I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6738 
To authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land exchange in Bullhead 
City, Arizona, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 
Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. BIGGS, Ms. SINEMA, Mrs. LESKO, 
and Mr. SCHWEIKERT) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land exchange 
in Bullhead City, Arizona, 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 ‘‘Black Mountain Range 
and Bullhead City Land Exchange Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means Bullhead 
City, Arizona. 
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approval standards of the Attorney General of the United 
States applicable to land acquisitions by the Federal Gov-
ernment. 
(c) EXCHANGE COSTS.—The City shall pay for all 
land survey, appraisal, and other costs to the Secretary 
as may be necessary to process and consummate the ex-
change 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 Sec-
retary through appraisals performed in accordance with— 
(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 City. 
(b) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE.—The values of the 
Federal and non-Federal land parcels exchanged shall be 
equal, or if they are not equal, shall be equalized as fol-
lows: 
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(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 City shall reduce the amount of land it is re-
questing from the Federal Government in order to 
create an equal value in accordance with section 
206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)). Land that is not 
exchanged because of equalization under this para-
graph shall remain subject to lease under the Recre-
ation and Public Purposes Act. 
(2) USE
OF
FUNDS.—Any cash equalization 
moneys received by the Secretary under paragraph 
(1) shall be— 
(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 BLM 
Arizona. 
(3) SURPLUS OF NON-FEDERAL LAND VALUE.— 
If the final appraised value of the non-Federal land 
exceeds the final appraised value of the Federal 
land, the United States shall not make a cash 
equalization payment to the City, and surplus value 
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of the non-Federal land shall be considered a dona-
tion by the City to the United States for all pur-
poses 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. MAPS, ESTIMATES, AND DESCRIPTIONS. 
(a) MINOR ERRORS.—The Secretary and the City 
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 
City mutually agree otherwise. 
(c) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall file and 
make available for public inspection in the Arizona head-
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quarters of the Bureau of Land Management a copy of 
all maps referred to in this Act. 
SEC. 7. EFFECT. 
The exchange of Federal land and non-Federal land 
under this Act shall not constitute a major Federal action 
for purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
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