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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3147
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 5, 1996
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
AN ACT
To provide for the exchange of certain Federal lands in
the State of California managed by the Bureau of Land
Management for certain non-Federal lands, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that the ex-
change of lands authorized by this Act will benefit both
the private landowners and the United States by consoli-
dating their respective land ownership patterns.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to author-
ize, facilitate, and expedite the land exchange set forth
herein.
SEC. 2. MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT LAND EXCHANGE.
(a) CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary of the Interior
may convey the Federal lands described in subsection
(d)(1) in exchange for the non-Federal lands described in
subsection (d)(2), in accordance with the provisions of this
Act.
(b) APPLICABILITY
OF
OTHER
PROVISIONS
OF
LAW.—The land exchange required in this Act shall be
carried out in accordance with section 206 of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1716) and in accordance with other applicable laws.
(c) ACCEPTABILITY OF TITLE AND MANNER OF CON-
VEYANCE.—The Secretary of the Interior shall not carry
out an exchange described in subsection (a) unless the title
to the non-Federal lands to be conveyed to the United
States, and the form and procedures of conveyance, are
acceptable to the Secretary.
(d) LANDS TO BE EXCHANGED.—
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(1) FEDERAL LANDS TO BE EXCHANGED.—The
Federal lands referred to in this Act to be exchanged
consist of approximately 179.4 acres in Mariposa
County, California as generally depicted on the map
entitled ‘‘Merced Irrigation District Exchange—Pro-
posed, Federal Land’’, dated ——————— 1995,
more particularly described as follows:
T. 3 S., R. 15 E., MDM (Mount Diablo Merid-
ian): sec. 35, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, containing approximately
40 acres.
T. 4 S., R. 15 E., MDM (Mount Diablo Merid-
ian):
Sec. 14: E1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4, containing ap-
proximately 20 acres.
Sec. 23: NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, containing approxi-
mately 40 acres.
T. 5 S., R. 15 E., MDM (Mount Diablo Merid-
ian):
Sec. 2: Lot 1, containing approximately
57.9 acres.
Sec. 3: Lots 7 thru 15, containing approxi-
mately 21.5 acres.
(2) 
NON-FEDERAL
LANDS
TO
BE
EX-
CHANGED.—The non-Federal lands referred to in
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this Act to be exchanged consist of approximately
160 acres in Mariposa County, California as gen-
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Merced Irriga-
tion District Exchange—Proposed, Non-Federal
Land’’, dated —————— 1995, more particularly
described as T. 4 S., R17E MDM (Mount Diablo
Meridian): sec. 2, SE1⁄4.
(3) MAPS.—The maps referred to in this sub-
section shall be on file and available for inspection
in the office of the Director of the Bureau of Land
Management.
(4) PARTIAL REVOCATION OF WITHDRAWALS.—
The Executive order of December 31, 1912, creating
Powersite Reserve No. 328, and the withdrawal of
Federal lands for Power Project No. 2179, filed
February 21, 1963, in accordance with section 24 of
the Federal Power Act are hereby revoked insofar as
they affect the Federal lands described in paragraph
(1). Any patent issued on such Federal lands shall
not be subject to section 24 of said Act.
Passed the House of Representatives September 4,
1996.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.