IIB 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3326 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2014 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To provide for an exchange of land between the United 
States and the Trinity Public Utilities District of Trinity 
County, California, involving a parcel of National Forest 
System land in Shasta-Trinity National Forest. 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Trinity County Land 
Exchange Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, TRINITY PUBLIC UTILITIES DIS-
TRICT, TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THE 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, AND THE 
FOREST SERVICE. 
(a) LAND EXCHANGE REQUIRED.—If not later than 
3 years after enactment of this Act, the Utilities District 
conveys to the Secretary of the Interior all right, title, and 
interest of the Utilities District in and to Parcel A, subject 
to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Inte-
rior may require, the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey 
Parcel B to the Utilities District, subject to such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture may re-
quire, including the reservation of easements for all roads 
and trails considered to be necessary for administrative 
purposes and to ensure public access to National Forest 
System lands. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIP-
TIONS.—Maps are entitled ‘‘Trinity County Land Ex-
change Act of 2014 – Parcel A’’ and ‘‘Trinity County 
Land Exchange Act of 2014 – Parcel B’’, both dated 
March 24, 2014. The maps shall be on file and available 
for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the For-
est Service and the appropriate office of the Bureau of 
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Land Management. With the agreement of the parties to 
the conveyances under subsection (a), the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may make tech-
nical corrections to the maps and legal descriptions. 
(c) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE.— 
(1) LAND EXCHANGE PROCESS.—The land ex-
change under this section shall be an equal value ex-
change. Except as provided in paragraph (3), the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall carry out the land exchange in accord-
ance with section 206 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716). 
(2) APPRAISAL
OF
PARCELS.—The values of 
Parcel A and Parcel B shall by determined by ap-
praisals performed by a qualified appraiser mutually 
agreed to by the parties to the conveyances under 
subsection (a). The appraisals shall be approved by 
the Secretary of Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture and conducted in conformity with the Uni-
form Appraisal Standards for Federal Land. 
(3) CASH EQUALIZATION.—If the values of Par-
cel A and Parcel B are not equal, the values may 
be equalized through the use of a cash equalization 
payment, however, if the final appraised value of 
Parcel A exceeds the value of Parcel B, the surplus 
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value of Parcel A shall be considered to be a dona-
tion by the Utilities District. Notwithstanding sec-
tion 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)), a cash 
equalization payment may be made in excess of 25 
percent of the appraised value of the Parcel B. 
(d) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any cash equalization pay-
ment received by the United States under subsection 
(c) shall be deposited in the fund established under 
Public Law 90–171 (16 U.S.C. 484a; commonly 
known as the Sisk Act). 
(2) USE
OF
PROCEEDS.—Amounts deposited 
under paragraph (1) shall be available to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, without further appropriation 
and until expended, for the improvement, mainte-
nance, reconstruction, or construction of a facility or 
improvement for the National Forest System. 
(e) SURVEY.—The exact acreage and legal descrip-
tion of Parcel A and Parcel B shall be determined by a 
survey satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior and 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(f) COSTS.—As a condition of the land exchange 
under subsection (a), the Utilities District shall pay the 
costs associated with— 
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(1) the surveys described in subsection (e); 
(2) the appraisals described in subsection 
(c)(2); and 
(3) any other reasonable administrative or re-
mediation cost determined by the Secretary of Agri-
culture. 
(g) MANAGEMENT OF ACQUIRED LAND.—Upon the 
acquisition of Parcel A, the Secretary of the Interior, act-
ing through the Redding Field Office of the Bureau of 
Land Management, shall administer Parcel A as public 
land in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and the 
laws and regulations applicable to public land adminis-
tered by the Bureau of Land Management, except that 
public recreation and public access to and for recreation 
shall be the highest and best use of Parcel A. 
(h) COMPLETION OF LAND EXCHANGE.—Once the 
Utilities District offers to convey Parcel A to the Secretary 
of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture shall complete 
the conveyance of Parcel B not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) PARCEL A.—The term ‘‘Parcel A’’ means 
the approximately 47 acres of land, known as the 
‘‘Sky Ranch parcel’’, adjacent to public land admin-
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istered by the Redding Field Office of the Bureau of 
Land Management as depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘Trinity County Land Exchange Act of 2014 – Par-
cel A’’, dated March 24, 2014, more particularly de-
scribed as a portion of Mineral Survey 178, south 
Highway 299, generally located in the S1/2 of the 
S1/2 of Section 7 and the N1/2 of the N1/2 of Sec-
tion 8, Township 33 North, Range 10 West, Mount 
Diablo Meridian. 
(2) PARCEL B.—The term ‘‘Parcel B’’ means 
the approximately 100 acres land in the Shasta- 
Trinity National Forest in the State of California 
near the Weaverville Airport in Trinity County as 
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Trinity County Land 
Exchange Act of 2014 – Parcel B’’ dated March 24, 
2014, more particularly described as Lot 8, SW1/4 
SE1/4, and S1/2 N1/2 SE, Section 31, Township 34 
North, Range 9 West, Mount Diablo Meridian. 
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(3) UTILITIES DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘Utilities 
District’’ means the Trinity Public Utilities District 
of Trinity County, California. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 13, 
2014. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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