An act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain Government-owned property in the Kisatchie National Forest to the State of Louisiana in exchange for certain property at old Camp Livingston, Louisiana.
PL 96-474 (H.R.5326), enacted 10/19/1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-474—OCT. 19, 1980 
94 STAT. 2267 
Public Law 96-474 
96th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain Government-owned 
property in the Kisatchie National Forest to the State of Louisiana in exchange 
for certain property at old Camp Livingston, Louisiana. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of Agriculture (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Secretary') 
shall convey to the State of Louisiana all right, title, and interest of 
the United States in and to approximately 1,587.30 acres of land 
which is in the Kisatchie National Forest in the parishes of Grant 
and Rapides in Louisiana and more particularly described as: south-
west quarter of section 1, township 5 north, range 1 east, containing 
159.60 acres; southeast quarter of northwest quarter of section 1, 
township 5 north, range 1 east, containing 39.90 acres; a fractional 
part of west half of section 12, township 5 north, range 1 east, 
containing 273.92 acres; west half of southeast quarter of section 12, 
township 5 north, range 1 east, containing 79.44 acres; a fractional 
part of north half of section 13, township 5 north, range 1 east, 
containing 302.39 acres; southwest quarter of section 13, township 5 
north, range 1 east, containing 159.07 acres; west half of southeast 
quarter of section 13, township 5 north, range 1 east, containing 79.49 
acres; northeast quarter of southeast quarter of section 13, township 5 
north, range 1 east, containing 39.73 acres; a fractional part of section 
15, township 5 north, range 1 east, containing 171.76 acres; south half 
of southwest quarter of section 19, township 6 north, range 2 east, 
containing 80.64 acres; southwest quarter of southeast quarter of 
section 19, township 6 north, range 2 east, containing 40.24 acres; and 
north half of north half of section 30, township 6 north, range 2 east, 
containing 161.12 acres. All fractional parts referred to in this section 
shall be surveyed prior to conveyance. 
SEC. 2. The conveyance referred to in the first section of this Act 
shall be made upon the following conditions: 
(1) The conveyed property shall be used for the training and 
support of the National Guard of Louisiana and if it shall ever 
cease to be used for such purposes, all right, title, and interest in 
and to such property, and any improvements located thereon, 
shall revert to and become the property of the United States, 
which shall have immediate right of entry thereon. 
(2) The United States shall reserve in itself all mineral rights 
with respect to the conveyed property, including oil and gas 
rights, as well as the right to enter the property for the purpose 
of the reasonable exploitation of such resources. 
(3) The United States shall retain the right to enter and use the 
conveyed property, without payment of any compensation, in the 
event that the President declares a state of national emergency, 
or upon a determination by the Secretary of Defense that the 
property is needed in the interest of national defense. 
(4) The conveyed property shall remain subject to all existing 
easements, servitudes, and rights-of-way. 
Oct. 19, 1980 
[H.R. 5326] 
Kisatchie 
National Forest, 
La., land 
conveyance. 
Conditions. 
94 STAT. 2268 
PUBLIC LAW 96-474—OCT. 19, 1980 
Camp 
Livingston, land 
conveyance to 
U.S. 
Survey costs. 
National forest 
land, 
designations. 
(5) In consideration for such conveyance, the State of Louisiana 
shall convey to the United States all of its right, title, and 
interest in and to approximately 1,584.41 acres of land essen-
tially equal in value to the Federal land described in section 1 of 
this Act, said land being located in old Camp Livingston in the 
parishes of Grant and Rapides in Louisiana and more particular-
ly described as: west half of northeast quarter of section 2, 
township 5 north, range 1 east, containing 80.58 acres; a fraction-
al part of west half of southeast quarter of section 2, township 5 
north, range 1 east, containing 50.0 acres; southeast quarter of 
northwest quarter of section 2, township 5 north, range 1 east, 
less and except 3.60 acres; said tract to contain 36.63 acres; a 
fractional part of east half of southwest quarter of section 2, 
township 5 north, range 1 east, containing 7LIT acres; southwest 
quarter of section 3, township 5 north, range 1 east, containing 
161.80 acres; south half of northeast quarter of section 4, town-
ship 5 north, range 1 east, containing 80.35 acres; north half of 
southeast quarter of section 4, township 5 north, range 1 east, 
containing 80.35 acres; east half of section 5, township 5 north, 
range 1 east, containing 321.20 acres; east half of west half of 
section 5, township 5 north, range 1 east, containing 160.60 acres; 
northwest quarter of northwest quarter of section 5, township 5 
north, range 1 east, containing 40.15 acres; northeast quarter of 
section 8, township 5 north, range 1 east, containing 160.0 acres; 
northeast quarter of southeast quarter of section 8, township 5 
north, range 1 east, containing 40.0 acres; a fractional part of east 
half of northwest quarter of section 11, township 5 north, range 1 
east, containing 61.76 acres; a fractional part of east half of 
southwest quarter of section 11, township 5 north, range 1 east, 
containing 83.48 acres; a fractional part of section 15 lying 
northwest of Beaver Creek containing 36 acres; south half of 
southwest quarter of section 35, township 6 north, range 1 east, 
containing 80.23 acres; and southwest quarter of southeast quar-
ter of section 35, township 6 north, range 1 east, containing 40.11 
acres. All fractional parts referred to in this paragraph shall be 
surveyed prior to conveyance. 
SEC. 3. The cost of any necessary surveys incident to the convey-
ances described in the first section and in paragraph (5) of section 2 of 
this Act shall be shared equally by the United States and the State of 
Louisiana. 
SEC. 4. The Secretary is authorized to accept the property described 
in paragraph (5) of section 2 of this Act on behalf of the United States, 
subject to all existing easements, servitudes, and rights-of-way. Such 
property shall be designated as national forest land and administered 
by the Secretary accordingly. 
Approved October 19, 1980. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 96-1385 (Coram, on Agriculture). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 126 (1980): 
Oct. 1, considered and passed House and Senate.