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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3181 
To provide for the exchange of certain lands in the Arapaho-Roosevelt Na-
tional Forests in the State of Colorado with the Sugar Loaf Fire Protec-
tion District, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2007 
Mr. UDALL of Colorado introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for the exchange of certain lands in the Arapaho- 
Roosevelt National Forests in the State of Colorado with 
the Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Arapaho-Roosevelt Na-
tional Forests Land Exchange Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Since 1967, the Sugar Loaf Fire Protection 
District, located west of Boulder, Colorado, has 
owned and operated two fire stations on National 
Forest System land pursuant to special use permits 
issued by the Forest Service. 
(2) The Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District 
seeks ownership of the land on which the fire sta-
tions are situated so that the District can establish 
an area for fire fighter training, install bathroom fa-
cilities in the stations, and expand the stations in 
the future. 
(3) The National Forest System land con-
taining the fire stations consists of approximately 
5.08 acres and are of limited utility for public ad-
ministration, recreation, or any other use since the 
land has been occupied by the stations for 30 years. 
(4) The Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District 
owns a parcel of non-Federal land consisting of ap-
proximately 5.17 acres that the District is willing to 
convey to the United States in exchange for the Na-
tional Forest System land containing the fire sta-
tions. 
(5) The non-Federal land offered by the Sugar 
Loaf Fire Protection District, if conveyed to the 
United States, is suitable for addition to the Arap-
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aho-Roosevelt National Forests, will eliminate an 
isolated inholding in the National Forests, result in 
administrative cost savings to the United States by 
reducing costs of forest boundary administration, 
and provide the United States with environmental 
and public recreational use benefits that greatly ex-
ceed the benefits of the National Forest System land 
containing the fire stations. 
(6) It is in the public interest to direct, expe-
dite, and facilitate completion of a land exchange in-
volving these Federal and non-Federal lands to en-
able the Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District to bet-
ter provide fire protection services for residents of 
the District, residents of neighboring districts and 
persons who travel through the District on Colorado 
Highway 119, and National Forest System land 
within or adjacent to the District. 
SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGE, ARAPAHO-ROOSEVELT NATIONAL 
FORESTS, COLORADO. 
(a) CONVEYANCE
OF NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The 
land exchange directed by this section shall proceed if, 
within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District of Boulder, Colo-
rado (in this section referred to as the ‘‘District’’), offers 
to convey title acceptable to the United States in and to 
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a parcel of land consisting of approximately 5.17 acres lo-
cated in unincorporated Boulder County, Colorado, be-
tween the communities of Boulder and Nederland, as de-
picted on a map entitled ‘‘Non-Federal Lands—Hibernian 
Load’’ and dated November, 2006. 
(b) CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND.—Upon receipt 
of acceptable title in and to the non-Federal lands identi-
fied in subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
convey to the District all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to a parcel of National Forest Sys-
tem land within the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests, 
Colorado, consisting of approximately 5.08 acres, as gen-
erally depicted on maps entitled ‘‘Sugar Loaf Federal 
Lands—Station 1’’ and ‘‘Sugar Loaf Federal Lands— 
Station 2’’, and dated November 2006. 
(c) APPRAISALS.—The values of the non-Federal land 
identified in subsection (a) and the Federal lands identi-
fied in subsection (b) shall be determined by the Secretary 
through appraisals performed in accordance with the Uni-
form Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions 
(December 20, 2000) and the Uniform Standards of Pro-
fessional Appraisal Practice. The encumbrance on the 
Federal land granted by subsection (g) before its convey-
ance shall not be considered for purposes of the appraisal 
of the land. 
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(d) VALUATION.— 
(1) SURPLUS OF NON-FEDERAL VALUE.—If the 
final appraised value, as approved by the Secretary, 
of the non-Federal lands identified in subsection (a) 
exceeds the final appraised value, as approved by the 
Secretary, of the Federal land identified in sub-
section (b), the values may be equalized— 
(A) by reducing the acreage of the non- 
Federal lands to be conveyed, as determined ap-
propriate and acceptable by the Secretary and 
the District; 
(B) by the Secretary making a cash equali-
zation payment to the District, including a cash 
equalization payment in excess of the amount 
authorized by section 206(b) of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1716(b)); or 
(C) by a combination of acreage reduction 
and cash equalization payment. 
