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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4473 
To authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land exchange in Yavapai 
County, Arizona, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 4, 2016 
Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. SALMON, Mr. 
SCHWEIKERT, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. SINEMA, and Ms. 
MCSALLY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land exchange 
in Yavapai County, Arizona, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cottonwood Land Ex-
change Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means 
Yavapai County, Arizona. 
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(2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to approximately 80 acres of land 
within the Coconino National Forest, in Yavapai 
County, Arizona, generally depicted as ‘‘Coconino 
National Forest Parcels ‘Federal Land’ ’’ on the 
map. 
(3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Cottonwood Land Exchange’’, dated Decem-
ber 2015. 
(4) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral land’’ means the approximately 369 acres of 
land in Yavapai County, Arizona, generally depicted 
as ‘‘Yavapai County Parcels ‘Non-Federal Land’ ’’ 
on the map. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture, unless otherwise speci-
fied. 
SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the County offers to convey to 
the Secretary all right, title, and interest of the County 
in and to the non-Federal land, the Secretary shall accept 
the offer and simultaneously convey to the County all 
right, title, and interest of the United States to the Fed-
eral land. 
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(b) LAND TITLE.—Title to the non-Federal land con-
veyed to the Secretary under this Act shall be acceptable 
to the Secretary and shall conform to the title approval 
standards of the Attorney General of the United States 
applicable to land acquisitions by the Federal Government. 
(c) EXCHANGE COSTS.—The County shall pay for all 
land survey, appraisal, and other costs to the Secretary 
as may be necessary to process and consummate the ex-
change under this Act, including reimbursement to the 
Secretary, if the Secretary so requests, for staff time spent 
in such processing and consummation. 
SEC. 4. EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE AND APPRAISALS. 
(a) APPRAISALS.—The values of the lands to be ex-
changed under this Act shall be determined by the Sec-
retary through appraisals performed in accordance with— 
(1) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Fed-
eral Land Acquisitions; 
(2) the Uniform Standards of Professional Ap-
praisal Practice; 
(3) appraisal instructions issued by the Sec-
retary; and 
(4) shall be performed by an appraiser mutually 
agreed to by the Secretary and the County. 
(b) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE.—The values of the 
Federal and non-Federal land parcels exchanged shall be 
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equal, or if they are not equal, shall be equalized as fol-
lows: 
(1) SURPLUS OF FEDERAL LAND VALUE.—If 
the final appraised value of the Federal land exceeds 
the final appraised value of the non-Federal land, 
the County shall make a cash equalization payment 
to the United States as necessary to achieve equal 
value, including, if necessary, an amount in excess of 
that authorized pursuant to section 206(b) of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1716(b)). 
(2) USE
OF
FUNDS.—Any cash equalization 
moneys received by the Secretary under paragraph 
(1) shall be— 
(A) deposited in the fund established under 
Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as the 
‘‘Sisk Act’’; 16 U.S.C. 484a); and 
(B) made available to the Secretary for the 
acquisition of land or interests in land in Re-
gion 3 of the Forest Service. 
(3) SURPLUS OF NON-FEDERAL LAND VALUE.— 
If the final appraised value of the non-Federal land 
exceeds the final appraised value of the Federal 
land, the United States shall not make a cash 
equalization payment to the County, and surplus 
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