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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1067 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal lands 
in San Bernardino County, California, to the San Bernardino Valley 
Water Conservation District, and to accept in return certain non-Federal 
lands, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 7, 2019 
Mr. AGUILAR (for himself and Mr. COOK) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
Federal lands in San Bernardino County, California, to 
the San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District, 
and to accept in return certain non-Federal lands, 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 ‘‘Santa Ana River Wash 
Plan Land Exchange Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) CONSERVATION DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘Con-
servation District’’ means the San Bernardino Valley 
Water Conservation District, a political subdivision 
of the State of California. 
(2) FEDERAL EXCHANGE PARCEL.—The term 
‘‘Federal exchange parcel’’ means the approximately 
90 acres of Federal land administered by the Bu-
reau of Land Management generally depicted as 
‘‘BLM Equalization Land to SBVWCD’’ on the Map 
and is to be conveyed to the Conservation District 
if necessary to equalize the fair market values of the 
lands otherwise to be exchanged. 
(3) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means the approximately 327 acres of Federal land 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management 
generally depicted as ‘‘BLM Land to SBVWCD’’ on 
the Map. 
(4) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Santa Ana River Wash Land Exchange’’ and 
dated September 3, 2015. 
(5) NON-FEDERAL
EXCHANGE
PARCEL.—The 
term ‘‘non-Federal exchange parcel’’ means the ap-
proximately 59 acres of land owned by the Conserva-
tion District generally depicted as ‘‘SBVWCD 
Equalization Land’’ on the Map and is to be con-
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veyed to the United States if necessary to equalize 
the fair market values of the lands otherwise to be 
exchanged. 
(6) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral Land’’ means the approximately 310 acres of 
land owned by the Conservation District generally 
depicted as ‘‘SBVWCD Land to BLM’’ on the Map. 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. EXCHANGE OF LAND; EQUALIZATION OF VALUE. 
(a) EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED.—Notwithstanding the 
land use planning requirements of sections 202, 210, and 
211 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712, 1720, 1721), subject to valid exist-
ing rights, and conditioned upon any equalization payment 
necessary under section 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)), and 
subsection (b), as soon as practicable, but not later than 
2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, if the Con-
servation District offers to convey the exchange land to 
the United States, the Secretary shall— 
(1) convey to the Conservation District all 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and 
to the Federal land, and any such portion of the 
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Federal exchange parcel as may be required to 
equalize the values of the lands exchanged; and 
(2) accept from the Conservation District a 
conveyance of all right, title, and interest of the 
Conservation District in and to the non-Federal 
land, and any such portion of the non-Federal ex-
change parcel as may be required to equalize the val-
ues of the lands exchanged. 
(b) EQUALIZATION PAYMENT.—To the extent an 
equalization payment is necessary under section 206(b) of 
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1716(b)), the amount of such equalization pay-
ment shall first be made by way of in-kind transfer of such 
portion of the Federal exchange parcel to the Conservation 
District, or transfer of such portion of the non-Federal 
exchange parcel to the United States, as the case may be, 
as may be necessary to equalize the fair market values 
of the exchanged properties. The fair market value of the 
Federal exchange parcel or non-Federal exchange parcel, 
as the case may be, shall be credited against any required 
equalization payment. To the extent such credit is not suf-
ficient to offset the entire amount of equalization payment 
so indicated, any remaining amount of equalization pay-
ment shall be treated as follows: 
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