Title: Rocky Mountain National Park Ownership Correction Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Rocky Mountain National Park Ownership Correction Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey specified federal land to the owner of specified nonfederal land if the owner of the nonfederal land offers to exchange the land.
The values of the federal and nonfederal land to be exchanged shall be considered to be of equal value.
The nonfederal land that is acquired by Interior shall be administered as part of Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5459 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5459

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to correct a land ownership 
  error within the boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 17, 2019

  Mr. Neguse introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to correct a land ownership 
  error within the boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Rocky Mountain National Park 
Ownership Correction Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means the 
        approximately 0.18 acres of land depicted as ``TR04-168-1'' on 
        the map.
            (2) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Rocky 
        Mountain National Park Proposed Forsyth Family Land Exchange'', 
        numbered 121/154,326, and dated June 2019.
            (3) Non-federal land.--The term ``non-Federal land'' means 
        the approximately 0.18 acres of land depicted as ``TR04-169'' 
        on the map.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK LAND EXCHANGE.

    (a) Authorization of Exchange.--To correct a longstanding land 
ownership error, if the owner of the non-Federal land offers to convey 
to the Secretary all right, title, and interest of the owner in and to 
the non-Federal land, the Secretary shall convey to the owner of the 
non-Federal land, subject to valid existing rights, all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to the Federal land.
    (b) Valuation.--The value of the Federal land and the non-Federal 
land to be exchanged under this Act shall be considered to be of equal 
value.
    (c) Administration.--The non-Federal land acquired by the Secretary 
under this section shall be administered by the Secretary as part of 
Rocky Mountain National Park.
    (d) Availability of Map.--The map shall be on file and available 
for inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
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