I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 410 
To provide for a land exchange in the State of Arizona between the Secretary 
of Agriculture and Yavapai Ranch Limited Partnership. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2005 
Mr. RENZI (for himself and Mr. HAYWORTH) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for a land exchange in the State of Arizona 
between the Secretary of Agriculture and Yavapai Ranch 
Limited Partnership. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Northern Arizona Land Exchange and Verde River 
Basin Partnership Act of 2005’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—NORTHERN ARIZONA LAND EXCHANGE
Sec. 101. Definitions. 
Sec. 102. Land exchange. 
Sec. 103. Description of non-Federal land. 
Sec. 104. Description of Federal land. 
Sec. 105. Status and management of land after exchange. 
Sec. 106. Miscellaneous provisions. 
Sec. 107. Conveyance of additional land. 
TITLE II—VERDE RIVER BASIN PARTNERSHIP 
Sec. 201. Purpose. 
Sec. 202. Definitions. 
Sec. 203. Verde River Basin Partnership. 
Sec. 204. Verde River Basin studies. 
Sec. 205. Verde River Basin Partnership final report. 
Sec. 206. Memorandum of understanding. 
Sec. 207. Effect. 
TITLE I—NORTHERN ARIZONA 
LAND EXCHANGE 
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) CAMP.—The term ‘‘camp’’ means Camp 
Pearlstein, Friendly Pines, Patterdale Pines, Pine 
Summit, Sky Y, and Young Life Lost Canyon camps 
in the State of Arizona. 
(2) CITIES.—The term ‘‘cities’’ means the cities 
of Flagstaff, Williams, and Camp Verde, Arizona. 
(3) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means the land described in section 104. 
(4) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral land’’ means the land described in section 103. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture.
(6) YAVAPAI
RANCH.—The term ‘‘Yavapai 
Ranch’’ means the Yavapai Ranch Limited Partner-
ship, an Arizona Limited Partnership, and the 
Northern Yavapai, L.L.C., an Arizona Limited Li-
ability Company. 
SEC. 102. LAND EXCHANGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Upon the conveyance by 
Yavapai Ranch of title to the non-Federal land identified 
in section 103, the Secretary shall simultaneously convey 
to Yavapai Ranch title to the Federal land identified in 
section 104. 
(2) Title to the lands to be exchanged shall be in a 
form acceptable to the Secretary and Yavapai Ranch. 
(3) The Federal land and non-Federal land to be ex-
changed under this title may be modified prior to the ex-
change as provided in this title. 
(4)(A) By mutual agreement, the Secretary and 
Yavapai Ranch may make minor and technical corrections 
to the maps and legal descriptions of the lands and inter-
ests therein exchanged or retained under this title, includ-
ing changes, if necessary to conform to surveys approved 
by the Bureau of Land Management. 
(B) In the case of any discrepancy between a map 
and legal description, the map shall prevail unless the Sec-
retary and Yavapai Ranch agree otherwise.
(b) EXCHANGE PROCESS.—(1) Except as otherwise 
provided in this title, the land exchange under subsection 
(a) shall be undertaken in accordance with section 206 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1716). 
(2) Before completing the land exchange under this 
title, the Secretary shall perform any necessary land sur-
veys and pre-exchange inventories, clearances, reviews, 
and approvals, including those relating to hazardous mate-
rials, threatened and endangered species, cultural and his-
toric resources, and wetlands and flood plains. 
(c) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE.—(1) The value of the 
Federal land and the non-Federal land shall be equal, or 
equalized by the Secretary by adjusting the acreage of the 
Federal land in accordance with paragraph (2). 
(2) If the final appraised value of the Federal land 
exceeds the final appraised value of the non-Federal land, 
prior to making other adjustments, the Federal lands shall 
be adjusted by deleting all or part of the parcels or por-
tions of the parcels in the following order: 
(A) A portion of the Camp Verde parcel de-
scribed in section 104(a)(4), comprising approxi-
mately 316 acres, located in the Prescott National 
Forest, and more particularly described as lots 1, 5, 
and 6 of sec. 26, the NE1⁄4NE1⁄4 portion of sec. 26
and the N1⁄2N1⁄2 portion of sec. 27, T. 14 N., R. 4 
E., Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai 
County, Arizona. 
(B) A portion of the Camp Verde parcel de-
scribed in section 104(a)(4), comprising approxi-
mately 314 acres, located in the Prescott National 
Forest, and more particularly described as lots 2, 7, 
8, and 9 of sec. 26, the SE1⁄4NE1⁄4 portion of sec. 
