I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3960 
To provide for an exchange of administrative jurisdiction between the Sec-
retary of the Army and the Secretary of Agriculture involving certain 
Federal property administered as part of the Chattahoochee National 
Forest, but permitted to the Secretary of the Army for Camp Frank 
D. Merrill, and certain Army Corps of Engineers property adjacent 
to Lake Lanier in Gainesville, Georgia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 29, 2014 
Mr. COLLINS of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on 
Transportation and Infrastructure and Armed Services, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for an exchange of administrative jurisdiction 
between the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary 
of Agriculture involving certain Federal property admin-
istered as part of the Chattahoochee National Forest, 
but permitted to the Secretary of the Army for Camp 
Frank D. Merrill, and certain Army Corps of Engineers 
property adjacent to Lake Lanier in Gainesville, Georgia. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. TRANSFERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDIC-
TION, CAMP FRANK D. MERRILL AND LAKE 
LANIER, GEORGIA. 
(a) TRANSFERS REQUIRED.— 
(1) CAMP FRANK D. MERRILL.—Not later than 
December 31, 2014, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall transfer to the administrative jurisdiction of 
the Secretary of the Army for required Army force 
protection measures certain Federal land adminis-
tered as part of the Chattahoochee National Forest, 
but permitted to the Secretary of the Army for 
Camp Frank D. Merrill in Dahlonega, Georgia, con-
sisting of approximately 282.304 acres identified in 
the permit numbered 0018–01. 
(2) LAKE LANIER PROPERTY.—In exchange for 
the land transferred under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary of the Army (acting through the Chief of En-
gineers) shall transfer to the administrative jurisdic-
tion of the Secretary of Agriculture certain Federal 
land administered by the Army Corps of Engineers 
and consisting of approximately 10 acres adjacent to 
Lake Lanier at 372 Dunlap Landing Road, Gaines-
ville, Georgia. 
(b) USE OF TRANSFERRED LAND.— 
(1) CAMP FRANK D. MERRILL.—Upon receipt of 
the land under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary of 
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the Army shall continue to use the land for military 
purposes. 
(2) LAKE LANIER PROPERTY.—Upon receipt of 
the land under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall use the land for administrative 
purposes. 
(c) PROTECTION
OF
THE ETOWAH DARTER
AND 
HOLIDAY DARTER.—Nothing in the transfer required by 
subsection (a)(1) shall affect the prior designation of lands 
within the Chattahoochee National Forest as critical habi-
tat for the Etowah darter (Etheostoma etowahae) and the 
Holiday darter (Etheostoma brevirostrum). 
(d) LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND MAP.— 
(1) PREPARATION
AND
PUBLICATION.—The 
Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall publish in the Federal Register a legal 
description and map of both parcels of land to be 
transferred under subsection (a). 
(2) FORCE OF LAW.—The legal description and 
map filed under paragraph (1) for a parcel of land 
shall have the same force and effect as if included 
in this Act, except that the Secretaries may correct 
errors in the legal description and map. 
(e) REIMBURSEMENTS OF COSTS.—The transfers re-
quired by subsection (a) shall be made without reimburse-
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ment, except that the Secretary of the Army shall reim-
burse the Secretary of Agriculture for any costs incurred 
by the Secretary of Agriculture to assist in the preparation 
of the legal description and maps required by subsection 
(d). 
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