H. R. 3226
One Hundred Fifth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight
An Act
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands and improvements
in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to authorize the Secretary of Agri-
culture (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) to sell or exchange
all or part of certain administrative sites and other lands in the
George Washington National Forest and the Jefferson National
Forest, and to use the value derived therefrom to acquire a replace-
ment site and to construct on the site suitable improvements for
national forest administrative purposes.
SEC. 2. SALE OR EXCHANGE OF LAND.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may, under such terms and
conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, sell or exchange any
or all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to
the approximately 368 acres contained in the following tracts of
land situated in the State of Virginia:
(1) Tract J–1665 (approximately 101 acres), as shown on
the map titled ‘‘Natural Bridge Juvenile Corrections Center,
February 4, 1998’’.
(2) Tract G–1312a (approximately 214 acres), Tract G–
1312b (approximately 2 acres), and Tract G1312a–I (approxi-
mately 10 acres), as shown on the plat titled ‘‘George Washing-
ton National Forest, Alleghany Construction Company, (1312a,–
I,b), Alleghany County, Virginia, June 1936’’.
(3) Tract G–1709 (approximately 23 acres), as shown on
the plat titled ‘‘James C. Doyle, Alleghany County, Virginia,
April 13, 1993’’.
(4) Tract G–1360 (consisting of Lots 31 and 32; approxi-
mately .29 acres), Tract G–1361 (consisting of Lots 29 and
30; approximately .29 acres), Tract G–1362 (consisting of Lots
22, 23, and 24; approximately .43 acres), and Tract G–1363
(consisting of Lot 21; approximately .14 acres), as shown on
the plat titled ‘‘Dry River Road, George Washington National
Forest, Warehouse Site, Bridgewater, Rockingham County,
Virginia, July 1936’’.
(5) Tract G–1524 (consisting of Lot 13; approximately .13
acres), as shown on the plat titled ‘‘Vertie E. Beery Tract,
Rockingham County, Virginia, February 3, 1966’’.
(6) Tract G–1525 (consisting of Lots 11 and 12; approxi-
mately .26 acres), as shown on the plat titled ‘‘Charles F.
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Simmons Tract 1525, Rockingham County, Virginia, February
3, 1966’’.
(7) Tract G–1486 (consisting of Lots 14, 15, and 16; approxi-
mately .39 acres), as shown on the plat shown at Deed Book
133, Page 341 Rockingham Virginia Records of the D.S. Thomas
Inc. Addition, Town of Bridgewater.
(8) Tract N–123a (consisting of Lots 7 and 8; approximately
.287 acres), as shown on the plat titled ‘‘George Washington
Forest. A.M. Rucker, Tract N–123a, Buena Vista, Virginia’’.
(9) Tract N–123b (consisting of Lots 5 and 6; approximately
.287 acres), as shown on the plat titled ‘‘George Washington
Unit, A.M. Rucker, N–123b, Rockbridge County, Virginia, city
of Buena Vista, dated 1942’’.
(10) Tract G–1417 (approximately 1.2 acres), as shown
on the plat titled ‘‘George Washington Unit, R.A. Warren,
Tracts (1417–1417a), Bath County, Virginia, May 1940’’.
(11) Tract G–1520 (approximately 1 acre), as shown on
the plat titled ‘‘Samuel J. Snead Tract, Bath County, Virginia,
February 3, 1966’’.
(12) Tract G–1522a (approximately .65 acres), as shown
on the plat titled ‘‘Charles N. Loving Tract, Bath County,
Virginia, February 3, 1966’’.
(13) Tract G–1582 (approximately .86 acres), as shown
on the plat titled ‘‘Willie I. Haynes Tract, Bath County, Virginia,
January 1974’’.
(14) Tract G–1582a (approximately .62 acres), as shown
on the plat titled ‘‘Willie I. Haynes, Bath County, Virginia,
January 1979’’.
(15) Tract G–1673 (approximately 1.69 acres), as shown
on the plat titled ‘‘Erwin S. Solomon Tract, Bath County,
Virginia, September 15, 1970’’.
(16) Tract J–1497 (approximately 2.66 acres), as shown
on the plat titled ‘‘James A. Williams, Tract 1497, January
24, 1990’’.
(17) Tract J–1652 (approximately 1.64 acres), as shown
on the plat titled ‘‘United States of America, Tract J–1652,
Buchanan Magisterial District, Botetourt County, Virginia,
September 4, 1996’’.
(18) Tract J–1653 (approximately 5.08 acres), as shown
on the plat titled ‘‘United States of America, Tract J–1653,
Peaks Magisterial District, Bedford County, Virginia, November
4, 1996’’.
The Secretary may acquire land, and existing or future administra-
tive improvements, in consideration for the conveyance of the lands
designated in this subsection.
(b) APPLICABLE AUTHORITIES.—Except as otherwise provided
in this Act, any sale or exchange of all or a portion of the lands
designated in subsection (a) shall be subject to existing laws, rules,
and regulations applicable to the conveyance and acquisition of
lands for National Forest System purposes.
(c) CASH EQUALIZATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Secretary may accept cash equalization payments in
excess of 25 percent of the total value of the lands designated
in subsection (a) from any exchange authorized by subsection (a).
(d) SOLICITATIONS OF OFFERS.—In carrying out this Act, the
Secretary may use public or private solicitations of offers for sale
or exchange on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may
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prescribe. The Secretary may reject any offer if the Secretary deter-
mines that the offer is not adequate or not in the public interest.
SEC. 3. DISPOSITION OF FUNDS.
Any funds received by the Secretary through sale or by cash
equalization from an exchange shall be deposited into the fund
provided by the Act of December 4, 1967 (16 U.S.C. 484a), commonly
known as the Sisk Act, and shall be available for expenditure,
upon appropriation, for—
(1) the acquisition of lands, and interests in the lands,
in the State of Virginia; and
(2) the acquisition or construction of administrative
improvements in connection with the George Washington and
Jefferson National Forests.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.