26, and the S1⁄2N1⁄2 of sec. 27, T. 14 N., R. 4 E., 
Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai 
County, Arizona. 
(C) Beginning at the south boundary of sec. 31, 
T. 20 N., R. 5 W., Gila and Salt River Base and 
Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, and secs. 33 
and 35, T. 20 N., R. 6 W., Gila and Salt River Base 
and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, by adding 
to the non-Federal land to be conveyed to the United 
States in 1⁄8-section increments (E–W 64th line) 
while deleting from the conveyance to Yavapai 
Ranch Federal land in the same incremental por-
tions of sec. 32, T. 20 N., R. 5 W., Gila and Salt 
River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, 
and secs. 32, 34, and 36, in T. 20 N., R. 6 W., Gila 
and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County,
Arizona, to establish a linear and continuous bound-
ary that runs east-to-west across the sections. 
(D) Any other parcels, or portions thereof, 
agreed to by the Secretary and Yavapai Ranch. 
(3) If any parcel of Federal land or non-Federal land 
is not conveyed because of any reason, that parcel of land, 
or portion thereof, shall be excluded from the exchange 
and the remaining lands shall be adjusted as provided in 
this subsection. 
(4) If the value of the Federal land exceeds the value 
of the non-Federal land by more than $50,000, the Sec-
retary and Yavapai Ranch shall, by mutual agreement, de-
lete additional Federal land from the exchange until the 
value of the Federal land and non-Federal land is to the 
maximum extent practicable equal. 
(d) APPRAISALS.—(1) The value of the Federal land 
and non-Federal land shall be determined by appraisals 
prepared in accordance with the Uniform Appraisal 
Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and the Uniform 
Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. 
(2)(A) After the Secretary has reviewed and approved 
the final appraised values of the Federal land and non- 
Federal land to be exchanged, the Secretary shall not be 
required to reappraise or update the final appraised values 
before the completion of the land exchange.
(B) This paragraph shall apply during the three-year 
period following the approval by the Secretary of the final 
appraised values of the Federal land and non-Federal land 
unless the Secretary and Yavapai Ranch have entered into 
an agreement to implement an exchange. 
(3) During the appraisal process, the appraiser shall 
determine the value of each parcel of Federal land and 
non-Federal land (including the contributory value of each 
individual section of the intermingled Federal and non- 
Federal land of the property described in sections 103(a) 
and 104(a)(1)) as an assembled transaction. 
(4)(A) To ensure the timely and full disclosure to the 
public of the final appraised values of the Federal land 
and non-Federal land, the Secretary shall provide public 
notice of any appraisals approved by the Secretary and 
copies of such appraisals shall be available for public in-
spection in appropriate offices of the Prescott, Coconino, 
and Kaibab National Forests. 
(B) The Secretary shall also provide copies of any 
approved appraisals to the cities and the owners of the 
camps described in section 101(1). 
(e) CONTRACTING.—(1) If the Secretary lacks ade-
quate staff or resources to complete the exchange by the 
date specified in section 106(c), subject to the agreement 
of the Secretary and Yavapai Ranch, may contract with
independent third-party contractors to carry out any work 
necessary to complete the exchange by that date. 
(2) If, in accordance with this subsection, Yavapai 
Ranch contracts with an independent third-party con-
tractor to carry out any work that would otherwise be per-
formed by the Secretary, the Secretary shall reimburse 
Yavapai Ranch for the costs for the third-party contrac-
tors. 
(f) EASEMENTS.—(1) The exchange of non-Federal 
land and Federal land under this title shall be subject to 
any easements, rights-of-way, utility lines, and any other 
valid encumbrances in existence on the date of enactment 
of this Act, including acquired easements for water pipe-
lines as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Yavapai 
Ranch Land Exchange, YRLP Acquired Easements for 
Water Lines’’, dated August 2004, and any other reserva-
tions that may be agreed to by the Secretary and Yavapai 
Ranch. 
(2) Upon completion of the land exchange under this 
title, the Secretary and Yavapai Ranch shall grant each 
other at no charge reciprocal easements for access and 
utilities across, over, and through— 
(A) the routes depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘Yavapai Ranch Land Exchange Road and Trail
Easements, Yavapai Ranch Area’’, dated August 
2004; and 
(B) any relocated routes that are agreed to by 
the Secretary and Yavapai Ranch. 
(3) An easement described in paragraph (2) shall be 
unrestricted and nonexclusive in nature and shall run with 
and benefit the land. 
(g) CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND TO CITIES AND 
CAMPS.—(1) Prior to the completion of the land exchange 
between Yavapai Ranch and the Secretary, the cities and 
the owners of the camps may enter into agreements with 
Yavapai Ranch whereby Yavapai Ranch, upon completion 
of the land exchange, will convey to the cities or the own-
ers of the camps the applicable parcel of Federal land or 
portion thereof. 
