Title: Oracle Cabins Conveyance Act of 2018
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Oracle Cabins Conveyance Act of 2017
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to sell and quitclaim to a person who holds a valid permit for the use of certain National Forest System land in Arizona all right, title, and interest in and to the property for which the permittee holds such a permit. A sale of such property shall be for cash consideration equal to the property's market value, as determined by an appraisal in accordance with this bill.
USDA shall pay the costs of the conveyance of any properties sold and quitclaimed under this bill.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2062 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2062

   To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey at market value 
      certain National Forest System land in the State of Arizona.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 2, 2017

   Mr. Flake introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey at market value 
      certain National Forest System land in the State of Arizona.

    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 ``Oracle Cabins Conveyance Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Permittee.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``permittee'' means a 
                person who, on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
                holds a valid permit for use of a property.
                    (B) Inclusions.--The term ``permittee'' includes 
                any heirs, executors, and assigns of the permittee or 
                interest of the permittee.
            (2) Property.--The term ``property'' means--
                    (A) the approximately 1.1 acres of National Forest 
                System land in sec. 8, T. 10 S., R. 16 E., Gila and 
                Salt River Meridian, as generally depicted on the map 
                entitled ``Coronado National Forest Land Conveyance Act 
                of 2017'', special use permit numbered SAN5005-03, and 
                dated October 2017;
                    (B) the approximately 4.5 acres of National Forest 
                System land in sec. 8, T. 10 S., R. 16 E., Gila and 
                Salt River Meridian, as generally depicted on the map 
                entitled ``Coronado National Forest Land Conveyance Act 
                of 2017'', special use permit numbered SAN5116-03, and 
                dated October 2017; and
                    (C) the approximately 3.9 acres of National Forest 
                System land in NW\1/4\, sec. 1, T. 10 S., R. 15 E., 
                Gila and Salt River Meridian, as generally depicted on 
                the map entitled ``Coronado National Forest Land 
                Conveyance Act of 2017'', special use permit numbered 
                SAN5039-02, and dated October 2017.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture.

SEC. 3. SALE OF LAND.

    (a) Sale.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to valid existing rights, during 
        the period described in paragraph (2), not later than 90 days 
        after the date on which a permittee submits a request to the 
        Secretary, the Secretary shall--
                    (A) accept tender of consideration from that 
                permittee; and
                    (B) sell and quitclaim to that permittee all right, 
                title, and interest of the United States in and to the 
                property for which the permittee holds a permit.
            (2) Period described.--The period referred to in paragraph 
        (1) is the period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
        Act and ending on the date of expiration of the applicable 
        permit.
    (b) Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may establish such terms 
and conditions on the sales of the properties under this Act as the 
Secretary determines to be in the public interest.
    (c) Consideration.--A sale of a property under this Act shall be 
for cash consideration equal to the market value of the property, as 
determined by the appraisal described in subsection (d).
    (d) Appraisal.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall complete an appraisal 
        of each property, which shall--
                    (A) include the value of any appurtenant easements; 
                and
                    (B) exclude the value of any private improvements 
                made by a permittee of the property before the date of 
                appraisal.
            (2) Standards.--An appraisal under paragraph (1) shall be 
        conducted in accordance with--
                    (A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal 
                Land Acquisitions, established in accordance with the 
                Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property 
                Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et 
                seq.); and
                    (B) the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal 
                Practice.
    (e) Costs.--The Secretary shall pay--
            (1) the cost of a conveyance of a property under this Act; 
        and
            (2) the cost of an appraisal under subsection (d).
    (f) Proceeds From the Sale of Land.--
            (1) Deposit of receipts.--The consideration received by the 
        Secretary for the sale of a property under this Act shall be 
        deposited into a special account in the Treasury of the United 
        States.
            (2) Use of funds.--Amounts deposited under paragraph (1) 
        shall be available to the Secretary until expended, without 
        further appropriation, for hazardous fuel reduction projects on 
        National Forest System land in the State of Arizona.
    (g) Maps and Legal Descriptions.--
            (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file maps and legal 
        descriptions of each property.
            (2) Force of law.--The maps and legal descriptions filed 
        under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if 
        included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct 
        typographical errors in the maps and legal descriptions.
            (3) Public availability.--The maps and legal descriptions 
        filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for 
        public inspection in the office of the Supervisor of the 
        Coronado National Forest.
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