ance to the State where any of the following was 
known to exist or likely to be an issue as a result of 
foreseeable future uses of the lands: 
(A) Wilderness study areas. 
(B) Areas proposed for wilderness designa-
tion in pending Federal legislation. 
(C) Significant endangered species habitat. 
(D) Significant archaeological resources. 
(E) Areas of critical environmental concern. 
(F) Other lands known to raise significant 
environmental concerns of any kind. 
(11) Because the State trust lands to be acquired 
by the Federal Government include properties within 
some of the most spectacular wild areas in the west-
ern United States, and because a mission of the Utah 
School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration 
is to produce economic benefits for Utah’s public 
schools and other beneficiary institutions, the ex-
change of lands called for in this agreement will re-
solve longstanding environmental conflicts with re-
spect to existing and proposed wilderness study areas, 
place important natural lands into public ownership, 
and further the interests of the State trust lands, the 
school children of Utah, and these conservation re-
sources.
(12) Under this agreement, the State interests to 
be conveyed to the United States by the State of Utah, 
and the Federal interests to be conveyed to the State 
of Utah by the United States, have been examined by 
licensed independent real estate consultants and, 
taken as a whole, have been found to be approxi-
mately equal in value. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to enact into 
law and direct prompt implementation of this agreement, 
and thereby to further the public interest by consolidating 
State and Federal lands into manageable units while facili-
tating the protection of lands with significant scientific, 
cultural, and natural resources. 
SEC. 3. RATIFICATION OF THE AGREED EXCHANGE BE-
TWEEN 
THE 
STATE 
OF 
UTAH 
AND 
THE 
UNITED STATES. 
(a) AGREEMENT.—The State of Utah, the Department 
of the Interior, and the Department of Agriculture have 
agreed to exchange certain Federal lands in the State of 
Utah for lands of approximately equal value managed by 
the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administra-
tion in the San Rafael Swell area of Utah, the Manti-La 
Sal National Forest, and the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve. 
(b) RATIFICATION.—All terms, conditions, procedures, 
covenants, reservations, and other provisions set forth in the
document entitled ‘‘Agreement for Exchange of Lands 2002 
Federal-Utah State Trust Lands Consolidation’’, dated 
June 18, 2002 (in this Act referred to as ‘‘the Agreement’’), 
are hereby incorporated in this Act, are ratified and con-
firmed, and set forth the obligations of the United States, 
the State of Utah, and the Utah School and Institutional 
Trust Lands Administration, as a matter of Federal law. 
SEC. 4. CONVEYANCES. 
(a) CONVEYANCES.—All conveyances under sections 2, 
3, and 4 of the Agreement shall be completed not later than 
70 days after enactment of this Act. 
(b) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The maps and legal descrip-
tions referred to in the Agreement depict the lands 
subject to the conveyances under the Agreement. 
(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The maps and legal 
descriptions referred to in the Agreement shall be on 
file and available for public inspection in the offices 
of the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agri-
culture, the Intermountain Regional Office of the For-
est Service, and the Utah State Director of the Bu-
reau of Land Management. 
(3) CONFLICT.—In case of any conflict between 
the maps and the legal descriptions in the Agreement, 
the legal descriptions shall control.
(c) CERTAIN COAL LANDS.— 
(1) IDENTIFICATION.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall prepare legal descriptions for the approxi-
mately 4,000 acres of Federal lands that State of 
Utah and the Secretary have identified within sec-
tions 1 through 17 of township 22 south, range 6 east, 
and within township 22 south, range 7 east, Salt 
Lake Base and Meridian, Utah. 
(2) RESTRICTION ON CONVEYANCE.—Conveyance 
of the lands identified in paragraph (1) shall reserve 
to the United States the coal estate and the right to 
develop the coal estate. 
(3) FUTURE
DISPOSITION.—Reservation of the 
coal estate pursuant to paragraph (2) shall not re-
strict future disposition of the coal estate pursuant to 
applicable law. 
(d) SPECIES IDENTIFICATION.—Prior to any convey-
ances under this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
identify Federal lands subject to the Agreement which con-
tain wildlife species, or habitat of wildlife species, listed as 
a threatened species or an endangered species under the En-
dangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) or 
that is a candidate for such a listing. 
(e) INDEPENDENT MINERAL ASSESSMENT.—Prior to 
any conveyances under this Act, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior and the State of Utah shall select an independent quali-
fied mineral appraiser, or other qualified expert agreeable 
to both parties, who shall determine whether the terms of 
the Agreement related to the UA/UB parcel, identified in 
section 3(d) of the Agreement, are fair and equitable to both 
parties. If there is a contrary determination, the Secretary 
and the State shall adjust the exchange or terms of the 
Agreement so that the terms are fair and equitable to both 
parties. 
SEC. 5. PLANT AND WILDLIFE SPECIES. 
For the lands identified under section 4(d), and the 
lands identified in Exhibit E to the Agreement, the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the State of Utah shall enter into 
an agreement which provides a process for the State to con-
sult or take other appropriate action to avoid, offset, or 
mitigate adverse effects to any species or habitat identified. 
SEC. 6. MINERAL DEVELOPMENT. 
All payments received by the United States pursuant 
to section 13(c) of the Agreement shall be subject to sharing 
with the State of Utah in the same manner the United 
States shares bonus bids, rentals, and royalties with the 
State of Utah under section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act 
(30 U.S.C. 191).
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
are necessary to carry out this Act, including such sums 
as may be desired to reduce the balance of the interest and 
principal amounts owed by the United States to the Trust 
Lands Administration pursuant to sections 4 and 5 of the 
Agreement. 
SEC. 8. COSTS. 
The United States and the State of Utah shall each 
bear its own respective costs incurred in the implementation 
of this Act.