Oregon Land Exchange Act of 2000
PL 106-257 (S.1629), enacted 08/08/2000

114 STAT. 650 
PUBLIC LAW 106-257—AUG. 8, 2000 
Public Law 106-257 
106th Congress 
An Act 
Aug. 8, 2000 
To provide for the exchange of certain land in the State of Oregon. 
[S. 1629] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of 
Oregon Land 
the United States of America in Congress assembled. 
Exchange Act of 
2000. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the "Oregon Land Exchange Act 
of 2000". 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) certain parcels of private land located in northeast 
Oregon are intermingled with land owned by the United States 
and administered— 
(A) by the Secretary of the Interior as part of the 
Central Oregon Resource Area in the Prineville Bureau 
of Land Management District and the Baker Resource Area 
in the Vale Bureau of Land Management District; and 
(B) by the Secretary of Agriculture as part of the 
Malheur National Forest, the Wallowa-Whitman National 
Forest, and the Umatilla National Forest; 
(2) the surface estate of the private land described in 
paragraph (1) is intermingled with parcels of land that are 
owned by the United States or contain valuable fisheries and 
wildlife habitat desired by the United States; 
(3) the consolidation of land ownerships will facilitate sound 
and efficient management for both public and private lands; 
(4) the improvement of management efficiency through the 
land tenure adjustment program of the Department of the 
Interior, which disposes of small isolated tracts having low 
public resource values within larger blocks of contiguous parcels 
of land, would serve important public objectives, including— 
(A) the enhancement of public access, aesthetics, and 
recreation opportunities within or adjacent to designated 
wild and scenic river corridors; 
(B) the protection and enhancement of habitat for 
threatened, endangered, and sensitive species within uni-
fied landscapes under Federal management; and 
(C) the consolidation of holdings of the Bureau of Land 
Management and the Forest Service— 
(i) to facilitate more efficient 
administration, 
including a reduction in administrative costs to the 
United States; and 
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(ii) to reduce right-of-way, special use, and other 
permit processing and issuance for roads and other 
facihties on Federal land; 
(5) time is of the essence in completing a land exchange 
because further delays may force the identified landowners 
to construct roads in, log, develop, or sell the private land 
and thereby diminish the public values for which the private 
land is to be acquired; and 
(6) it is in the public interest to complete the land 
exchanges at the earliest practicable date so that the land 
acquired by the United States can be preserved for— 
(A) protection of threatened and endangered species 
habitat; and 
(B) permanent public use and enjoyment. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this Act— 
(1) the term 
"Clearwater" 
means 
Clearwater 
Land 
Exchange—Oregon, an Oregon partnership that signed the 
document entitled "Assembled Land Exchange Agreement 
between the Bureau of Land Management and Clearwater Land 
Exchange—Oregon for the Northeast Oregon Assembled Lands 
Exchange, OR 51858", dated October 30, 1996, and the docu-
ment entitled "Agreement to initiate" with the Forest Service, 
dated June 30, 1995, or its successors or assigns; 
(2) the term "identified landowners" means private land-
owners identified by Clearwater and willing to exchange private 
land for Federal land in accordance with this Act; 
(3) the term "map" means the map entitled "Northeast 
Oregon Assembled Land Exchange/Triangle Land Exchange", 
dated November 5, 1999; and 
(4) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior 
or the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate. 
SEC. 4. BLM—NORTHEAST OREGON ASSEMBLED LAND EXCHANGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon the request of Clearwater, on behalf 
of the appropriate identified landowners, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall exchange the Federal lands described in subsection 
(b) for the private lands described in subsection (c), as provided 
in section 6. 
(b) BLM LANDS TO B E CONVEYED.—The parcels of Federal 
lands to be conveyed by the Secretary to the appropriate identified 
landowners are as follows— 
(1) the parcel comprising approximately 45,824 acres 
located in Grant County, Oregon, within the Central Oregon 
Resource Area in the Prineville District of the Bureau of Land 
Management, as generally depicted on the map; 
(2) the parcel comprising approximately 2,755 acres located 
in Wheeler County, Oregon, within the Central 
Oregon 
Resource Area in the Prineville District of the Bureau of Land 
Management, as generally depicted on the map; 
(3) the parcel comprising approximately 726 acres located 
in Morrow County, Oregon, within the Baker Resource Area 
of the Vale District of Land Management, as generally depicted 
on the map; and 
(4) the parcel comprising approximately 1,015 acres located 
in Umatilla County, Oregon, within the Baker Resource Area 
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Deadline. 
in the Vale District of the Bureau of Land Management, as 
generally depicted on the map. 
(c) PRIVATE LANDS TO BE ACQUIRED.—The parcel of private 
lands to be conveyed by the appropriate identified landowners to 
the Secretary are as follows— 
(1) the parcel comprising approximately 31,646 acres 
located in Grant County, Oregon, within the Central Oregon 
Resource Area in the Prineville District of the Bureau of Land 
Management, as generally depicted on the map; 
(2) the parcel comprising approximately 1,960 acres located 
in Morrow County, Oregon, within the Baker Resource Area 
in the Vale District of the Bureau of Land Management, as 
generally depicted on the map; and 
(3) the parcel comprising approximately 10,544 acres 
located in Umatilla County, Oregon, within the Baker Resource 
Area in the Vale District of the Bureau of Land Management, 
as generally depicted on the map. 
