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Union Calendar No. 157
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2437
[Report No. 104–305]
To provide for the exchange of certain lands in Gilpin County, Colorado.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 29, 1995
Mr. MCINNIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
NOVEMBER 6, 1995
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 September 29, 1995]
A BILL
To provide for the exchange of certain lands in Gilpin
County, Colorado.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds and declares that—
(1) certain scattered parcels of Federal land lo-
cated within Gilpin County, Colorado, are currently
administered by the Secretary of the Interior as part
of the Royal Gorge Resource Area, Canon City Dis-
trict, United States Bureau of Land Management;
(2) these land parcels, which comprises approxi-
mately 133 separate tracts of land, and range in size
from approximately 38 acres to much less than an
acre have been identified as suitable for disposal by
the Bureau of Land Management through its resource
management planning process and are appropriate
for disposal; and
(3) even though the Federal land parcels in Gil-
pin County, Colorado, are scattered and small in size,
they nevertheless by virtue of their proximity to exist-
ing communities appear to have a fair market value
which may be used by the Federal Government to ex-
change for lands which will better lend themselves to
Federal management and have higher values for fu-
ture public access, use and enjoyment, recreation, the
protection and enhancement of fish and wildlife and
fish and wildlife habitat, and the protection of ripar-
ian lands, wetlands, scenic beauty and other public
values.
(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to author-
ize, direct, facilitate and expedite the land exchange set
forth herein in order to further the public interest by dispos-
ing of Federal lands with limited public utility and acquire
in exchange therefor lands with important values for per-
manent public management and protection.
SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The exchange directed by this Act
shall be consummated if within 90 days after enactment
of this Act, Lake Gulch, Inc., a Colorado Corporation (as
defined in section 4 of this Act) offers to transfer to the
United States pursuant to the provisions of this Act the
offered lands or interests in land described herein.
(b) CONVEYANCE BY LAKE GULCH.—Subject to the
provisions of section 3 of this Act, Lake Gulch shall convey
to the Secretary of the Interior all right, title, and interest
in and to the following offered lands—
(1) certain lands comprising approximately 40
acres with improvements thereon located in Larimer
County, Colorado, and lying within the boundaries of
Rocky Mountain National Park as generally depicted
on a map entitled ‘‘Circle C Church Camp’’, dated
August 1994, which shall upon their acquisition by
the United States and without further action by the
Secretary of the Interior be incorporated into Rocky
Mountain National Park and thereafter be adminis-
tered in accordance with the laws, rules and regula-
tions generally applicable to the National Park Sys-
tem and Rocky Mountain National Park;
(2) certain lands located within and adjacent to
the United States Bureau of Land Management San
Luis Resource Area in Conejos County, Colorado,
which comprise approximately 3,993 acres and are
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Quinlan
Ranches Tract’’, dated August 1994; and
(3) certain lands located within the United
States Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Re-
source Area in Huerfano County, Colorado, which
comprise approximately 4,700 acres and are generally
depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Bonham Ranch-Cucharas
Canyon’’, dated June 1995: Provided, however, That
it is the intention of Congress that such lands may
remain available for the grazing of livestock as deter-
mined appropriate by the Secretary in accordance
with applicable laws, rules, and regulations: Provided
further, That if the Secretary determines that certain
of the lands acquired adjacent to Cucharas Canyon
hereunder are not needed for public purposes they
may be sold in accordance with the provisions of sec-
tion 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 and other applicable law.
(c) SUBSTITUTION OF LANDS.—If one or more of the
precise offered land parcels identified above is unable to be
conveyed to the United States due to appraisal or other
problems, Lake Gulch and the Secretary may mutually
agree to substitute therefor alternative offered lands accept-
able to the Secretary.
(d) CONVEYANCE BY THE UNITED STATES.—(1) Upon
receipt of title to the lands identified in subsection (a) the
Secretary shall simultaneously convey to Lake Gulch all
right, title, and interest of the United States, subject to
valid existing rights, in and to the following selected
lands—
(A) certain surveyed lands located in Gilpin
County, Colorado, Township 3 South, Range 72 West,
Sixth Principal Meridian, Section 18, Lots 118–220,
which comprise approximately 195 acres and are in-
tended to include all federally owned lands in section
18, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Lake
Gulch Selected Lands’’, dated July 1994;
(B) certain surveyed lands located in Gilpin
County, Colorado, Township 3 South, Range 72 West,
Sixth Principal Meridian, Section 17, Lots 37, 38,
39, 40, 52, 53, and 54, which comprise approximately