryan Land Exchange-Wildwood Parcel Con-
veyance to Pitkin County’’ and dated August 
2004. 
(B) The 12 parcels of National Forest Sys-
tem land located in the County totaling ap-
proximately 5.92 acres, as generally depicted on 
the map entitled ‘‘Ryan Land Exchange-Smug-
gler 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 Au-
gust 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:
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(A) The approximately 35 acres of non- 
Federal land in the County, as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Ryan Land Ex-
change-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 
entitled 
‘‘Ryan 
Land 
Exchange-Smuggler 
Mountain-Grand Turk and Pontiac Claims Con-
veyance 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- 
Federal 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.