(d) EFFECT ON WATER RIGHTS.— 
(1) NO
RESERVATION
CREATED.—Nothing in 
this title— 
(A) establishes any reservation in favor of 
the United States with respect to any water or 
water right on the BLM land; or 
(B) authorizes any appropriation of water 
on the BLM land, except in accordance with 
applicable State law. 
(2) PREVIOUSLY
ACQUIRED
AND
RESERVED 
WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this title affects— 
(A) any water right acquired or reserved 
by the United States before the date of enact-
ment of this Act; or 
(B) the authority of the Secretary or the 
Secretary of the Air Force, as applicable, to ex-
ercise any water right described in subpara-
graph (A). 
(3) NO EFFECT ON MCCARRAN AMENDMENT.— 
Nothing in this title diminishes, enhances, or other-
wise affects in any way the rights, duties, and obli-
gations of the United States, the State of Utah, the 
counties in which the BLM land is situated, and the 
residents and stakeholders in those counties under 
section 208 of the Act of July 10, 1952 (commonly 
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known as the ‘‘McCarran Amendment’’) (43 U.S.C. 
666). 
(e) EFFECT ON FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN 
TRIBES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this title alters 
any right reserved by treaty or Federal law for a 
federally recognized Indian tribe for tribal use. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of the Air 
Force shall consult with any federally recognized In-
dian tribe in the vicinity of the BLM land before 
taking any action that will affect any tribal right or 
cultural resource protected by treaty or Federal law. 
(f) EFFECT ON PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES.— 
(1) ELIGIBILITY OF BLM LAND AND NON-FED-
ERAL LAND.—The BLM land and the non-Federal 
land described in section 202(3) shall remain eligible 
as entitlement land under section 6901 of title 31, 
United States Code. 
(2) NO PREJUDICE TO COUNTY PAYMENT IN 
LIEU OF TAXES RIGHTS.—Nothing in this title di-
minishes, enhances, or otherwise affects any other 
right or entitlement of the counties in which the 
BLM land is situated to payments in lieu of taxes 
based on the BLM land, under section 6901 of title 
31, United States Code. 
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(g) WILDLIFE GUZZLERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Bureau of Land Man-
agement and the Utah Division of Wildlife Re-
sources shall continue the management of wildlife 
guzzlers in existence as of the date of enactment of 
this Act on the BLM land. 
(2) NEW GUZZLERS.—Nothing in this title pre-
vents the Bureau of Land Management and the 
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources from entering 
into agreements for new wildlife guzzlers. 
(3) ACQUIRED GUZZLERS.—The Secretary shall 
continue to manage existing wildlife guzzlers or wild-
life improvements on the non-Federal land conveyed 
to the Secretary under section 203(a) that were in 
existence on the day before the date of the convey-
ance. 
(h) RANGELAND IMPROVEMENTS.—The Secretary 
shall continue to manage, in a manner that promotes and 
facilitates grazing— 
(1) rangeland improvements on the BLM land 
that are in existence on the date of enactment of 
this Act; and 
(2) rangeland improvements on the non-Federal 
land conveyed to the Secretary under section 203(a) 
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that were in existence on the day before the date of 
the conveyance. 
(i) NEW RANGELAND IMPROVEMENTS.—Nothing in 
this title prevents the Bureau of Land Management, the 
Utah Department of Agriculture or other State entity, or 
a Federal land permittee from entering into agreements 
for new rangeland improvements that promote and facili-
tate grazing. 
(j) SCHOOL AND INSTITUTIONAL TRUST LANDS AD-
MINISTRATION.—The Bureau of Land Management shall 
maintain rangeland grazing improvements in existence as 
of the date of enactment of this Act on acquired land of 
the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration. 
TITLE II—LAND EXCHANGE 
SEC. 201. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) the State owns approximately 68,057 acres 
of land and approximately 10,280 acres of mineral 
interests located within the Utah Test and Training 
Range in Box Elder, Tooele, and Juab Counties, 
Utah; 
(2) the State owns approximately 2,353 acres 
of land and approximately 3,560 acres of mineral in-
terests located wholly or partially within the Cedar 
Mountains Wilderness in Tooele County, Utah; 
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(3) the parcels of State land described in para-
graphs (1) and (2)— 
(A) were granted by Congress to the State 
pursuant to the Act of July 16, 1894 (28 Stat. 
