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 ‘‘Trinity County Land 
Exchange Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, TRINITY PUBLIC UTILITIES DIS-
TRICT, TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THE 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, AND THE 
FOREST SERVICE. 
(a) LAND EXCHANGE REQUIRED.—If not later than 
three years after enactment of this Act, the Utilities District 
conveys to the Secretary of the Interior all right, title, and 
interest of the Utilities District in and to Parcel A, subject 
to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior 
may require, the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey Par-
cel B to the Utilities District, subject to such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture may require, in-
cluding the reservation of easements for all roads and trails 
considered to be necessary for administrative purposes and 
to ensure public access to National Forest System lands. 
(b) AVAILABILITY
OF MAPS
AND LEGAL DESCRIP-
TIONS.—Maps are entitled ‘‘Trinity County Land Ex-
change Act of 2014 – Parcel A’’ and ‘‘Trinity County Land 
Exchange Act of 2014 – Parcel B’’, both dated March 24, 
2014. The maps shall be on file and available for public 
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inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service 
and the appropriate office of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment. With the agreement of the parties to the conveyances 
under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture may make technical corrections to 
the maps and legal descriptions. 
(c) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE.— 
(1) LAND EXCHANGE PROCESS.—The land ex-
change under this section shall be an equal value ex-
change. Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall carry out the land exchange in accordance with 
section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716). 
(2) APPRAISAL OF PARCELS.—The values of Par-
cel A and Parcel B shall by determined by appraisals 
performed by a qualified appraiser mutually agreed 
to by the parties to the conveyances under subsection 
(a). The appraisals shall be approved by the Sec-
retary of Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
and conducted in conformity with the Uniform Ap-
praisal Standards for Federal Land. 
(3) CASH EQUALIZATION.—If the values of Par-
cel A and Parcel B are not equal, the values may be 
equalized through the use of a cash equalization pay-
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ment, however, if the final appraised value of Parcel 
A exceeds the value of Parcel B, the surplus value of 
Parcel A shall be considered to be a donation by the 
Utilities District. Notwithstanding section 206(b) of 
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)), a cash equalization pay-
ment may be made in excess of 25 percent of the ap-
praised value of the Parcel B. 
(d) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—Any cash equali-
zation payment received by the United States under sub-
section (c) shall be deposited in the general fund of the 
Treasury to be used for deficit reduction. 
(e) SURVEY.—The exact acreage and legal description 
of Parcel A and Parcel B shall be determined by a survey 
satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec-
retary of Agriculture. 
(f) COSTS.—As a condition of the land exchange under 
subsection (a), the Utilities District shall pay the costs asso-
ciated with— 
(1) the surveys described in subsection (e); 
(2) the appraisals described in subsection (c)(2); 
and 
(3) any other reasonable administrative or reme-
diation cost determined by the Secretary of Agri-
culture. 
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(g) MANAGEMENT OF ACQUIRED LAND.—Upon the ac-
quisition of Parcel A, the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Redding Field Office of the Bureau of Land 
Management, shall administer Parcel A as public land in 
accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and the laws and regu-
lations applicable to public land administered by the Bu-
reau of Land Management, except that public recreation 
and public access to and for recreation shall be the highest 
and best use of Parcel A. 
(h) COMPLETION
OF LAND EXCHANGE.—Once the 
Utilities District offers to convey Parcel A to the Secretary 
of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture shall complete 
the conveyance of Parcel B not later than one year after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) PARCEL A.—The term ‘‘Parcel A’’ means the 
approximately 47 acres of land, known as the ‘‘Sky 
Ranch parcel’’, adjacent to public land administered 
by the Redding Field Office of the Bureau of Land 
Management as depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Trinity 
County Land Exchange Act of 2014 – Parcel A’’, 
dated March 24, 2014, more particularly described as 
a portion of Mineral Survey 178, south Highway 299, 
generally located in the S1/2 of the S1/2 of Section 
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7 and the N1/2 of the N1/2 of Section 8, Township 
33 North, Range 10 West, Mount Diablo Meridian. 
(2) PARCEL B.—The term ‘‘Parcel B’’ means the 
approximately 100 acres land in the Shasta-Trinity 
National Forest in the State of California near the 
Weaverville Airport in Trinity County as depicted on 
the map entitled ‘‘Trinity County Land Exchange Act 
of 2014 – Parcel B’’ dated March 24, 2014, more par-
ticularly described as Lot 8, SW1/4 SE1/4, and S1/ 
2 N1/2 SE, Section 31, Township 34 North, Range 9 
West, Mount Diablo Meridian. 
(3) UTILITIES
DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘Utilities 
District’’ means the Trinity Public Utilities District 
of Trinity County, California. 
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