Title: A bill to provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Coconino National Forest land in the State of Arizona.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
This bill requires the conveyance of a land exchange involving Coconino National Forest in Arizona.
Specifically, the bill requires the independent appraisal of 13.3 acres of land within the Coconino National Forest, 43 acres of nonfederal land in Arizona, and an easement for the full maintenance and use of Forest Service Road 9201D from its junction with Forest Service Road 0618 (commonly known as Beaver Creek). Based on the appraisal of such lands and easement, the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR), on behalf of the University of Arizona Experiment Station, may identify a portion of the nonfederal land that (1) is equal in value to the federal land, and (2) shall be offered in exchange for the federal land.
Upon identification of the portion of the nonfederal land to be offered in the exchange, the ABOR may submit an offer to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to convey all right, title, and interest of the ABOR in and to the offered portion. On receiving an offer, USDA shall accept it and convey to the ABOR all U.S. interest in and to the federal land and easement.


[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2419 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2419

 To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Coconino National 
                  Forest land in the State of Arizona.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 1, 2019

Ms. McSally (for herself and Ms. Sinema) 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 provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Coconino National 
                  Forest 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. COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST LAND CONVEYANCE, ARIZONA.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) ABOR.--The term ``ABOR'' means the Arizona Board of 
        Regents, on behalf of the University of Arizona Experiment 
        Station.
            (2) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means the 
        approximately 13.3 acres of land within the Coconino National 
        Forest, in Yavapai County, Arizona--
                    (A) located near 4005 N. Forest Road 618, Rimrock, 
                Arizona; and
                    (B) generally depicted on the map entitled ``Act to 
                Convey Certain NFS Land and non-Federal Land in Arizona 
                Winter Quarters'' and dated June 20, 2019.
            (3) Non-federal land.--The term ``non-Federal land'' means 
        the approximately 43 acres of land generally depicted on the 
        map entitled ``Act to Convey Certain NFS Land and non-Federal 
        Land in Arizona Summer Quarters'' and dated June 20, 2019.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture.
    (b) Appraisals of Federal Land, Non-Federal Land, and Easement.--
            (1) In general.--The Federal land, the non-Federal land, 
        and the easement described in subsection (c)(5) shall be 
        appraised by an independent, qualified appraiser that is--
                    (A) selected from a list of appraisers in the State 
                of Arizona; and
                    (B) mutually agreed to by--
                            (i) the Secretary; and
                            (ii) ABOR.
            (2) Requirements.--Each appraisal under paragraph (1) shall 
        be conducted in accordance with--
                    (A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal 
                Land Acquisitions; and
                    (B) the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal 
                Practice.
    (c) Land Exchange.--
            (1) Identification of offered portion of non-federal 
        land.--Based on the relevant appraisal conducted under 
        subsection (b)(1), ABOR may identify a portion of the non-
        Federal land that--
                    (A) is equal in value to the Federal land; and
                    (B) will be offered in exchange for the Federal 
                land under paragraph (2).
            (2) Offer by abor.--On identification under paragraph (1) 
        of the portion of non-Federal land to be offered in exchange 
        for the Federal land (referred to in this subsection as the 
        ``offered portion of the non-Federal land''), ABOR may submit 
        to the Secretary an offer to convey all right, title, and 
        interest of ABOR in and to the offered portion of the non-
        Federal land.
            (3) Action by secretary.--Subject to paragraph (4), on 
        receipt of an offer under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall--
                    (A) accept the offer; and
                    (B) on receipt of acceptable title to the offered 
                portion of the non-Federal land, convey to ABOR--
                            (i) all right, title, and interest of the 
                        United States in and to the Federal land; and
                            (ii) the easement described in paragraph 
                        (5) and depicted on the map referred to in 
                        subsection (a)(2)(B).
            (4) Requirements.--
                    (A) Equal value.--The Secretary may carry out 
                paragraph (3) only if the Secretary determines, based 
                on the appraisals under subsection (b)(1), that the 
                value of the Federal land is equal to the value of the 
                offered portion of the non-Federal land.
                    (B) Additional terms and conditions.--The land 
                exchange under this subsection shall be subject to the 
                payment by ABOR of the reasonable cost of any survey, 
                appraisal, or any other administrative costs associated 
                with the exchange.
            (5) Description of easement.--The easement referred to in 
        paragraph (3)(B)(ii) is an easement under which--
                    (A) ABOR is authorized to fully maintain and use, 
                at the expense of ABOR, Forest Service Road 9201D from 
                its junction with Forest Service Road 0618 (commonly 
                known as ``Beaver Creek''), in accordance with the 
                historic use and maintenance patterns of ABOR; and
                    (B) the Forest Service retains all other rights to 
                Forest Service Road 9201D from its junction with Forest 
                Service Road 0618, including full and continued 
                administrative access to the road in accordance with a 
                Forest Service travel management plan.
            (6) Maps, estimates, and descriptions.--
                    (A) In general.--As soon as practicable after the 
                date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall--
                            (i) finalize a map and legal description 
                        for each of the Federal land and the offered 
                        portion of the non-Federal land to be exchanged 
                        under this subsection; and
                            (ii) ensure that the maps and legal 
                        descriptions are on file and available for 
                        public inspection in the headquarters of the 
                        Coconino National Forest.
                    (B) Minor adjustments; errors.--The Secretary and 
                ABOR may, by mutual agreement--
                            (i) make minor boundary adjustments to the 
                        Federal land and the offered portion of the 
                        non-Federal land exchanged under this 
                        subsection; and
                            (ii) correct any minor errors in any map, 
                        acreage estimate, or description of the Federal 
                        land and the offered portion of the non-Federal 
                        land exchanged under this subsection.
    (d) Conveyance Timeline.--It is the intent of Congress that the 
land exchange under subsection (c) shall be completed by not later than 
3 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (e) Management and Status of Acquired Land.--Any non-Federal land 
acquired by the Secretary under subsection (c) shall be managed by the 
Secretary in accordance with--
            (1) the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the ``Weeks 
        Law'') (36 Stat. 961, chapter 186; 16 U.S.C. 480 et seq.); and
            (2) any other laws (including regulations) applicable to 
        the National Forest System.
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