SEC. 5. FOREST SERVICE—TRIANGLE LAND EXCHANGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon the request of Clearwater, on behalf 
of the appropriate identified landowners, the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall exchange the Federal lands described in subsection 
(b) for the private lands described in subsection (c), as provided 
in section 6. 
(b) FOREST SERVICE LANDS TO BE CONVEYED.—^The National 
Forest System lands to be conveyed by the Secretary to the appro-
priate identified landowners comprise approximately 3,901 acres 
located in Grant and Harney Counties, Oregon, within the Malheur 
National Forest, as generally depicted on the map. 
(c) PRIVATE LANDS TO B E ACQUIRED.—^The parcels of private 
lands to be conveyed by the appropriate identified landowners to 
the Secretary are as follows— 
(1) the parcel comprising approximately 3,752 acres located 
in Grant and Harney Counties, Oregon, within the Malheur 
National Forest, as generally depicted on the map; 
(2) the parcel comprising approximately 1,702 acres located 
in Baker and Grant Counties, Oregon, within the Wallowa-
Whitman National Forest, as generally depicted on the map; 
and 
(3) the parcel comprising approximately 246 acres located 
in Grant and Wallowa Counties, Oregon, within or adjacent 
to the Umatilla National Forest, as generally depicted on the 
map. 
SEC. 6. LAND EXCHANGE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
the land exchanges implemented by this Act shall be conducted 
in accordance with section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1716) and other applicable laws. 
(b) MULTIPLE TRANSACTIONS.—The Secretary of the Interior 
and the Secretary of Agriculture may carry out a single or multiple 
transactions to complete the land exchanges authorized in this 
Act. 
(c) COMPLETION OF EXCHANGES.—^Any land exchange under 
this Act shall be completed not later than 90 days after the Sec-
retary and Clearwater reach an agreement on the final appraised 
values of the lands to be exchanged. 
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information. 
(d) APPRAISALS.—(1) The values of the lands to be exchanged 
under this Act shall be determined by appraisals using nationally 
recognized appraisal standards, including as appropriate— 
(A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land 
Acquisitions (1992); and 
(B) the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Prac-
tice. 
(2) To ensure the equitable and uniform appraisal of the lands 
to be exchanged under this Act, all appraisals shall determine 
the best use of the lands in accordance with the law of the State 
of Oregon, including use for the protection of wild and scenic river 
characteristics as provided in the Oregon Administrative Code. 
(3)(A) all appraisals of lands to be exchanged under this Act Deadline 
shall be completed, reviewed and submitted to the Secretary not 
later than 90 days after the date Clearwater requests the exchange. 
(B) Not less than 45 days before an exchange of lands under 
this Act is completed, a comprehensive summary of each appraisal 
for the specific lands to be exchanged shall be available for public 
inspection in the appropriate Oregon offices of the Secretary, for 
a 15-day period. 
(4) After the Secretary approves the final appraised values 
of any parcel of the lands to be conveyed under this Act, the 
value of such parcel shall not be reappraised or updated before 
the completion of the applicable land exchange, except for any 
adjustments in value that may be required under subsection (e)(2). 
(e) EQUAL VALUE LAND EXCHANGE.—(1)(A) The value of the 
lands to be exchanged under this Act shall be equal, or if the 
values are not equal, they shall be equalized in accordance with 
section 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1716(b)) or this subsection. 
(B) The Secretary shall retain any cash equalization payments 
received under subparagraph (A) to use, without further appropria-
tion, to purchase land from willing sellers in the State of Oregon 
for addition to lands under the administration of the Bureau of 
Land Management or the Forest Service, as appropriate. 
(2) If the value of the private lands exceeds the value of the 
Federal lands by 25 percent or more, Clearwater, after consultation 
with the affected identified landowners and the Secretary, shall 
withdraw a portion of the private lands necessary to equalize the 
values of the lands to be exchanged. 
(3) If any of the private lands to be acquired do not include 
the rights to the subsurface estate, the Secretary may reserve 
the subsurface estate in the Federal lands to be exchanged. 
(f) LAND TITLES.—(1) Title to the private lands to be conveyed 
to the Secretary shall be in a form acceptable to the Secretary. 
(2) The Secretary shall convey all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in the Federal lands to the appropriate identi-
fied landowners, except to the extent the Secretary reserves the 
subsurface estate under subsection (c)(2). 
(g) MANAGEMENT OF LANDS.—(1) Lands acquired by the Sec-
retary of the Interior under this Act shall be administered in 
accordance with sections 205(c) of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1715(c)), and lands acquired by the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall be administered in accordance with 
sections 205(d) of such Act (43 U.S.C. 1715(d)). 
(2) Lands acquired by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant 
to section 4 which are within the North Fork of the John Day 
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subwatershed shall be administered in accordance with section 
205(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 
1715(c)), but shall be managed primarily for the protection of native 
fish and wildlife habitat, and for public recreation. The Secretary 
may permit other authorized uses within the subwatershed if the 
Secretary determines, through the appropriate land use planning 
process, that such uses are consistent with, and do not diminish 
these management purposes. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary to carry out this Act. 
Approved August 8, 2000. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1629: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106-747 (Comm. on Resources). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-248 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resovu-ces). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000): 
Apr. 13, considered and passed Senate. 
July 25, considered and passed House.