To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands and improvements in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes.
PL 105-171 (H.R.3226), enacted 04/24/1998

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PUBLIC LAW 105-171—APR. 24, 1998 
Public Law 105-171 
105th Congress 
An Act 
Apr. 24, 1998 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands and improvements 
[H.R. 3226] 
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® State of 
Virginia, 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. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to authorize the Secretary of Agri-
culture (referred to in this Act as the "Secretary") to sell or exchange 
all or part of certain administrative sites and other lands in the 
George Washington National Forest and the Jefferson National 
Forest, and to use the value derived therefrom to acquire a replace-
ment site and to construct on the site suitable improvements for 
national forest administrative purposes. 
SEC. 2. SALE OR EXCHANGE OF LAND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—^The Secretary may, under such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, sell or exchange any 
or all right, title, and interest of the United States in and! to 
the approximately 368 acres contained in the following tracts of 
land situated in the State of Virginia: 
(1) Tract J-1665 (approximately 101 acres), as shown on 
the map titled "Natural Bridge Juvenile Corrections Center, 
February 4, 1998". 
(2) Tract G~1312a (approximately 214 acres), Tract G-
1312b (approximately 2 acres), and Tract G1312a-I (approxi-
mately 10 acres), as shown on the plat titled "George Washing-
ton National Forest, Alleghany Construction Company, (1312a,-
I,b), Alleghany County, Virginia, June 1936". 
(3) Tract G-1709 (approximately 23 acres), as shown on 
the plat titled "James C. Doyle, Alleghany County, Virginia, 
April 13, 1993". 
(4) Tract G-1360 (consisting of Lots 31 and 32; approxi-
mately .29 acres), Tract G-1361 (consisting of Lots 29 and 
30; approximately .29 acres). Tract G-1362 (consisting of Lots 
22, 23, and 24; approximately .43 acres), and Tract G-1363 
(consisting of Lot 21; approximately .14 acres), as shown on 
the plat titled "Dry River Road, George Washington National 
Forest, Warehouse Site, Bridgewater, Rockingham County, 
Virginia, July 1936". 
(5) Tract G-1524 (consisting of Lot 13; approximately .13 
acres), as shown on the plat titled "Vertie E. Beery Tract, 
Rockingham County, Virginia, February 3, 1966". 
(6) Tract G-1525 (consisting of Lots 11 and 12; approxi-
mately .26 acres), as shown on the plat titled "Charles F. 
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Simmons Tract 1525, Rockingham County, Virginia, February 
3, 1966". 
(7) Tract G-1486 (consisting of Lots 14,15, and 16; approxi-
mately .39 acres), as shown on the plat shown at Deed Book 
133, Page 341 Rockingham Virginia Records of the D.S. Thomas 
Inc. Addition, Town of Bridgewater. 
(8) Tract N-123a (consisting of Lots 7 and 8; approximately 
.287 acres), as shown on the plat titled "George Washington 
Forest. A.M. Rucker, Tract N-123a, Buena Vista, Virginia". 
(9) Tract N-123b (consisting of Lots 5 and 6; approximately 
.287 acres), as shown on the plat titled "George Washington 
Unit, AM. Rucker, N-123b, Rockbridge County, Virginia, city 
of Buena Vista, dated 1942". 
(10) Tract G-1417 (approximately 1.2 acres), as shown 
on the plat titled "George Washington Unit, R.A. Warren, 
Tracts (1417-1417a), Bath County, Virginia, May 1940". 
(11) Tract G—1520 (approximately 1 acre), as shown on 
the plat titled "Samuel J. Snead Tract, Bath County, Virginia, 
February 3, 1966". 
(12) Tract G—1522a (approximately .65 acres), as shown 
on the plat titled "Charles N. Loving Tract, Bath County, 
Virginia, February 3, 1966". 
(13) Tract G-1582 (approximately .86 acres), as shown 
on the plat titled "Willie I. Haynes Tract, Bath County, Virginia, 
January 1974". 
(14) Tract G—1582a (approximately .62 acres), as shown 
on the plat titled "Willie I. Haynes, Bath County, Virginia, 
January 1979". 
(15) Tract G—1673 (approximately 1.69 acres), as shown 
on the plat titled "Erwin S. Solomon Tract, Bath County, 
Virginia, September 15, 1970". 
(16) Tract J-1497 (approximately 2.66 acres), as shown 
on the plat titled "James A. Williams, Tract 1497, January 
24, 1990". 
(17) Tract J-1652 (approximately 1,64 acres), as shown 
on the plat titled "United States of America, Tract J-1652, 
Buchansin Magisterial District, Botetourt County, Virginia, 
September 4, 1996". 
(18) Tract J-1653 (approximately 5.08 acres), as shown 
on the plat titled "United States of America, Tract J-1653, 
Peaks Magisterial District, Bedford County, Virginia, November 
4, 1996". 
The Secretary may acquire land, and existing or future administra-
tive improvements, in consideration for the conveyance of the lands 
designated in this subsection. 
(b) APPLICABLE AUTHORITIES.—^Except as otherwise provided 
in this Act, any sale or exchange of all or a portion of the lands 
designated in subsection (a) shall be subject to existing laws, rules, 
and regulations applicable to the conveyance and acquisition of 
lands for National Forest System purposes. 
(c) CASH EQUALIZATION.—^Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary may accept cash equalization pajnnents in 
excess of 25 percent of the total value of the lands designated 
in subsection (a) from any exchange authorized by subsection (a). 
(d) SOLICITATIONS OF OFFERS.—In carrying out this Act, the 
Secretary may use public or private solicitations of offers for sale 
or exchange on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 
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prescribe. The Secretary may reject any offer if the Secretary deter-
mines that the offer is not adequate or not in the public interest. 
SEC. 3. DISPOSITION OF FUNDS. 
Any funds received by the Secretary through sale or by cash 
equalization from an exchange shall be deposited into the fund 
provided by the Act of December 4,1967 (16 U.S.C. 484a), commonly 
known as the Sisk Act, and shall be available for expenditure, 
upon appropriation, for— 
(1) the acquisition of lands, and interests in the lands, 
in the State of Virginia; and 
(2) the acquisition or construction of administrative 
improvements in connection with the George Washington and 
Jefferson National Forests. 
Approved April 24, 1998. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3226: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 144 (1998): 
Mar. 24, considered and passed House. 
Apr. 3, considered and passed Senate.