(2) If Yavapai Ranch and the cities or camp owners 
have not entered into agreements in accordance with para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall, on notification by the cities 
or owners of the camps no later than 30 days after the 
date the relevant approved appraisal is made publicly 
available, delete the applicable parcel or portion thereof 
from the land exchange between Yavapai Ranch and the 
United States as follows:
(A) Upon request of the City of Flagstaff, Ari-
zona, the parcels or portions thereof described in 
section 104(a)(2). 
(B) Upon request of the City of Williams, Ari-
zona, the parcels or portions thereof described in 
section 104(a)(3). 
(C) Upon request of the City of Camp Verde, 
Arizona, a portion of the parcel described in section 
104(a)(4), comprising approximately 514 acres lo-
cated southeast of the southeastern boundary of the 
I–17 right-of-way, and more particularly described 
as the SE1⁄4 portion of the southeast quarter of sec. 
26, the E1⁄2 and the E1⁄2 W1⁄2 portions of sec. 35, 
and lots 5 through 7 of sec. 36, T. 14 N., R. 4 E., 
Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai 
County, Arizona. 
(D) Upon request of the owners of the 
Younglife Lost Canyon camp, the parcel described in 
section 104(a)(5). 
(E) Upon request of the owner of Friendly 
Pines 
Camp, 
Patterdale 
Pines 
Camp, 
Camp 
Pearlstein, Pine Summit, or Sky Y Camp, as appli-
cable, the corresponding parcel described in section 
104(a)(6).
(3)(A) Upon request of the specific city or 
camp referenced in paragraph (2), the Secretary 
shall convey to such city or camp all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to the applicable 
parcel of Federal land or portion thereof, upon pay-
ment of the fair market value of the parcel and sub-
ject to any terms and conditions the Secretary may 
require. 
(B) A conveyance under this paragraph shall 
not require new administrative or environmental 
analyses or appraisals beyond those prepared for the 
land exchange. 
(4) A city or owner of a camp purchasing land 
under this paragraph shall reimburse Yavapai Ranch 
for any costs incurred which are directly associated 
with surveys and appraisals of the specific property 
conveyed. 
(5) A conveyance of land under this subsection 
shall not affect the timing of the land exchange. 
(6) Nothing in this subsection limits the au-
thority of the Secretary or Yavapai Ranch to delete 
any of the parcels referenced in this subsection from 
the land exchange. 
(7)(A) The Secretary shall deposit the proceeds 
of any sale under paragraph (2) in a special account
in the fund established under Public Law 90–171 
(commonly known as the ‘‘Sisk Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 
484a). 
(B) Amounts deposited under subparagraph (A) 
shall be available to the Secretary, without further 
appropriation, to be used for the acquisition of land 
in the State of Arizona for addition to the National 
Forest System, including the land required for ex-
change under this title. 
SEC. 103. DESCRIPTION OF NON-FEDERAL LAND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The non-Federal land referred to 
in this title consists of approximately 35,000 acres of pri-
vately-owned land within the boundaries of the Prescott 
National Forest, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘Yavapai Ranch Non-Federal Lands’’, dated August 
2004. 
(b) EASEMENTS.—(1) The conveyance of non-Fed-
eral land to the United States under section 102 shall be 
subject to the reservation of— 
(A) water rights and perpetual easements that 
run with and benefit the land retained by Yavapai 
Ranch for— 
(i) the operation, maintenance, repair, im-
provement, development, and replacement of
not more than 3 wells in existence on the date 
of enactment of this Act; 
(ii) related storage tanks, valves, pumps, 
and hardware; and 
(iii) pipelines to point of use; and 
(B) easements for reasonable access to accom-
plish the purposes of the easements described in 
subparagraph (A). 
(2) Each easement for an existing well referred to 
in paragraph (1) shall be 40 acres in area, and to the 
maximum extent practicable, centered on the existing well. 
(3) The United States shall be entitled to one-half 
the production of each existing or replacement well, not 
to exceed a total of 3,100,000 gallons of water annually 
for National Forest System purposes. 
(4) The locations of the easements and wells shall be 
as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Yavapai Ranch 
Land Exchange, Reserved Easements for Water Lines and 
Wells’’, dated August 2004. 
SEC. 104. DESCRIPTION OF FEDERAL LAND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal land referred to in 
this title consists of the following: 
(1) Certain land comprising approximately 
15,300 acres located in the Prescott National For-
est, as generally depicted on the map entitled