Title: Port of Whitman Economic Expansion Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Port of Whitman Economic Expansion Act
This bill directs the Department of the Army, upon the conveyance of a certain tract or tracts of land owned by the Port of Whitman County (a port district in Whitman County, Washington) to the United States, to convey to the Port of Whitman County approximately 288 acres of land in Whitman County within Tract D of Little Goose Lock and Dam.
The bill makes the provisions concerning the transfer and screening of real property between departments of the Armed Forces before conveyance inapplicable to this conveyance.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5742 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5742

   To provide for a land exchange of Federal and non-Federal land in 
                      Whitman County, Washington.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 2018

Mrs. McMorris Rodgers introduced the following bill; which was referred 
         to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for a land exchange of Federal and non-Federal land in 
                      Whitman County, Washington.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Port of Whitman Economic Expansion 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PORT OF WHITMAN COUNTY.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means the 
        approximately 288 acres of land situated in Whitman County, 
        Washington, contained within Tract D of Little Goose Lock and 
        Dam.
            (2) Non-federal land.--The term ``non-Federal land'' means 
        a tract or tracts of land owned by the Port of Whitman County, 
        Washington, the fish and wildlife habitat value of which the 
        Secretary of the Army determines, in coordination with the 
        Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Secretary of 
        the Interior acting through the Director of the United States 
        Fish and Wildlife Service, to equal or exceed the fish and 
        wildlife habitat value of the Federal land.
    (b) Land Exchange.--On conveyance by the Port of Whitman County to 
the United States of all right, title, and interest in and to the non-
Federal land, the Secretary of the Army shall convey to the Port of 
Whitman County all right, title, and interest of the United States in 
and to the Federal land.
    (c) Deeds.--
            (1) Deed to non-federal land.--The Secretary may only 
        accept conveyance of the non-Federal land by warranty deed, as 
        determined acceptable by the Secretary.
            (2) Deed to federal land.--The Secretary shall convey the 
        Federal land to the Port of Whitman County by quitclaim deed 
        and subject to any reservations, terms, and conditions the 
        Secretary determines necessary to allow the United States to 
        operate and maintain the Lower Snake River Project and to 
        protect the interests of the United States.
    (d) Cash Payment.--If the appraised fair market value of the 
Federal land, as determined by the Secretary, exceeds the appraised 
fair market value of the non-Federal land, as determined by the 
Secretary, the Port of Whitman County shall make a cash payment to the 
United States reflecting the difference in the appraised fair market 
values.
    (e) Administrative Expenses.--The Port of Whitman County shall be 
responsible for the administrative costs of the transaction in 
accordance with section 2695 of title 10, United States Code.
    (f) Liability.--The Port of Whitman County shall hold the United 
States harmless from any liability with respect to activities carried 
out on the Federal land on or after the date of the conveyance.
    (g) Applicability of Real Property Screening Provisions.--Section 
2696 of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply to the conveyance 
of the Federal land under this section.
    (h) Survey To Obtain Legal Description.--The exact acreage and 
legal description of the Federal land and non-Federal land shall be 
determined by a survey that is satisfactory to the Secretary.
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