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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3923 
To provide for the exchange of certain land located in the Arapaho-Roosevelt 
National Forests in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 23, 2009 
Mr. POLIS of Colorado introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for the exchange of certain land located in the 
Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests in the State of Colo-
rado, 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 ‘‘Sugar Loaf Fire Pro-
tection District Land Exchange Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) since 1967, the Sugar Loaf Fire Protection 
District, located west of Boulder, Colorado, has 
owned and operated 2 fire stations on National For-
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est System land pursuant to special use permits 
issued by the Forest Service; 
(2) the District seeks ownership of the land on 
which the fire stations are located to enable the Dis-
trict— 
(A) to establish an area for firefighter 
training; 
(B) to install bathroom facilities in each 
fire station; and 
(C) to expand each fire station in the fu-
ture; 
(3) the National Forest System land on which 
each fire station is located— 
(A) consists of approximately 5.08 acres; 
and 
(B) is of limited utility for public adminis-
tration, recreation, or any other use because the 
land has been occupied by the fire stations for 
30 years; 
(4) the District owns a parcel of non-Federal 
land consisting of approximately 5.17 acres that the 
District is willing to convey to the United States in 
exchange for the parcel of National Forest System 
land on which the fire stations are located; 
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(5) the non-Federal land offered by the Dis-
trict— 
(A) is suitable for addition to the Arapaho- 
Roosevelt National Forests; and 
(B) if conveyed to the United States, 
will— 
(i) eliminate an isolated inholding in 
the National Forest System land; 
(ii) result in administrative cost sav-
ings to the United States by reducing costs 
relating to forest boundary administration; 
and 
(iii) provide to the United States envi-
ronmental and public recreational use ben-
efits that will greatly exceed the benefits 
provided by the National Forest System 
land on which the fire stations are located; 
and 
(6) it is in the public interest to direct, expe-
dite, and facilitate completion of a land exchange in-
volving the Federal and non-Federal land to enable 
the District to better provide fire protection services 
to— 
(A) residents of the District; 
(B) residents of neighboring districts; and 
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(C) individuals who travel through— 
(i) the District on Colorado Highway 
119; and 
(ii) National Forest System land that 
is located within, or adjacent to, the Dis-
trict. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘District’’ means the 
Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District of Boulder, Col-
orado. 
(2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means the parcel of approximately 5.08 acres of 
Federal land that is— 
(A) located in the National Forest; and 
(B) depicted on the maps entitled ‘‘Sugar 
Loaf Federal Lands—Station 1’’ and ‘‘Sugar 
Loaf Federal Lands—Station 2’’ dated Novem-
ber, 2006. 
(3) NATIONAL FOREST.—The term ‘‘National 
Forest’’ means the Arapaho-Roosevelt National For-
ests located in the State of Colorado. 
(4) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral land’’ means the parcel of approximately 5.17 
acres of non-Federal land that is— 
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