107, chapter 138), to be held in trust for the 
benefit of the public school system and other 
public institutions of the State; and 
(B) are largely scattered in checkerboard 
fashion among Federal land; 
(4) continued State ownership and development 
of State trust land within the Utah Test and Train-
ing Range and the Cedar Mountains Wilderness is 
incompatible with— 
(A) the critical national defense uses of the 
Utah Test and Training Range; and 
(B) the Federal management of the Cedar 
Mountains Wilderness; and 
(5) it is in the public interest of the United 
States to acquire in a timely manner all State trust 
land within the Utah Test and Training Range and 
the Cedar Mountains Wilderness, in exchange for 
the conveyance of the Federal land to the State, in 
accordance with the terms and conditions described 
in this title. 
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(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title to di-
rect, facilitate, and expedite the exchange of certain Fed-
eral land and non-Federal land between the United States 
and the State. 
SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) EXCHANGE
MAP.—The term ‘‘Exchange 
Map’’ means the map prepared by the Bureau of 
Land Management entitled ‘‘Utah Test and Train-
ing Range Enhancement/West Desert Land Ex-
change’’ and dated February 12, 2016. 
(2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means the Bureau of Land Management land lo-
cated in Box Elder, Millard, Juab, Tooele, and Bea-
ver Counties, Utah, that is identified on the Ex-
change Map as ‘‘BLM Lands Proposed for Transfer 
to State Trust Lands’’. 
(3) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral land’’ means the land owned by the State in 
Box Elder, Tooele, and Juab Counties, Utah, that is 
identified on the Exchange Map as— 
(A) ‘‘State Trust Land Proposed for 
Transfer to BLM’’; and 
(B) ‘‘State Trust Minerals Proposed for 
Transfer to BLM’’. 
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(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Utah, acting through the School and Institutional 
Trust Lands Administration. 
SEC. 203. EXCHANGE OF FEDERAL LAND AND NON-FED-
ERAL LAND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the State offers to convey to 
the United States title to the non-Federal land, the Sec-
retary shall— 
(1) accept the offer; and 
(2) on receipt of all right, title, and interest in 
and to the non-Federal land, convey to the State (or 
a designee) all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to the Federal land. 
(b) VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.—The exchange author-
ized under subsection (a) shall be subject to valid existing 
rights. 
(c) TITLE APPROVAL.—Title to the Federal land and 
non-Federal land to be exchanged under this section shall 
be in a format acceptable to the Secretary and the State. 
(d) APPRAISALS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The value of the Federal 
land and the non-Federal land to be exchanged 
under this section shall be determined by appraisals 
conducted by one or more independent appraisers re-
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tained by the State, with the consent of the Sec-
retary. 
(2) APPLICABLE LAW.—The appraisals under 
paragraph (1) shall be conducted in accordance with 
nationally recognized appraisal standards, including, 
as appropriate, the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 
Federal Land Acquisitions. 
(3) MINERAL LAND.— 
(A) MINERAL
REPORTS.—The appraisals 
under paragraph (1) shall take into account 
mineral and technical reports provided by the 
Secretary and the State in the evaluation of 
mineral deposits in the Federal land and non- 
Federal land. 
(B) MINING CLAIMS.—An appraisal of any 
parcel of Federal land that is encumbered by a 
mining or millsite claim located under sections 
2318 through 2352 of the Revised Statutes 
(commonly known as the ‘‘Mining Law of 
1872’’) (30 U.S.C. 21 et seq.) shall take into 
account the encumbrance created by the claim 
for purposes of determining the value of the 
parcel of the Federal land. 
(C) VALIDITY EXAMINATION.—Nothing in 
this title requires the United States to conduct 
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a mineral examination for any mining claim on 
the Federal land. 
(4) 
APPROVAL.—The 
appraisals 
conducted 
under paragraph (1) shall be submitted to the Sec-
retary and the State for approval. 
(5) DISPUTE
RESOLUTION.—If, by the date 
that is 90 days after the date of submission of an 
appraisal for review and approval under this sub-
section, the Secretary or the State do not agree to 
accept the findings of the appraisals with respect to 
one or more parcels of Federal land or non-Federal 
land, the dispute shall be resolved in accordance 
with section 206(d)(2) of the Federal Land Policy 
and 
Management 
Act 
of 
1976 
(43 
U.S.C. 
1716(d)(2)). 
(6) 
DURATION.—The 
appraisals 
conducted 
under paragraph (1) shall remain valid until the 
date of the completion of the exchange authorized 
under this title. 
(7) REIMBURSEMENT OF STATE COSTS.—The 
Secretary shall reimburse the State in an amount 
equal to 50 percent of the costs incurred by the 
State in retaining independent appraisers under 
paragraph (1). 
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(e) CONVEYANCE OF TITLE.—The land exchange au-
thorized under this title shall be completed by the later 
of— 
(1) the date that is 1 year after the date of 
final approval by the Secretary and the State of the 
appraisals conducted under subsection (d); and 
(2) the date that is 1 year after the date of 
completion of the dispute resolution process author-
ized under subsection (d)(5). 
(f) PUBLIC INSPECTION AND NOTICE.— 
(1) PUBLIC INSPECTION.—At least 30 days be-
fore the date of conveyance of the Federal land and 
non-Federal land, all final appraisals and appraisal 
reviews for land to be exchanged under this section 
shall be available for public review at the office of 
the State Director of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment in the State of Utah. 
(2) NOTICE.—The Secretary or the State, as 
applicable, shall publish in a newspaper of general 
circulation in Salt Lake County, Utah, a notice that 
the appraisals conducted under subsection (d) are 
available for public inspection. 
(g) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The value of the Federal 
land and non-Federal land to be exchanged under 
this section— 
(A) shall be equal; or 
(B) shall be made equal in accordance with 
paragraph (2). 
(2) EQUALIZATION.— 
(A) SURPLUS OF FEDERAL LAND.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—If the value of the 
Federal land exceeds the value of the non- 
Federal land, the value of the Federal land 
and non-Federal land shall be equalized by 
the State conveying to the United States— 
(I) State trust land parcel 1, as 
described in the assessment entitled 
‘‘Bureau of Land Management Envi-
ronmental Assessment UT–100–06– 
EA’’, numbered UTU–82090, and 
dated March 2008; or 
(II) State trust land located 
within any of the wilderness areas or 
national conservation areas in Wash-
ington 
County, 
Utah, 
established 
under subtitle O of title I of the Om-
nibus Public Land Management Act 
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of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 
Stat. 1075) that has an appraised 
value equal to the difference be-
tween— 
(aa) the value of the Federal 
land; and 
(bb) the value of the non- 
Federal land. 
(ii) ORDER
OF
CONVEYANCES.—Any 
non-Federal land required to be conveyed 
to the United States under clause (i) shall 
be conveyed until the value of the Federal 
land and non-Federal land is equalized, in 
the following order: 
(I) The State trust land parcel 
described in clause (i)(I). 
(II) State trust land parcels lo-
cated in the Red Cliffs National Con-
servation Area. 
(III) State trust land parcels lo-
cated in the Docs Pass Wilderness. 
(IV) State trust land parcels lo-
cated in the Beaver Dam Wash Na-
tional Conservation Area. 
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the Cedar Mountains Wilderness shall, in accordance with 
section 206(c) of the Federal Land Policy Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1716(c)), be added to, and administered as 
part of, the Cedar Mountains Wilderness. 
SEC. 205. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. 
(a) COSTS.—Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
costs of remedial actions relating to hazardous materials 
on land acquired under this title shall be paid by those 
entities responsible for the costs under applicable law. 
(b) REMEDIATION OF PRIOR TESTING AND TRAINING 
ACTIVITY.—The Department of Defense shall bear all 
costs of evaluation, management, and remediation caused 
by the previous testing of military weapons systems and 
the training of military forces on non-Federal land to be 
conveyed to the United States under this title. 
TITLE III—HIGHWAY RIGHTS-OF- 
WAY 
SEC. 301. RECOGNITION AND TRANSFER OF CERTAIN HIGH-
WAY RIGHTS-OF-WAY. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
HIGHWAY
RIGHT-OF-WAY.—The 
term 
‘‘highway right-of-way’’ means a right-of-way across 
Federal land for all county roads in the Counties of 
Box Elder, Tooele, and Juab, in the State of Utah, 
according to official transportation map and center-
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line descriptions of each county in existence as of 
March 1, 2015. 
(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘official transportation 
map and centerline description’’ means— 
(A) the map entitled ‘‘Official Transpor-
tation Map of Box Elder County, Utah’’ and 
dated March 1, 2015, and accompanying cen-
terline description of each road on file with the 
Clerk of Box Elder County as of March 1, 
2015; 
(B) the map entitled ‘‘Official Transpor-
tation Map of Tooele County’’ and dated March 
1, 2015, and accompanying centerline descrip-
tion of each road on file with the Clerk of 
Tooele County as of March 1, 2015; and 
(C) the map entitled ‘‘Official Transpor-
tation Map of Juab County’’ and dated March 
1, 2015, and accompanying centerline descrip-
tion of each road on file with the Clerk of Juab 
County as of March 1, 2015. 
(3) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means— 
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-
spect to land administered by the Chief of the 
Forest Service; or 
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(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-
spect to land administered by the Director of 
the Bureau of Land Management. 
(b) RECOGNITION OF EXISTENCE AND VALIDITY OF 
RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—Congress recognizes the existence and 
validity of each of the highway rights-of-way identified on 
the official transportation maps and centerline descrip-
tions. 
(c) CONVEYANCE OF AN EASEMENT ACROSS FED-
ERAL LAND.— 
(1) BOX
ELDER
COUNTY, UTAH.—The Sec-
retary shall convey, without consideration, to Box 
Elder County, Utah, and the State of Utah as joint 
tenants with undivided interests, easements for mo-
torized travel rights-of-way across Federal land for 
all highways shown and described in the official 
transportation map and centerline description of the 
county described in subsection (a)(2)(A). 
(2) JUAB COUNTY, UTAH.—The Secretary shall 
convey, without consideration, to Juab County, 
Utah, and the State of Utah as joint tenants with 
undivided interests, easements for motorized travel 
rights-of-way across Federal land for all highways 
shown and described in the official transportation 
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map and centerline description of the county de-
scribed in subsection (a)(2)(B). 
(3) TOOELE
COUNTY, UTAH.—The Secretary 
shall convey, without consideration, to Tooele Coun-
ty, Utah, and the State of Utah as joint tenants 
with undivided interests, easements for motorized 
travel rights-of-way across Federal land for all high-
ways shown and described in the official transpor-
tation map and centerline description of the county 
described in subsection (a)(2)(C). 
(d) DESCRIPTION OF FEDERAL LAND SUBJECT TO 
EASEMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—All easements under sub-
section (c) shall include— 
(A) the current disturbed width of each 
subject highway as shown and described in the 
official transportation maps and centerline de-
scriptions; and 
(B) any additional acreage on either side 
of the disturbed width that the respective coun-
ty transportation department determines is nec-
essary for the efficient maintenance, repair, 
signage, administration, and use of the Federal 
land subject to the easement. 
(2) DESCRIPTION.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The exact acreage and 
legal description of the Federal land subject to 
the easements conveyed under subsection (c) 
shall be— 
(i) as described in the centerline de-
scriptions; 
(ii) as referenced in the official trans-
portation maps; and 
(iii) as described and referenced ac-
cording to the disturbed width of each 
highway as of the date of conveyance for 
travel purposes, plus any reasonable addi-
tional width as may be necessary for sur-
face maintenance, repairs, and turnaround 
purposes. 
(B) SURVEY
NOT
REQUIRED.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the convey-
ance of easements under subsection (c) shall be 
effective without a survey of the exact acreage 
and local description of the Federal land subject 
to the easements. 
(e) RETENTION
OF MAPS
AND CENTERLINE DE-
SCRIPTIONS.—The maps and centerline descriptions re-
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ferred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection (d)(2)(A) 
shall be on file in the appropriate office of the Secretary. 
Æ 
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