H. R. 4226
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
An Act
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange all or part of certain
administrative sites and other land in the Black Hills National Forest and to
use funds derived from the sale or exchange to acquire replacement sites and
to acquire or construct administrative improvements in connection with the Black
Hills National Forest.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Black Hills National Forest
and Rocky Mountain Research Station Improvement Act’’.
SEC. 2. SALE OR EXCHANGE OF LAND, BLACK HILLS NATIONAL
FOREST, SOUTH DAKOTA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to
in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may, under such terms and
conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, sell or exchange any
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the approxi-
mately 362 acres contained in the following parcels of land in
the State of South Dakota:
(1) Tract BLKH–1 ‘‘Spearfish Dwelling’’ (approximately
0.24 acres); N1⁄2 of Lot 8 and Lot 9 of Block 16, Section 10,
T6N, R2E, Black Hills Meridian.
(2) Tract BLKH–2 ‘‘Deadwood Garage’’ (approximately 0.12
acres); Lots 9 and 11 of Block 34, Section 23, T5N, R3E,
Black Hills Meridian.
(3) Tract BLKH–3 ‘‘Deadwood Dwellings’’ (approximately
0.32 acres); Lots 12-16, inclusive, of Block 44, Section 23, T5N,
R3E, Black Hill Meridian.
(4) Tract BLKH–4 ‘‘Hardy Work Center’’ (approximately
150 
acres); 
E1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, 
SE1⁄4SE1⁄4, 
Section 
19;
NE1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, E1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4,
Section 30, T3N, R1E, Black Hills Meridian.
(5) Tract BLKH–6 ‘‘Pactola Work Center’’ (approximately
100 acres); W1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, W1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, W1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4,
SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, Section 25; E1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4,
Section 26, T2N, R5E, Black Hills Meridian.
(6) Tract BLKH–7 ‘‘Pactola Ranger District Office’’ (approxi-
mately 8.25 acres); Lot 1 of Ranger Station Subdivision, Section
4, T1N, R7E, Black Hills Meridian.
(7) Tract BLKH–8 ‘‘Reder Administrative Site’’ (approxi-
mately 82 acres); Lots 6 and 7, Section 29; Lot A of Reder
Placer, Lot 19, NW1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, Section 30, T1S, R5E, Black
Hills Meridian.
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(8) Tract BLKH–9 ‘‘Allen Gulch Properties’’ (approximately
21 acres); Lot 14 less and except Tract STA #0029, Section
25, and Lot 1, Section 36, T1S, R4E, Black Hills Meridian.
(9) Tract BLKH–10 ‘‘Custer Ranger District Office’’
(approximately 0.39 acres); Lots 4 and 9 of Block 125 and
the East 15 feet of the vacated north/south alley adjacent
to Lot 4, City of Custer, Section 26, T3S, R4E, Black Hills
Meridian.
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary may make tech-
nical corrections to the legal descriptions in paragraphs (1) through
(9) of subsection (a).
(c) APPLICABLE AUTHORITIES.—Except as otherwise provided
in this section, any sale or exchange of land described in subsection
(a) shall be subject to laws (including regulations) applicable to
the conveyance and acquisition of land for National Forest System
purposes.
(d) CASH EQUALIZATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Secretary may accept cash equalization payments in
excess of 25 percent of the total value of the land described in
subsection (a) from any exchange under subsection (a).
(e) SOLICITATIONS OF OFFERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary
may use solicitations of offers for sale or exchange under this
section on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may
prescribe.
(2) REJECTION OF OFFERS.—The Secretary may reject any
offer under this section if the Secretary determines that the
offer is not adequate or not in the public interest.
(f ) DISPOSITION OF FUNDS.—Any funds received by the Sec-
retary from a sale under this section or as cash equalization pay-
ments from an exchange under this section—
(1) shall be deposited into the fund established by Public
Law 90–171 (commonly known as the ‘‘Sisk Act’’) (16 U.S.C.
484a); and
(2) shall be available for expenditure, on appropriation,
for—
(A) the acquisition from willing sellers of land and
interests in land in the State of South Dakota; and
(B) the acquisition or construction of administrative
improvements in connection with the Black Hills National
Forest.
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized
to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this
section.
SEC. 3. REPLACEMENT LABORATORY, ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH
STATION, RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated to
the Secretary of Agriculture $2,100,000 for a laboratory facility
for the Rocky Mountain Research Station in Rapid City, South
Dakota, to replace the obsolete laboratory capability at the research
station. The replacement facility shall be colocated with at least
one of the administrative improvements for the Black Hills National
Forest acquired or constructed under the authority of section
2(f )(2)(B).
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(b) CONDITIONS ON ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.—No funds avail-
able to carry out this section may be used to purchase or otherwise
acquire property unless—
(1) the acquisition is from willing sellers; and
(2) the property is located within the boundaries of the
State of South Dakota.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.