this title shall be conducted by an appraiser with the 
following minimum qualifications: 
(A) Licensed New Mexico real estate ap-
praiser. 
(B) Certified New Mexico real estate ap-
praiser. 
(C) Accredited rural appraiser. 
(3) COSTS OF APPRAISAL; OTHER COSTS.—The 
owners of the non-Federal land to be exchanged 
under this title shall cover the costs of the land ap-
praisal. The private land owners and the Secretary 
shall each pay half of any additional costs. 
(d) CASH EQUALIZATION.— 
(1) AUTHORIZED
AMOUNT.—Notwithstanding 
section 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)), the Sec-
retary may accept a cash equalization payment in 
excess of 25 percent of the total value of the Federal 
land conveyed by the Secretary under section 101 or 
102. 
(2) DEPOSIT AND USE.—Any cash equalization 
payment received by the Secretary under this section 
shall be deposited into a fund established under the 
Act of December 4, 1967 (commonly known as the 
Sisk Act; 16 U.S.C. 484a). The deposited amounts 
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shall be available to the Secretary, until expended 
and without further appropriation, for the acquisi-
tion of lands and interest in land in New Mexico and 
associated administrative costs. Such amounts shall 
not be subject to transfer or reprogramming for 
wildland fire management or any other emergency 
purposes. 
(e) TITLE.—Title to the non-Federal land to be ac-
quired by the United States under this title shall be ac-
ceptable to the Secretary and in conformity with the title 
standards of the Attorney General. Title to the Federal 
land shall be conveyed under this title by patent. 
(f) COMPLETION.—To the extent practicable, the 
Secretary shall complete the land exchange authorized by 
subsection (a) not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment, unless the Secretary and the owners of the 
non-Federal lands, respectively, agree to extend such 
deadline. 
(g) REVOCATIONS AND WITHDRAWAL.— 
(1) REVOCATION.—Any public land orders with-
drawing any of the Federal land from appropriation 
or disposal under the public land laws are revoked 
to the extent necessary to permit conveyance of the 
Federal land under this title. 
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(2) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, pending the completion of the land exchanges 
authorized by this title, the Federal land identified 
for conveyance are withdrawn from all forms of loca-
tion, entry, and patent under the mining and public 
land laws, and from disposition under the mineral 
leasing laws and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 
(30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 
(h) VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.—The conveyance of 
any Federal land under this title shall be subject to valid 
existing rights, and to such terms and conditions as the 
Secretary considers are in the public interest and agreed 
to by the private land owners. 
(i) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall manage 
the land acquired by the United States under this title 
in accordance with the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly 
known as the Weeks Act; 16 U.S.C. 480 et seq.), and in 
accordance with the other laws and regulations applicable 
to the National Forest System. 
TITLE II—BOUNDARY 
ADJUSTMENT 
SEC. 201. PROCLAMATION BOUNDARY DEFINED. 
In this title, the term ‘‘Proclamation Boundary’’ 
means the exterior limits of the Lincoln National Forest 
in the State of New Mexico established by Presidential 
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Proclamation 32 (32 Stat. 2018) signed by President 
Theodore Roosevelt on July 26, 1902, and subsequently 
modified by Presidential Proclamation 1474 (40 Stat. 
1832), signed by President Woodrow Wilson on August 
9, 1918. 
SEC. 202. LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST PROCLAMATION 
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 
(a) MODIFICATION.—The 1902 Proclamation Bound-
ary of the Lincoln National Forest is modified in section 
20, township 7 south, range 16 east, New Mexico principal 
meridian to include only the NE1⁄4NE1⁄4 of such section, 
thereby excluding all non-National Forest System lands 
in such section as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(b) AVAILABILITY.—To reflect the boundary adjust-
ment effected by subsection (a), a legal land description 
signed and approved by the Regional Forester, Albu-
querque, New Mexico, shall be on file and available for 
public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest 
Service and the office of the Regional Forester, Albu-
querque, New Mexico. 
(c) CORRECTION AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Ag-
riculture may make minor technical and clerical correc-
tions to the legal description to facilitate the boundary ad-
justment. 
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SEC. 203. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 
(a) ADMINISTRATION.—Any and all land or interests 
in land remaining within the boundaries of the Lincoln 
National Forest shall be managed for National Forest 
System purposes in accordance with— 
(1) the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known 
as the Weeks Act; 16 U.S.C. 480 et seq.); and 
(2) the laws and regulations applicable to the 
National Forest System. 
(b) LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.—For 
purposes of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–9), the boundaries of 
the Lincoln National Forest, as adjusted by this title, shall 
be considered to be the boundaries of the national forest 
as of January 1, 1965. 
(c) EFFECT.—Nothing in this Act limits the author-
ity of the Secretary of Agriculture to adjust the bound-
aries of the Lincoln National Forest under section 11 of 
the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 521). 
Æ 
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