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Union Calendar No. 692 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6146 
[Report No. 115–895] 
To authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land exchange in Yavapai 
County, Arizona, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 19, 2018 
Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mrs. LESKO, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, and 
Mr. GALLEGO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
AUGUST 10, 2018 
Additional sponsor: Mr. O’HALLERAN 
AUGUST 10, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 19, 2018] 
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A BILL 
To authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land exchange 
in Yavapai County, Arizona, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Cottonwood Land Ex-
change Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
COUNTY.—The 
term 
‘‘County’’ 
means 
Yavapai County, Arizona. 
(2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to approximately 80 acres of land with-
in the Coconino National Forest, in Yavapai County, 
Arizona, generally depicted as ‘‘Coconino National 
Forest Parcels ‘Federal Land’ ’’ on the map. 
(3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map enti-
tled ‘‘Cottonwood Land Exchange’’, with the revision 
date July 5, 2018\Version 1. 
(4) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral land’’ means the approximately 369 acres of land 
in Yavapai County, Arizona, generally depicted as 
‘‘Yavapai County Parcels ‘Non-Federal Land’ ’’ on the 
map. 
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(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture, unless otherwise speci-
fied. 
SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the County offers to convey to 
the Secretary all right, title, and interest of the County in 
and to the non-Federal land, the Secretary shall accept the 
offer and simultaneously convey to the County all right, 
title, and interest of the United States to the Federal land. 
(b) LAND TITLE.—Title to the non-Federal land con-
veyed to the Secretary under this Act shall be acceptable 
to the Secretary and shall conform to the title approval 
standards of the Attorney General of the United States ap-
plicable to land acquisitions by the Federal Government. 
(c) EXCHANGE COSTS.—The County shall pay for all 
land survey, appraisal, and other costs to the Secretary as 
may be necessary to process and consummate the exchange 
under this Act, including reimbursement to the Secretary, 
if the Secretary so requests, for staff time spent in such 
processing and consummation. 
SEC. 4. EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE AND APPRAISALS. 
(a) APPRAISALS.—The values of the lands to be ex-
changed under this Act shall be determined by the Secretary 
through appraisals performed in accordance with— 
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(1) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Fed-
eral Land Acquisitions; 
(2) the Uniform Standards of Professional Ap-
praisal Practice; 
(3) appraisal instructions issued by the Sec-
retary; and 
(4) shall be performed by an appraiser mutually 
agreed to by the Secretary and the County. 
(b) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE.—The values of the Fed-
eral and non-Federal land parcels exchanged shall be equal, 
or if they are not equal, shall be equalized as follows: 
(1) SURPLUS OF FEDERAL LAND VALUE.—If the 
final appraised value of the Federal land exceeds the 
final appraised value of the non-Federal land, the 
County shall make a cash equalization payment to 
the United States as necessary to achieve equal value, 
including, if necessary, an amount in excess of that 
authorized pursuant to section 206(b) of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1716(b)). 
(2) USE
OF
FUNDS.—Any cash equalization 
moneys received by the Secretary under paragraph 
(1) shall be— 
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(A) deposited in the fund established under 
Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as the 
‘‘Sisk Act’’; 16 U.S.C. 484a); and 
(B) made available to the Secretary for the 
acquisition of land or interests in land in Re-
gion 3 of the Forest Service. 
(3) SURPLUS OF NON-FEDERAL LAND VALUE.—If 
the final appraised value of the non-Federal land ex-
ceeds the final appraised value of the Federal land, 
the United States shall not make a cash equalization 
payment to the County, and surplus value of the non- 
Federal land shall be considered a donation by the 
County to the United States for all purposes of law. 
SEC. 5. WITHDRAWAL PROVISIONS. 
Lands acquired by the Secretary under this Act are, 
upon such acquisition, automatically and permanently 
withdrawn from all forms of appropriation and disposal 
under the public land laws (including the mining and min-
eral leasing laws) and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1930 
(30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 
SEC. 6. MANAGEMENT OF LAND. 
Land acquired by the Secretary under this Act shall 
become part of the Coconino National Forest and be man-
aged in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations 
applicable to the National Forest System. 
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SEC. 7. MAPS, ESTIMATES, AND DESCRIPTIONS. 
(a) MINOR ERRORS.—The Secretary and the County 
may, by mutual agreement— 
(1) make minor boundary adjustments to the 
Federal and non-Federal lands involved in the ex-
change; and 
(2) correct any minor errors in any map, acre-
age estimate, or description of any land to be ex-
changed. 
(b) CONFLICT.—If there is a conflict between a map, 
an acreage estimate, or a description of land under this 
Act, the map shall control unless the Secretary and the 
County mutually agree otherwise. 
(c) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall file and make 
available for public inspection in the headquarters of the 
Coconino National Forest a copy of all maps referred to 
in this Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 692 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6146 
[Report No. 115–895] 
A BILL 
To authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land 
exchange in Yavapai County, Arizona, and for 
other purposes. 
AUGUST 10, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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