Rocky Mountain National Park Boundary Modification and Land Exchange Act

Bill: 116-s-3331
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2020-02-25
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado

Land transfers

Parks, recreation areas, trails
Latest action: action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-367.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-02-25
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p> <b>Rocky Mountain National Park Boundary Modification and Land Exchange Act </b></p> <p>This bill provides for a land donation and a land exchange involving Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.</p> <p> The Department of the Interior may acquire, by donation, approximately 40 acres of identified nonfederal land for inclusion in the Rocky Mountain National Park. </p> <p> Interior shall 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. </p> <p>The nonfederal land that is acquired by Interior shall be administered as part of Rocky Mountain National Park. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3331 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 25, 2020 Mr. Gardner (for himself and Mr. Bennet ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To modify the boundary of the Rocky Mountain National Park, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rocky Mountain National Park Boundary Modification and Land Exchange Act . 2. Rocky Mountain National Park Boundary Modification (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Map The term map means the map entitled “Rocky Mountain National Park Proposed Boundary Revision”, numbered 121/154,327, and dated June 2019. (2) Non-Federal land The term non-Federal land means the approximately 40 acres of non-Federal land depicted as TR 05–133 on the map. (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. (b) Land acquisition The Secretary may acquire, by donation, the non-Federal land for inclusion in the Rocky Mountain National Park. (c) Boundary modification On acquisition of the non-Federal land under subsection (b), the Secretary shall— (1) modify the boundary of the Rocky Mountain National Park to include the acquisition; and (2) administer the acquired land as part of the Rocky Mountain National Park, in accordance with applicable laws. (d) Availability of map The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in appropriate offices of the National Park Service. 3. Rocky Mountain National Park land exchange (a) Definitions In this section: (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. (b) 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. (c) Valuation The value of the Federal land and the non-Federal land to be exchanged under subsection (b) shall be considered to be of equal value. (d) Administration The non-Federal land acquired by the Secretary under subsection (b) shall be administered by the Secretary as part of Rocky Mountain National Park. (e) Availability of map The map shall be on file and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.