I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1008 
To authorize the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest System 
land in the Cherokee National Forest and to authorize the Secretary 
of Agriculture to use the proceeds from that conveyance to acquire 
a parcel of land for inclusion in that national forest, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2011 
Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 
the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To authorize the conveyance of a small parcel of National 
Forest System land in the Cherokee National Forest 
and to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to use 
the proceeds from that conveyance to acquire a parcel 
of land for inclusion in that national forest, and for 
other purposes. 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Benton MacKaye 
Cherokee National Forest Land Consolidation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LAND CONVEYANCES, CHEROKEE NATIONAL FOR-
EST, TENNESSEE. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
Agriculture (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
shall convey and quitclaim to the Towee Falls Baptist 
Church all right, title, and interest of the United States 
in and to a parcel of National Forest System land in Cher-
okee National Forest consisting of approximately 66.5 
acres surrounding the Towee Falls Baptist Church, as 
generally depicted on the map titled ‘‘Legislative Map 
H.R. 4658’’ and dated June 1, 2010 (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘parcel’’). 
(b) CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) CONSIDERATION REQUIRED.—As consider-
ation for the conveyance of the parcel, the Towee 
Falls Baptist Church shall pay to the Secretary an 
amount of cash equal to the market value of the par-
cel based on an appraisal approved by the Secretary. 
(2) DEPOSIT OF CONSIDERATION.—The consid-
eration received under paragraph (1) shall be depos-
ited into the account in the Treasury established by 
Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as the Sisk 
Act; 16 U.S.C. 484a). 
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(3) USE OF CONSIDERATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Monies deposited pur-
suant to paragraph (1) shall be available to the 
Secretary, until expended and without further 
appropriation, for the acquisition of lands and 
interests in land in the Cherokee National For-
est in Tennessee. 
(B) 
ACQUISITION
OF
DOC
ROGERS 
TRACT.—Congress finds that it is in the public 
interest that the Secretary acquire from the 
Monroe County Tennessee Board of Education 
all right, title, and interest of the Board of 
Education in and to a tract of land in Monroe 
County, Tennessee, consisting of approximately 
102 acres and known as the ‘‘Doc Rogers 
tract’’. The Secretary may apply the monies de-
posited pursuant to paragraph (1) to acquire 
the Doc Rogers tract if the Secretary and the 
Monroe County Tennessee Board of Education 
reach agreement on the terms of a Federal ac-
quisition. 
(c) VALUATION.—The parcel will be appraised in ac-
cordance with appraisal specifications prescribed by the 
Secretary, and such specifications shall include that the 
parcel be valued as a free standing lot unconnected with 
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any larger tract, and unencumbered with any Forest Serv-
ice special use authorization held by the Church. 
(d) CONDITION OF CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance 
of the parcel shall be subject to the condition that the 
Towee Falls Baptist Church accept the parcel in its condi-
tion at the time of conveyance (commonly known as a con-
veyance ‘‘as is’’). 
(e) SURVEY AND COSTS.—The exact acreage and 
legal description of the parcel shall be determined by a 
survey satisfactory to the Secretary of Agriculture. The 
cost of the survey and all other costs incurred by the Sec-
retary to convey the parcel shall be borne by the Towee 
Falls Baptist Church. 
(f) ADDITIONAL TERMS.—The Secretary may require 
such additional terms and conditions in connection with 
the conveyance of the parcel as the Secretary considers 
appropriate to protect the interests of the United States. 
SEC. 3. STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO LANGUAGE. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
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