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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1043 
To provide for a land exchange involving certain National Forest System 
lands in the Mendocino National Forest in the State of California, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2009 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for a land exchange involving certain National 
Forest System lands in the Mendocino National Forest 
in the State of California, 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 ‘‘Deafy Glade Land Ex-
change Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST, 
CALIFORNIA. 
(a) LAND EXCHANGE REQUIRED.—If Solano County, 
California (in this section referred to as the ‘‘County’’) 
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conveys to the Secretary of Agriculture all right, title, and 
interest of the County in and to four parcels of land con-
sisting of a total of approximately 160 acres identified on 
the map entitled ‘‘Fouts Springs-Deafy Glade Federal and 
Non-Federal Lands’’ and dated July 17, 2008, the Sec-
retary shall convey to the County, in exchange, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the parcel 
of land in the Mendocino National Forest in the State of 
California (including any improvements on the land) com-
prising approximately 82 acres and known as the Fouts 
Springs Ranch, as also depicted on the map. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map referred to in 
subsection (a) shall be on file and available for public in-
spection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service. 
With the agreement of the County, the Secretary may 
make technical corrections to the map and the legal de-
scriptions of the land to be exchanged under this section. 
(c) LAND EXCHANGE PROCESS.—Section 206 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1716) shall apply to the land exchange under this 
section. 
(d) SURVEY
AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The 
exact acreage and legal description of the land to be ex-
changed under subsection (a) shall be determined by a 
survey satisfactory to the Secretary. The costs of the sur-
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vey and any administrative costs related to the land ex-
change shall be borne by the County. 
(e) CONDITION ON USE OF CONVEYED LAND.—As 
a condition of the conveyance to the County under sub-
section (a), the County shall agree to continue to use the 
land acquired by the County under such subsection for 
purposes consistent with the purposes listed in the special 
use authorization for the Fouts Springs Ranch in effect 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(f) EASEMENT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 
grant an easement to provide continued access to, and 
maintenance and use of, the facilities covered by the spe-
cial use authorization referred to in subsection (e) as nec-
essary for the continued operation of the Fouts Springs 
Ranch conveyed under subsection (a). 
(g) MANAGEMENT OF ACQUIRED LAND.—The lands 
acquired by the Secretary under subsection (a) shall be 
added to and administered as part of the Mendocino Na-
tional Forest and managed in accordance with the Act of 
March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the Weeks Act; 16 
U.S.C. 480 et seq.) and the laws and regulations applica-
ble to the National Forest System. 
(h) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The 
land exchange under subsection (a) shall be subject to 
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