Upper Y Mountain Trail and Y Conveyance Act

Bill: 113-s-28
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2013-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Educational facilities and institutions
Forests, forestry, trees
Higher education
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-22
text: 
 Y Mountain Access Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), upon request by Brigham Young University, to convey an approximately 80-acre parcel of National Forest System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah. 
 
Requires the University to pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the fair market value of such land. Requires such consideration to be deposited in the general Treasury fund to reduce the federal deficit. 
 
Directs the University, after the conveyance, to represent that it will: (1) continue allowing the same reasonable public access to the trailhead, and the part of the Y Mountain Trail already owned by the University, as has been historically allowed; and (2) allow such access to the part of the Trail and the "Y" symbol located on the conveyed land. 

action_date: 2013-09-10
text: 
 Upper Y Mountain Trail and Y Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), upon request by Brigham Young University, to convey an approximately 80-acre parcel of National Forest System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah. 
 
Requires the University to pay to the Secretary the fair market value of such land. Requires such consideration to be deposited in the general Treasury fund to reduce the federal deficit. 
 
Directs the University, after the conveyance, to: (1) continue allowing the same reasonable public access to the trailhead, and the part of the Y Mountain Trail already owned by the University, as has been historically allowed; and (2) allow such access to the part of the Trail and the "Y" symbol located on the conveyed land. 
 
Requires that the exact acreage and legal description of the land to be conveyed be determined by a survey that is satisfactory to the Secretary. 
 
Requires the University to pay the costs of the survey and appraisal and any administrative analyses required by law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 170.
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden with amendments and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 113-92.
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden with amendments and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 113-92.
action_date: 2013-06-18
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-28.
action_date: 2013-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate