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TITLE 
VIII—LAND 
CONVEY-
ANCES, WITHDRAWALS, AND 
RELATED PROVISIONS 
SEC. 801. RELEASE OF FEDERAL REVERSIONARY LAND IN-
TERESTS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 1932 ACT.—The term ‘‘1932 Act’’ means 
the Act of June 18, 1932 (47 Stat. 324, chapter 
270). 
(2) DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘District’’ means the 
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. 
(b) RELEASE.—Subject to valid existing claims per-
fected prior to the effective date of the 1932 Act and the 
reservation of minerals set forth in the 1932 Act, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall release, convey, or otherwise 
quitclaim to the District, in a form recordable in local 
county records, and subject to the approval of the District, 
after consultation and without monetary consideration, all 
right, title, and remaining interest of the United States 
in and to the land that was conveyed to the District pursu-
ant to the 1932 Act or any other law authorizing convey-
ance subject to restrictions or reversionary interests re-
tained by the United States, on request by the District. 
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(c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—A conveyance author-
ized by subsection (b) shall be subject to the following 
terms and conditions: 
(1) The District shall cover, or reimburse the 
Secretary of the Interior for, the costs incurred by 
the Secretary to make the conveyance, including title 
searches, surveys, deed preparation, attorneys’ fees, 
and similar expenses. 
(2) By accepting the conveyances, the District 
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the United 
States with regard to any boundary dispute relating 
to any parcel conveyed under this section. 
SEC. 802. CALIFORNIA STATE SCHOOL LAND. 
Section 707 of the California Desert Protection Act 
of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa–77) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the first sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Upon request of the 
California State Lands Commission (here-
inafter in this section referred to as the 
‘Commission’), the Secretary shall enter 
into negotiations for an agreement’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall nego-
tiate in good faith to reach an agreement with the 
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California State Lands Commission (referred to in 
this section as the ‘Commission’)’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, national monu-
ments,’’ after ‘‘more of the wilderness 
areas’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘The Secretary shall negotiate in good faith to’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) AGREEMENT.—To the maximum extent 
practicable, not later than 10 years after the date of 
enactment of this title, the Secretary shall’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘, national 
monuments,’’ after ‘‘wilderness areas’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(5) SPECIAL DEPOSIT FUND ACCOUNT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Assembled land ex-
changes may be used to carry out this section 
through the sale of surplus Federal property 
and subsequent acquisitions of State school 
land. 
‘‘(B) RECEIPTS.—Past and future receipts 
from the sale of property described in sub-
section (a), less any costs incurred related to 
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the sale, shall be deposited in a Special Deposit 
Fund Account established in the Treasury. 
‘‘(C) USE.—Funds accumulated in the 
Special Deposit Fund Account may be used by 
the Secretary, without an appropriation, to ac-
quire State school lands or interest in the land 
consistent with this section.’’. 
SEC. 803. JUNIPER FLATS. 
Development of renewable energy generation facilities 
(excluding rights-of-way or facilities for the transmission 
of energy and telecommunication facilities and infrastruc-
ture) is prohibited on the approximately 28,000 acres of 
Federal land generally depicted as ‘‘BLM Land With-
drawn from Energy Development and Power Generation’’ 
on the map entitled ‘‘Juniper Flats’’ and dated September 
21, 2015. 
SEC. 804. LAND EXCHANGE, SAN GORGONIO WILDERNESS, 
CALIFORNIA DESERT CONSERVATION AREA, 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, AND SAN 
BERNARDINO 
NATIONAL 
FOREST, 
CALI-
FORNIA. 
(a) FOREST SERVICE EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED.— 
The Secretary of Agriculture may convey to Stephen 
Mascaro (in this section referred to as the ‘‘recipient’’), 
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and 
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to a parcel of National Forest System land within San 
Bernardino National Forest in the State of California, 
consisting of approximately 638 acres, as depicted on the 
map titled ‘‘Proposed Sand to Snow National Monument 
Forest Service Land Exchange’’ and dated June 10, 2015, 
in exchange for a parcel of private land consisting of ap-
proximately 632 acres, as also depicted on such map. 
(b) BUREAU
OF LAND MANAGEMENT EXCHANGE 
AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of the Interior may convey 
to the recipient all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to a parcel of public land within the San 
Gorgonio Wilderness of the California Desert Conserva-
tion Area in the State of California, consisting of approxi-
mately 645 acres, as depicted on the map titled ‘‘Proposed 
Sand to Snow National Monument Bureau of Land Man-
agement Land Exchange’’ and dated June 23, 2015, in 
exchange for a parcel of private land consisting of approxi-
mately 953 acres, as also depicted on such map. 
(c) EXISTING RIGHTS.—The conveyance of the Fed-
eral land under this section shall be subject to valid exist-
ing rights. 
(d) EXCHANGE PROCESS.—The Secretaries shall 
carry out the land exchanges authorized by this section 
in the manner provided in section 206 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716) 
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and subject to the terms and conditions of such section 
and regulations promulgated to implement such section. 
(e) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 
(1) REQUIRED.—As soon as practicable after 
completion of the land exchange authorized by sub-
section (a), the Secretary of Agriculture shall file 
with the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on En-
ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate a map 
and legal description of the Federal land and private 
land exchanged under such subsection. As soon as 
practicable after completion of the land exchange au-
thorized by subsection (b), the Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall file with such committees a map and legal 
description of the Federal land and private land ex-
changed under such subsection. 
(2) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The maps and legal 
descriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 
same force and effect as if included in this Act, ex-
cept that the Secretary concerned may correct cler-
ical and typographical errors in a map and descrip-
tion. 
(3) PUBLIC INSPECTION.—The maps and legal 
descriptions shall be on file and available for public 
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inspection in the appropriate offices of the Secretary 
concerned. 
SEC. 805. CONVEYANCE FOR APPLE VALLEY OFF-HIGHWAY 
VEHICLE RECREATION AREA. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) TOWN.—The term ‘‘Town’’ means the town 
of Apple Valley, California. 
(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Conveyance to Town of Apple Valley’’ and 
dated June 1, 2015. 
(b) CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND TO TOWN.— 
(1) 
CONVEYANCE
REQUIRED.—Within 
five 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the Town, 
without consideration, all right, title, and interest of 
the United States in and to the surface estate of ap-
proximately 4,630 acres of land depicted on the Map 
as ‘‘Proposed Conveyance Area’’. 
(2) EXISTING RIGHTS AND MINERAL ESTATE.— 
The conveyance under this subsection— 
(A) is subject to valid existing rights; and 
(B) does not include the mineral estate. 
(c) USE OF CONVEYED LAND.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The land conveyed under 
subsection (b) may be used by the Town for any 
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public purpose authorized in paragraph (2), con-
sistent with the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly 
known as the Recreation and Public Purposes Act; 
43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 
(2) AUTHORIZED PURPOSES.—The purposes of 
the conveyance under subsection (b) are to permit 
the Town to use the conveyed land— 
(A) to provide a suitable location for the 
establishment of a centralized off-road vehicle 
recreation park; 
(B) to provide the public with opportuni-
ties for off-road vehicle recreation, including a 
location for races, competitive events, training 
and other commercial services that directly sup-
port a centralized off-road vehicle recreation 
area and Town park; and 
(C) to provide a designated area and facili-
ties that would discourage unauthorized use of 
off-highway vehicles in areas that have been 
identified by the Federal Government, the State 
of California, or the County as containing envi-
ronmentally sensitive land. 
(3) DISPOSAL
PROHIBITED.—The land con-
veyed under subsection (b) may not be disposed of 
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by the Town without the approval of the Secretary 
of the Interior. 
(d) TEMPORARY REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—During 
the five-year period beginning on the date of the convey-
ance of the land under subsection (b), if the Secretary of 
the Interior determines that the Town has disposed of the 
conveyed land in violation of subsection (c)(3) or has failed 
to establish the off-road vehicle recreation park, title to 
the land shall revert to the United States, at the option 
of the Secretary. At the end of the five-year period, the 
Secretary shall release the reversionary interest. 
(e) DESIGNATION OF APPLE VALLEY OFF-HIGHWAY 
VEHICLE RECREATION AREA.—The land identified on the 
Map as ‘‘Proposed Conveyance Area’’ and conveyed under 
this section shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Apple 
Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area’’. 
(f) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The Secretary may de-
velop a special management plan for the Apple Valley Off- 
Highway Vehicle Recreation Area to enhance the safe use 
of off-highway vehicles for recreational purposes. 
SEC. 806. CONVEYANCE TO CITY OF TWENTYNINE PALMS, 
CALIFORNIA. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the City of 
Twentynine Palms, California. 
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(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Proposed Conveyance to Twentynine Palms’’ 
and dated September 18, 2015. 
(b) CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND TO CITY.— 
(1) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—Within one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall convey to the City, with-
out consideration, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the surface estate of the 
land depicted on the Map as ‘‘Proposed Conveyance 
to Twentynine Palms’’. 
(2) EXISTING RIGHTS AND MINERAL ESTATE.— 
The conveyance under this subsection— 
(A) is subject to valid existing rights; and 
(B) does not include the mineral estate. 
SEC. 807. CONVERSION OF VALID, EXISTING RIGHTS. 
(a) CONTINUITY OF USE.—Any person claiming in 
good faith to have valid, existing rights to lands to be ex-
changed or conveyed in this Act, including but not limited 
to Southern California Edison Company, Pacific Gas and 
Electric Company, and Southern California Gas Company, 
may continue to exercise such rights to the same extent 
that the rights were exercised before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act until the Secretary of the Interior or the 
Secretary of Agriculture, depending on jurisdiction over 
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the lands involved, makes a determination on applications 
submitted under subsection (b)(2) or the applications are 
deemed to be granted under subsection (c)(2). 
(b) NOTICE
AND APPLICATIONS.—Consistent with 
sections 2800 through 2880 of title 43, Code of Federal 
Regulations, as soon as practicable after the date of the 
enactment of this Act and prior to any exchange or con-
veyance of lands under this Act, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior or the Secretary of Agriculture, depending on jurisdic-
tion over the lands involved, shall provide written notice 
to any person that claims to have valid, existing rights, 
such as a management agreement, easement, or other 
right-of-way, to lands to be exchanged or conveyed that— 
(1) the lands are to be exchanged or conveyed; 
and 
(2) the person claiming the valid, existing 
rights has 60 days to submit an application to the 
Secretary concerned requesting that the valid, exist-
ing rights be converted to a long-term easement or 
other right-of-way. 
(c) DETERMINATION.— 
(1) DETERMINATION REQUIRED; DEADLINE.— 
The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Ag-
riculture, depending on jurisdiction over the lands 
involved, shall grant or deny an application sub-
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