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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3805 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a land exchange 
involving lands within the boundaries of the Cape Cod National Seashore, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 
Mr. KEATING introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a 
land exchange involving lands within the boundaries of 
the Cape Cod National Seashore, 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. LAND EXCHANGE INVOLVING CAPE COD NA-
TIONAL SEASHORE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF EXCHANGE.—If title accept-
able to the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
National Park Service (referred to hereafter in this section 
as the ‘‘Secretary’’), for non-Federal land defined in sub-
section (b)(1) is conveyed to the United States, the Sec-
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retary shall convey to the owner of the non-Federal land, 
subject to valid existing rights, all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in and to the Federal land defined 
in subsection (b)(2). 
(b) LAND DESCRIPTIONS.— 
(1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means the approximately 1.09 acres of land depicted 
as Tract 22-4556 on the map titled ‘‘United States 
Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 
Northeast Region, Cape Cod National Seashore’’ 
and dated October 20, 1963, Sheet 202-22A. 
(2) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral land’’ means the approximately 1.02 acres of 
land depicted as Tract 26-4653 on the map titled 
‘‘United States, Department of the Interior, Na-
tional Park Service, Northeast Region, Cape Cod 
National Seashore’’ and dated October 27, 1964, 
Sheet 202-26. 
(c) ACCEPTABLE TITLE.—Title to the non-Federal 
land conveyed to the United States under subsection (a) 
shall be such title as is acceptable to the Secretary, in con-
formance with title approval standards applicable to Fed-
eral land acquisitions. 
(d) APPLICABLE LAWS; TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
The exchange under this section shall be subject to— 
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(1) the laws (including regulations) and policies 
applicable to exchanges of land administered by the 
National Park Service, including the laws and poli-
cies concerning equalization of values, and environ-
mental compliance; with the exception of appraisal 
requirements, and 
(2) such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
determines to be appropriate. 
(e) APPRAISALS.—For the purpose of valuation of the 
land proposed for exchange under this section, the Sec-
retary may use the appraisals conducted by Michael Sut-
ton, Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, and dated 
July 14 and July 22, 2009. 
(f) ADMINISTRATION.—The land acquired by the Sec-
retary pursuant to the exchange authorized by this section 
shall be administered as part of the Cape Cod National 
Seashore. 
(g) MAPS.—The maps referred to in subsection (a) 
shall be on file and available for inspection in the appro-
priate offices of the Department of the Interior. 
(h) DEFINITION OF IMPROVED PROPERTY.—Section 
4(d) of Public Law 87–126 (16 U.S.C. 459b–3(d)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The term 
‘improved property’ includes such dwelling structures (in-
cluding the land thereon) as shall be conveyed by the Sec-
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retary pursuant to section 2 in exchange for conveyance 
to or acquisition by the Secretary of an improved property 
as described in this section.’’. 
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