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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4226
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange all or part
of certain administrative sites and other land in the Black Hills National
Forest and to use funds derived from the sale or exchange to acquire
replacement sites and to acquire or construct administrative improve-
ments in connection with the Black Hills National Forest.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 10, 2000
Mr. THUNE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Resources
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange
all or part of certain administrative sites and other land
in the Black Hills National Forest and to use funds
derived from the sale or exchange to acquire replacement
sites and to acquire or construct administrative improve-
ments in connection with the Black Hills National For-
est.
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 Hills National
Forest and Rocky Mountain Research Station Improve-
ment Act’’.
SEC. 2. SALE OR EXCHANGE OF LAND, BLACK HILLS NA-
TIONAL FOREST, SOUTH DAKOTA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may, under
such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe,
sell or exchange any right, title, and interest of the United
States in and to the approximately 367 acres contained
in the following parcels of land in the State of South Da-
kota:
(1) Tract BLKH–1 ‘‘Spearfish Dwelling’’ (ap-
proximately 0.24 acres); N1⁄2 lots 8 and 9 of block
16, sec. 10, T6N, R2E.
(2) Tract BLKH–2 ‘‘Deadwood Garage’’ (ap-
proximately 0.12 acres); lots 9 and 11 of block 34,
sec. 26, T5N, R3E.
(3) Tract BLKH–3 ‘‘Deadwood Dwellings’’ (ap-
proximately 0.32 acres); lots 12 through 16 of Block
44, sec. 26, T5N, R3E.
(4) Tract BLKH–4 ‘‘Hardy Work Center’’ (ap-
proximately 150 acres); E1⁄2, SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4; SE1⁄4,
SE1⁄4; sec. 19; NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4; E1⁄2, NE1⁄4,
SE1⁄4; E1⁄2, SE1⁄4, NE1⁄4; NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4; sec. 30,
T3N, R1E.
(5) Tract BLKH–6 ‘‘Pactola Work Center’’
(approximately 100 acres); W1⁄2, SW1⁄4, NW1⁄4;
W1⁄2, NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4; W1⁄2, SW1⁄4, SW1⁄4; SE1⁄4,
SW1⁄4, SW1⁄4; sec. 25; E1⁄2, E1⁄4, SE1⁄4; SE1⁄4,
SE1⁄4, NE1⁄4; sec. 26; T2N, R5E.
(6) Tract BLKH–7 ‘‘Pactola Ranger District
Office’’ (approximately 8.25 acres); lot 1 of Ranger
Station Subdivision, sec. 4, T1N, R7E.
(7) Tract BLKH–8 ‘‘Reder Administrative
Site’’ (approximately 82 acres); lots 6 and 7, sec.
29; lot A of Reder Placer, lot 19, NW1⁄4, SE1⁄4,
NE1⁄4, sec. 30, T1S, R5E.
(8) Tract BLKH–9 ‘‘Allen Gulch Properties’’
(approximately 20.60 acres); lot 14, sec. 25, T1S,
R4E.
(9) Tract BLKH–10 ‘‘Custer Ranger District
Office’’ (approximately 0.39 acres); lots 4 and 9 of
block 125 plus the east 15 feet of the vacated north/
south alley adjacent to lot 4, city of Custer, sec. 26,
T3S, R4E.
(b) APPLICABLE AUTHORITIES.—Except as other-
wise provided in this section, any sale or exchange of land
described in subsection (a) shall be subject to laws (includ-
ing regulations) applicable to the conveyance and acquisi-
tion of land for National Forest System purposes.
(c) CASH
EQUALIZATION.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Secretary may accept cash
equalization payments in excess of 25 percent of the total
value of the land described in subsection (a) from any ex-
change under subsection (a).
(d) SOLICITATIONS OF OFFERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section,
the Secretary may use solicitations of offers for sale
or exchange under this section on such terms and
conditions as the Secretary may prescribe.
(2) REJECTION
OF
OFFERS.—The Secretary
may reject any offer under this section if the Sec-
retary determines that the offer is not adequate or
not in the public interest.
(e) DISPOSITION OF FUNDS.—Any funds received by
the Secretary from a sale under this section or as cash
equalization payments from an exchange under this
section—
(1) shall be deposited into the fund established
by Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as the
‘‘Sisk Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 484a); and
(2) shall be available for expenditure, on appro-
priation, for—
(A) the acquisition from willing sellers of
land and interests in land in the State of South
Dakota; and
(B) the acquisition or construction of ad-
ministrative improvements in connection with
the Black Hills National Forest.
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section.
SEC. 3. REPLACEMENT LABORATORY, ROCKY MOUNTAIN
RESEARCH STATION, RAPID CITY, SOUTH DA-
KOTA.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture $2,100,000 for the construction of
a laboratory facility for the Rocky Mountain Research
Station in Rapid City, South Dakota, to replace the obso-
lete laboratory capability at the research station. The re-
placement facility shall be colocated with at least one of
the administrative improvements for the Black Hills Na-
tional Forest acquired or constructed under the authority
of section 2(e)(2)(B).
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