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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5177 
To provide for a land exchange involving certain Bureau of Land Management 
lands in Pima County, Arizona, for the purpose of consolidating Federal 
land ownership within the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 29, 2008 
Mr. GRIJALVA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for a land exchange involving certain Bureau 
of Land Management lands in Pima County, Arizona, 
for the purpose of consolidating Federal land ownership 
within the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, 
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 ‘‘Pima County Land 
Adjustment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, EMPIRITA-SIMONSON, BLOOM, 
AND SAHUARITA PROPERTIES, ARIZONA. 
(a) EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED.—If Las Cienegas Con-
servation, LLC, conveys to the Secretary of the Interior 
all right, title, and interest in and to the Empirita- 
Simonson property and the Bloom property, the Secretary 
shall convey to Las Cienegas Conservation, LLC, all right, 
title, and interest in and to the Sahuarita property. 
(b) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—Upon receipt of the 
Empirita-Simonson property and the Bloom property, the 
Secretary shall— 
(1) modify the boundaries of the Las Cienegas 
National Conservation Area to include the Empirita- 
Simonson property; and 
(2) modify the boundaries of the Saguaro Na-
tional Park to include the Bloom property. 
(c) TIME FOR EXCHANGE.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided by this Act, the land exchange authorized under this 
section shall be completed prior to the expiration of the 
90-day period beginning on the later of the following 
dates: 
(1) The date on which the title standards de-
scribed in this Act are met with regard to the prop-
erties to be conveyed to the United States. 
(2) The date on which the appraisals described 
in this Act for the properties are approved by both 
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tion with the environmental review and any required miti-
gation of the selected lands. 
(f) ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REVIEW.—The Sec-
retary shall review the conveyance of the Sahuarita prop-
erty under this section in accordance with section 7(a)(1) 
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1536(a)(1)). 
SEC. 3. ACQUISITION AND CONVEYANCE OF TUMAMOC 
HILL PROPERTY. 
(a) ACQUISITION OF TUMAMOC HILL PROPERTY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, upon the expiration of the 30-day 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, all right, title, and interest to, and the 
right to immediate possession of, the Tumamoc Hill 
property is hereby vested in the United States. The 
Tumamoc Hill property shall remain subject to ex-
isting easements of record. 
(2) COMPENSATION.—As consideration for the 
Tumamoc Hill property acquired under paragraph 
(1) and as a condition of the exchange under section 
2, the Las Cienegas Conservation, LLC, shall pay to 
the State of Arizona, State Land Department, an 
amount equal to the agreed negotiated value of the 
Tumamoc Hill property, determined as of the date 
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of the acquisition, or the just compensation deter-
mined by judgment. 
(3) DETERMINATION OF VALUE BY COURT.—In 
the absence of agreement as to the amount of just 
compensation, the State of Arizona or the Secretary 
may initiate a proceeding in the United States Dis-
trict Court for the District of Arizona seeking a de-
termination of just compensation for the acquisition 
of the Tumamoc Hill property. 
(4) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, upon acquisition under this section, the 
Tumamoc Hill property is withdrawn from— 
(A) all forms of entry and appropriation 
under the public land laws; 
(B) location, entry, and patent under the 
mining laws; and 
(C) operation of the mineral leasing, min-
eral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
(b) CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Upon payment of costs 
under paragraph (2) of this subsection and payment 
of compensation in accordance with subsection 
(a)(2), the United States shall convey all right, title, 
and interest of the United States to the Tumamoc 
Hill property to Pima County. 
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(2) COSTS.—Pima County shall pay all costs 
(not including the compensation required under sub-
section (a)(2) associated with the conveyance author-
ized by paragraph (1). 
(3) USE OF LAND.—Pima County shall— 
(A) own and manage the property con-
veyed under paragraph (1) in such a manner 
that the property shall be preserved forever in 
its predominantly open, scenic, undeveloped, 
and natural condition; 
(B) promote the conservation purposes of 
the property; and 
(C) prevent any uses of the property that 
will significantly impair or interfere with the bi-
ological and cultural importance of the prop-
erty. 
(c) REVERTER.—If the property conveyed under sub-
section (b) ceases to be owned and managed in accordance 
with subsection (b), all right, title, and interest to the 
property shall revert to the United States to be used for 
those purposes, if the Secretary determines that such a 
reversion is in the best interests of the United States. 
SEC. 4. VALUATION OF LAND EXCHANGED. 
(a) EXCHANGE VALUATION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The values of the lands to 
be exchanged under this Act shall be determined by 
the Secretary through concurrent appraisals con-
ducted in accordance with paragraph (2). 
(2) APPRAISALS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An appraisal under this 
section shall be— 
(i) performed by an appraiser mutu-
ally agreed to by the parties to the ex-
change; 
(ii) performed in accordance with— 
(I) the Uniform Appraisal Stand-
ards for Federal Land Acquisitions 
(Department of Justice, 5th Edition, 
December 20, 2000); 
(II) the Uniform Standards of 
Professional Appraisal Practice; and 
(III) Forest Service appraisal in-
structions; and 
(iii) submitted to the Secretary for re-
view and approval. 
(B) REAPPRAISALS
AND
UPDATED
AP-
PRAISED
VALUES.—After the final appraised 
value of a parcel is determined and approved 
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 
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not be required to reappraise or update the 
final appraised value. 
(C) DEADLINE FOR APPRAISALS.—All ap-
praisals under this Act shall be completed and 
submitted to the Secretary and the party in-
volved for approval before the expiration of the 
180-day period beginning on the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(D) PUBLIC REVIEW.—Before carrying out 
a land exchange under this Act, the Secretary 
shall make available for public review a sum-
mary of the appraisals of the land to be ex-
changed. 
(b) VALUES DEEMED EQUAL.—If the values of lands 
to be exchanged under section 2 are not found to be equal 
under the appraisals required under this Act— 
(1) the values shall be deemed to be equal for 
the purposes of the land exchanges authorized under 
this Act; 
(2) no equalization payment or land adjustment 
shall be made based on the values; and 
(3) a party to the exchange may decide not to 
move forward with the exchange, if the land that 
party will transfer (or, in the case of Las Cienegas 
Conservation, LLC, the land that party will transfer 
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