SECTION 
1. 
LAND 
CONVEYANCE, 
FARAWAY 
RANCH,
MENDOCINO 
NATIONAL 
FOREST, 
CALI-
FORNIA.
(a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—Subject to subsection
(b), the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey to the owner
of the property known as the Faraway Ranch in Lake
County, California (in this section referred to as the ‘‘re-
cipient’’), by quitclaim deed, all right, title, and interest
of the United States in and to the following National For-
est System lands in Mendocino National Forest in Lake
County, California:
(1) ‘‘Faraway Ranch, Tract 39’’ (approximately
15.8 acres), consisting of a portion of lot 6 of sec-
tion 4, township 18 north, range 10 west, Mount
Diablo base and meridian, as generally depicted on
the map entitled ‘‘Faraway Ranch, Tracts 39 and
40’’ and dated June 30, 2002.
(2) ‘‘Faraway Ranch, Tract 40’’ (approximately
105.1 acres) consisting of a portion of the N1/
2SW1/4 and lot 7 of section 4, and a portion of lots
15 and 16 of section 5, township 18 north, range 10
west, Mount Diablo base and meridian, as generally
depicted on the map referred to in paragraph (1).
(b) TIME FOR CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary shall
make the conveyance under subsection (a) not later than
120 days after the date on which the recipient deposits
sufficient funds with the Bureau of Land Management,
California State Office, Branch of Geographic Services, to
cover survey work costs and with the Forest Service,
Mendocino National Forest, to cover Forest Service direct
transaction costs described in subsection (e).
(c) CORRECTIONS.—With the agreement of the re-
cipient, the Secretary may make minor corrections to the
legal descriptions and map of the lands to be conveyed
pursuant to this section.
(d) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the con-
veyance under subsection (a), the recipient shall pay to
the Secretary an amount equal to the fair market value
of the National Forest System lands conveyed under such
subsection. The fair market value of such lands shall be
determined by an appraisal that is acceptable to the Sec-
retary and conforms with the Federal appraisal standards,
as defined in the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Fed-
eral Land Acquisitions developed by the Interagency Land
Acquisition Conference.
(e) PAYMENT OF COSTS.—All direct transaction costs
associated with the conveyance under section (a), includ-
ing the costs of appraisal, title, and survey work, shall be
paid by the recipient.
(f) USE OF PROCEEDS.—
(1) DEPOSIT.—The Secretary shall deposit the
amounts received by the Secretary as consideration
under subsection (d) in the fund established by Pub-
lic Law 90–171 (commonly known as the Sisk Act;
16 U.S.C. 484a).
(2) USE.—Funds deposited under paragraph
(1) shall be available to the Secretary until ex-
pended, without further appropriation—
(A) for the acquisition of land and inter-
ests in land for National Forest System pur-
poses in the State of California; and
(B) for reimbursement of costs incurred by
the Forest Service in making the conveyance
under subsection (a).
(3) STATUS
OF
ACQUIRED
LAND.—Notwith-
standing Public Law 85–862 (16 U.S.C. 521a), any
lands acquired under paragraph (2)(A) shall be
managed as lands acquired under the Act of March
1, 1911 (commonly known as the Weeks Act; 16
U.S.C. 480, 500, 515 et seq.), regardless of whether
any of the lands conveyed under subsection (a) were
reserved from the public domain.
SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL.
Subject to valid existing rights, the lands to be con-
veyed under subsection (a) of section 1 are hereby with-
drawn from all forms of location, entry, and patent under
the public land laws and the mining and mineral leasing
laws of the United States.
Passed the House of Representatives October 8,
2003.
Attest:
Clerk.