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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3693
To provide for the acquisition of Castle Rock Ranch in the State of Idaho
and to authorize the use of the acquired ranch in a series of land
exchanges involving lands within the boundaries of the City of Rocks
National Reserve and the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument,
Idaho.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 16, 2000
Mr. SIMPSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To provide for the acquisition of Castle Rock Ranch in
the State of Idaho and to authorize the use of the
acquired ranch in a series of land exchanges involving
lands within the boundaries of the City of Rocks Na-
tional Reserve and the Hagerman Fossil Beds National
Monument, Idaho.
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 ‘‘Castle Rock Ranch
Acquisition Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) 
MONUMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘Monument’’
means the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monu-
ment, Idaho, depicted on the National Park Service
map numbered 300/80,000, C.O. No. 161, and dated
January 7, 1998.
(2) RANCH.—The term ‘‘Ranch’’ means the
land comprising approximately 1,240 acres situated
outside the boundary of the Reserve, known as the
‘‘Castle Rock Ranch’’.
(3) RESERVE.—The term ‘‘Reserve’’ means the
City of Rocks National Reserve, located near Almo,
Idaho, depicted on the National Park Service map
numbered 003/80,018, C.O. No. 169, and dated
March 25, 1999.
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
SEC. 3. ACQUISITION OF CASTLE ROCK RANCH.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Sec-
retary shall acquire, by donation or by purchase with do-
nated or appropriated funds, the Ranch.
(b) CONSENT OF LANDOWNER.—The Secretary shall
acquire land under subsection (a) only with the consent
of the owner of the land.
SEC. 4. LAND EXCHANGE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) FEDERAL AND STATE EXCHANGE.—Subject
to subsection (b), on completion of the acquisition
under section 3(a), the Secretary shall convey the
Ranch to the State of Idaho in exchange for ap-
proximately 492.87 acres of land near Hagerman,
Idaho, located within the boundary of the Monu-
ment.
(2) STATE
AND
PRIVATE
LANDOWNER
EX-
CHANGE.—On completion of the exchange under
paragraph (1), the State of Idaho may exchange
portions of the Ranch for private land within the
boundaries of the Reserve, with the consent of the
owners of the private land.
(b) CONDITION OF EXCHANGE.—As a condition of
the land exchange under subsection (a)(1), the State of
Idaho shall administer all private land acquired within the
Reserve through an exchange under this Act in accordance
with title II of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of
1988 (16 U.S.C. 460yy et seq.).
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—State land acquired by the
United States in the land exchange under subsection
(a)(1) shall be administered by the Secretary as part of
the Monument.
(d) NO EXPANSION OF RESERVE.—Acquisition of the
Ranch by a Federal or State agency shall not constitute
any expansion of the Reserve.
(e) NO EFFECT ON EASEMENTS.—Nothing in this
Act affects any easement in existence on the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
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