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Union Calendar No. 394 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3826 
[Report No. 114–514] 
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to modify 
provisions relating to certain land exchanges in the Mt. Hood Wilderness 
in the State of Oregon. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 23, 2015 
Mr. WALDEN (for himself and Mr. BLUMENAUER) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
APRIL 21, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 23, 2015] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 
2009 to modify provisions relating to certain land ex-
changes in the Mt. Hood Wilderness in the State of 
Oregon. 
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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 ‘‘Mount Hood Cooper 
Spur Land Exchange Clarification Act’’. 
SEC. 2. COOPER SPUR LAND EXCHANGE CLARIFICATION 
AMENDMENTS. 
Section 1206(a) of the Omnibus Public Land Manage-
ment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1018) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘120 
acres’’ and inserting ‘‘107 acres’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (E)(ii), by inserting 
‘‘improvements,’’ after ‘‘buildings,’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (D)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘As soon 
as practicable after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary and Mt. Hood Mead-
ows shall select’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later 
than 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of the Mount Hood Cooper Spur Land 
Exchange Clarification Act, the Secretary 
and Mt. Hood Meadows shall jointly select’’; 
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(ii) in clause (ii), in the matter pre-
ceding subclause (I), by striking ‘‘An ap-
praisal under clause (i) shall’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Except as provided under clause (iii), 
an appraisal under clause (i) shall assign a 
separate value to each tax lot to allow for 
the equalization of values and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) FINAL APPRAISED VALUE.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to 
subclause (II), after the final appraised 
value of the Federal land and the non- 
Federal land are determined and ap-
proved by the Secretary, the Secretary 
shall not be required to reappraise or 
update the final appraised value for a 
period of up to 3 years, beginning on 
the date of the approval by the Sec-
retary of the final appraised value. 
‘‘(II) EXCEPTION.—Subclause (I) 
shall not apply if the condition of ei-
ther the Federal land or the non-Fed-
eral land referred to in subclause (I) is 
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ized not later than 120 days after the 
date of enactment of the Mount Hood 
Cooper Spur Land Exchange Clarifica-
tion Act; and 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary shall reserve a 24- 
foot-wide nonexclusive trail easement at the 
existing trail locations on the Federal land 
that retains for the United States existing 
rights to construct, reconstruct, maintain, 
and permit nonmotorized use by the public 
of existing trails subject to the right of the 
owner of the Federal land— 
‘‘(I) to cross the trails with roads, 
utilities, and infrastructure facilities; 
and 
‘‘(II) to improve or relocate the 
trails to accommodate development of 
the Federal land. 
‘‘(H) EQUALIZATION OF VALUES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraph (A), in addition to or in lieu 
of monetary compensation, a lesser area of 
Federal land or non-Federal land may be 
conveyed if necessary to equalize appraised 
values of the exchange properties, without 
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limitation, consistent with the requirements 
of this Act and subject to the approval of the 
Secretary and Mt. Hood Meadows. 
‘‘(ii) TREATMENT
OF
CERTAIN
COM-
PENSATION
OR
CONVEYANCES
AS
DONA-
TION.—If, after payment of compensation 
or adjustment of land area subject to ex-
change under this Act, the amount by which 
the appraised value of the land and other 
property conveyed by Mt. Hood Meadows 
under subparagraph (A) exceeds the ap-
praised value of the land conveyed by the 
Secretary under subparagraph (A) shall be 
considered a donation by Mt. Hood Mead-
ows to the United States.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 394 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3826 
[Report No. 114–514] 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management 
Act of 2009 to modify provisions relating to cer-
tain land exchanges in the Mt. Hood Wilderness 
in the State of Oregon. 
APRIL 21, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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