An act to further amend the boundary of the Cibola National Forest to allow an exchange of lands with the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
PL 97-283 (S.2405), enacted 10/05/1982

PUBLIC LAW 97-283—OCT. 5, 1982 
96 STAT. 1215 
Public Law 97-283 
97th Congress 
An Act 
To further amend the boundary of the Cibola National F'orest to allow an exchange of 
lands with the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to 
expedite the acquisition of land authorized by the Act of November 
8, 1978 (92 Stat. 3095, as amended), that Act is hereby amended as 
follows: 
(a) Delete all of section 1 and insert the following language in lieu 
thereof: 
"All that portion of the Elena Gallegos Grant, lying east of a line 
depicted on a subdivision plat entitled 'Summary Plat of a Portion of 
the Elena Gallegos Grant' (the 'Summary Plat'), recorded in the 
office of the County Clerk of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, on 
June 29, 1982, in Volume C19, Folio 183, consisting of eight pages, 
said line being the western limits of the tract described herein being 
further described as follows: Beginning at the closing corner 
between sections 35 and 36 of township 11 north, range 4 east, New 
Mexico principal meridian, on the south boundary of said grant; 
thence north ()0 degrees 03 minutes 21 seconds east, 2,670.40 feet to 
a point; thence north 00 degrees 03 minutes 21 seconds east, 1,244.73 
feet to the projected section corner common to sections 25, 26, 35, 
and 36; thence continuing along the projected section line common 
to said sections 25 and 26, north 00 degrees 17 minutes 37 seconds 
east, 1,346.11 feet to a point; thence leaving said section line and 
continuing south 84 degrees 40 minutes 00 seconds east, 178.00 feet 
to a point; thence south 53 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds east, 
218.00 feet to a point; thence north 52 degrees 50 minutes 00 seconds 
east, 364.00 feet to a point; thence east 225.00 feet to a point; thence 
north GQ degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds east, 1,244.14 feet to a point; 
thence north 06 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds west, 1,765.08 feet to 
a point; thence north 07 degrees 27 minutes 00 seconds west, 2,008.00 
feet to a point; thence south 80 degrees 38 minutes 00 seconds west, 
984.00 feet to a point; thence south 64 degrees 45 minutes 00 seconds 
west, 621.00 feet to the projected section corner common to sections 
23, 24, 25, and 26; thence north 00 degrees 44 minutes 22 seconds 
west, 1,382.97 feet to the southeast corner of Sandia Heights South, 
Unit 14, as the same is shown and designated on the plat filed in the 
office of the County Clerk of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, on 
February 12, 1975; thence continuing along the easterly boundary of 
said Unit 14, north 00 degrees 04 minutes 20 seconds east, 1,951.64 
feet to the northeast corner of said Unit 14, said corner also being 
the southeast corner of Sandia Heights South, Unit 10, as the same 
is shown and designated on the plat filed in the office of the County 
Clerk of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, on March 11, 1974; thence 
continuing along the easterly boundary of said Unit 10, north 00 
degrees 02 minutes 31 seconds east, 1,493.53 feet to the northeast 
corner of said Unit 10, said corner also being the southeast corner of 
Oct. 5, 
[S. 2405] 
Cibola National 
Forest, N. Mex. 
Land exchange 
and boundary 
extension. 
96 STAT. 1216 
PUBLIC LAW 97-283—OCT. 5, 1982 
Sandia Heights South, Unit 3, as the same is shown and designated 
on the plat filed in the office of the County Clerk of Bernalillo 
County, New Mexico, on August 3,1971; thence continuing along the 
easterly boundary of said Unit 3, north 00 degrees 03 minutes 29 
seconds east, 1,867.10 feet to the northeast corner of said Unit 3, said 
corner also being the southeast corner of Sandia Heights South, 
Unit 2, as the same is shown and designated on the plat filed in the 
office of the County Clerk of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, on 
October 20, 1970; thence continuing along easterly boundary of said 
Unit 2, north 00 degrees 03 minutes 29 seconds east, 1,869.70 feet to 
the northeast comer of said Unit 2, said corner also being the 
southeast corner of Sandia Heights South, as the same is shown and 
designated on the plat filed in the office of the County Clerk of 
Bernalillo County, New Mexico, on June 20,1966; thence continuing 
along the easterly boundary of said Sandia Heights South, north 00 
degrees 03 minutes 29 seconds east, 1,725.76 feet to the northwest 
corner of the tract herein described, said corner being a point on the 
northerly boundary of the Elena Gallegos Grant: Provided, however. 
That the tract of land described in this section not be included 
within the Cibola National Forest until the Secretary of Agriculture 
determines that the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, has acquired 
a tract of land containing approximately six hundred and forty acres 
located in such tract for open space or city park use.". 
92 Stat. 3095. 
(b) Add a new section 5 to read as follows: 
"SEC. 5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Secretary of the 
Interior, is authorized and directed to acquire the lands described in 
section 1 in lieu of purchase as authorized by section 4 of this Act by 
exchanging with the city of Albuquerque so much of the Federal 
lands administered by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land 
Management in the State of New Mexico and consisting of approxi-
mately 32,800 acres, more or less, as the Secretary of Agriculture 
and the Secretary of the Interior determine are needed to equal the 
value of the land conveyed by the city of Albuquerque. 
"(b) The lands to be conveyed are subject to valid existing rights. 
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96 STAT. 1217 
"(c) Transactions necessary to effect the exchange authorized by 
this section shall be made pursuant to the provisions of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2743) and other 43 use I70i 
applicable law except to the extent necessary to expeditiously carry 
out the provision of this section and shall be made within 90 days of 
enactment of this Act: Provided, That the rights and responsibilities 
of the respective owners shall remain with such owners until such 
time as the conveyances are executed.". 
Approved October 5, 1982. 
note. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 2405: 
SENATE REPORT No. 97-539 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982): 
Sept. 17, considered and passed Senate. 
Sept. 23, considered and passed House.