(2) SURPLUS OF FEDERAL VALUE.—If the final 
appraised value, as approved by the Secretary, of the 
Federal land identified in subsection (b) exceeds the 
final appraised value, as approved by the Secretary, 
of the non-Federal lands identified in subsection (a), 
and the Secretary declines to accept the non-Federal 
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lands because of inadequate appraised value, the 
District shall make a cash equalization payment to 
the Secretary in such amount as may be necessary 
to equalize the values of the lands to be exchanged. 
(e) EXCHANGE COSTS.—As a condition on the land 
exchange under this section and in order to expedite the 
land exchange and to save administrative costs to the 
United States, the District shall be required to cover the 
costs of the following: 
(1) Any necessary land surveys of the Non-Fed-
eral land or Federal land to be exchanged. 
(2) The appraisals under subsection (c). 
(f) COMPLETION OF EXCHANGE.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the land exchange directed by this section 
should be completed not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(g) INTERIM USE
OF FEDERAL LAND.—Pending 
completion of the land exchange directed by this section, 
the District may commence modification of the fire sta-
tions located on the Federal land identified in subsection 
(b) without further action or authorization by the Sec-
retary, except that, before initiating any construction in 
connection with the modifications, the District shall exe-
cute and submit to the Secretary a legal document that— 
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(1) permanently holds the United States harm-
less for any and all liability arising from the con-
struction; 
(2) indemnifies the United States against any 
costs arising from the United States’ ownership of 
the Federal land and any actions, operations, or 
other acts of the District or its licensees, employees, 
or agents in undertaking the construction or engag-
ing in other acts on the Federal land before its con-
veyance to the District. 
(h) ALTERNATIVE SALE AUTHORITY.—If the land 
exchange directed by this section is not completed for any 
reason, the Secretary may sell the Federal land identified 
in subsection (b) to the District at its final appraised 
value, as determined under subsection (c). 
(i) USE OF PROCEEDS.—Any consideration received 
under subsection (h) and any cash equalization payment 
received under subsection (d)(2) shall be deposited in the 
fund established by Public Law 90–171 (commonly known 
as the Sisk Act; 16 U.S.C. 484a). The amount so depos-
ited shall be available to the Secretary, without further 
appropriation, for expenditure for the acquisition of land 
and interests in land for addition to the National Forest 
System in the State of Colorado. 
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(j) INCORPORATION, MANAGEMENT, AND STATUS OF 
ACQUIRED LAND.—The non-Federal land identified in 
subsection (a) acquired by the United States in the land 
exchange shall become part of the Arapaho-Roosevelt Na-
tional Forests, and the boundary of such national forests 
is modified, without further action by the Secretary, to 
incorporate the non-Federal land. Upon its acquisition, 
the land shall be administered in accordance with the laws 
generally applicable to the National Forest System. For 
purposes of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund Act of l965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–9), the boundaries of 
the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests, as modified by 
this subsection, shall be deemed to be the boundaries of 
such national forests as of January 1, 1965. 
(k) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary, with 
the agreement of the District, may make technical correc-
tions or correct clerical errors in the maps referred to in 
this section or adjust the boundaries of the Arapaho-Roo-
sevelt National Forests to leave the United States with 
a manageable post-exchange or sale boundary. In the 
event of any discrepancy between a map, acreage estimate, 
or legal description, the map shall prevail unless the Sec-
retary and the District agree otherwise. 
(l) REVOCATION OF ORDERS AND WITHDRAWAL.— 
Any public orders withdrawing any of the Federal lands 
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identified in subsection (b) from appropriation or disposal 
under the public land laws are hereby revoked to the ex-
tent necessary to permit conveyance of the Federal lands. 
If not already withdrawn or segregated from entry and 
appropriation under the public land laws, including the 
mining and mineral leasing laws and the Geothermal 
Steam Act of l970 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), the Federal 
land is hereby withdrawn until the date of its conveyance 
to the District. 
Æ 
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