Title: Orange Hill Appraisal and Conservation Act of 2020
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Orange Hill Appraisal and Conservation Act of 2020
This bill requires the value of the surface and subsurface estate of the Orange Hill Parcel in Alaska to be determined by Interior through an appraisal performed by an independent and qualified appraiser in accordance with specified appraisal standards.
The appraisal shall take into account mineral and technical reports provided by Interior and the Northwest Explorations Joint Venture in evaluating mineral deposits on the parcel.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8157 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8157

  To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an appraisal of 
  certain land within Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, 
                    Alaska, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 1, 2020

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an appraisal of 
  certain land within Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, 
                    Alaska, 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 ``Orange Hill Appraisal and 
Conservation Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

     In this Act:
            (1) Map.--The term ``map'' means the National Park Service 
        map entitled ``_______'' and dated _______.
            (2) NEJV.--The term ``NEJV'' means Northwest Explorations 
        Joint Venture, the owners of the Orange Hill Parcel.
            (3) Orange hill parcel.--The term ``Orange Hill Parcel'' 
        means the approximately 363 acres known as Tract No. 32-101, US 
        Mineral Survey No. 1414, Chitina Recording District, Third 
        Judicial District, State of Alaska, and generally depicted on 
        the map as ``__________''.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. APPRAISAL OF ORANGE HILL PARCEL.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the value of the surface and subsurface estate 
of the Orange Hill Parcel shall be determined by the Secretary through 
an appraisal performed in accordance with--
            (1) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land 
        Acquisitions; and
            (2) the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal 
        Practice.
    (b) Appraiser.--The appraisal required by subsection (a) shall be 
performed by an independent and qualified appraiser--
            (1) selected by NEJV; and
            (2) approved by the Secretary.
    (c) Minerals.--The appraisal required by subsection (a) shall take 
into account mineral and technical reports provided by the Secretary 
and NEJV in the evaluation of mineral deposits on the Orange Hill 
Parcel.
    (d) Costs.--NEJV shall pay to the Secretary all costs related to 
the appraisal required by subsection (a) and other administrative 
costs.

SEC. 4. MAP.

    (a) Availability of Map.--The Secretary shall file the map and make 
the map available for public inspection in the Superintendent's Office 
of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.
    (b) Corrections of Errors.--The Secretary may correct minor errors 
in the map.
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