Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act of 1999
PL 106-272 (S.1374), enacted 09/22/2000

PUBLIC LAW 106-272—SEPT. 22, 2000 
114 STAT. 797 
Public Law 106-272 
106th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize the development and maintenance of a multi-agency campus project 
Sept. 22, 2000 
in the town of Jackson, Wyoming. 
[S. 1374] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
Jackson Multi-
Agency Campus 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
Act of 2000. 
This Act may be cited as the "Jackson Multi-Agency Campus 
Act of 2000". 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) the management of pubHc land and natural resources 
and the service of the public in the area of Jackson, Wyoming, 
are responsibilities shared by— 
(A) the Department of Agriculture; 
(B) the Forest Service; 
(C) the Department of the Interior, including— 
(i) the National Park Service; and 
(ii) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; 
(D) the Game and Fish Commission of the State of 
Wyoming; 
(E) Teton County, Wyoming; 
(F) the town of Jackson, Wyoming; 
(G) the Jackson Chamber of Commerce; and 
(H) the Jackson Hole Historical Society; and 
(2) it is desirable to locate the administrative offices of 
several of the agencies and entities specified in paragraph 
(1) on 1 site to— 
(A) facilitate communication between the agencies and 
entities; 
(B) reduce costs to the Federal, State, and local govern-
ments; and 
(C) better serve the public. 
(b) PURPOSES.—^The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to authorize the Federal agencies specified in subsection 
(a)— 
(A) to develop and maintain the Project in Jackson, 
Wyoming, in cooperation with the other agencies and enti-
ties specified in subsection (a); and 
(B) to provide resources and enter into such agreements 
as are necessary for the planning, design, construction, 
operation, maintenance, and fixture modifications of all 
elements of the Project; 
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(2) to direct the Secretary to convey to the town of Jackson, 
Wyoming, certain parcels of federally owned land located in 
Teton County, Wyoming, in exchange for construction of facili-
ties for the Bridger-Teton National Forest by the town of Jack-
son; 
(3) to direct the Secretary to convey to the Game and 
Fish Commission of the State of Wyoming certain parcels of 
federally owned land in the town of Jackson, Wyoming, in 
exchange for approximately 1.35 acres of land, also located 
in the town of Jackson, to be used in the construction of 
the Project; and 
(4) to relinquish certain reversionary interests of the United 
States in order to facilitate the transactions described in para-
graphs (1) through (3). 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COMMISSION.—^The term "Commission" means the Game 
and Fish Commission of the State of Wyoming. 
(2) CONSTRUCTION COST.—^The term "construction cost" 
means any cost that is— 
(A) associated with building improvements to Federal 
standards and guidelines; and 
(B) open to a competitive bidding process approved 
by the Secretary. 
(3) FEDERAL PARCEL.—^The term "Federal parcel" means— 
(A) the parcel of land, and all appurtenances to the 
land, comprising approximately 15.3 acres, depicted as 
"Bridger-Teton National Forest" on the Map; and 
(B) the parcel comprising approximately 80 acres, 
known as the "Cache Creek Administrative Site", located 
adjacent to the town. 
(4) MAP.—^The term "Map" means the map entitled "Multi-
Agency Campus Project Site", dated March 31, 1999, and on 
file in the offices of— 
(A) the Bridger-Teton National Forest, in the State 
of Wyoming; and 
(B) the Chief of the Forest Service. 
(5) MASTER PLAN.—^The term "master plan" means the docu-
ment entitled "Conceptual Master Plan", dated July 14, 1998, 
and on file at the offices of— 
(A) the Bridger-Teton National Forest, in the State 
of Wyoming; and 
(B) the Chief of the Forest Service. 
(6) PROJECT.—^The term "Project" means the proposed 
project for construction of a multi-agency campus, to be carried 
out by the town of Jackson in cooperation with the other 
agencies and entities described in section 2(a)(1), to provide, 
in accordance with the master plan— 
(A) administrative facilities for various agencies and 
entities; and 
(B) interpretive, educational, and other facilities for 
visitors to the greater Yellowstone area. 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term "Secretarj^' means the Secretary 
of Agriculture (including a designee of the Secretary). 
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(8) STATE PARCEL.—The term "State parcel" means the 
parcel of land comprising approximately 3 acres, depicted as 
"Wyoming Game and Fish" on the Map. 
(9) TOWN.—^The term "town" means the town of Jackson, 
Wyoming. 
SEC. 4. MULTI-AGENCY CAMPUS PROJECT, JACKSON, WYOMING. 
(a) CONSTRUCTION FOR EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after the date Deadline, 
of enactment of this Act, the town may construct, as part 
of the Project, an administrative facility to be owned and oper-
ated by the Bridger-Teton National Forest, if— 
(A) an offer by the town to construct the administrative 
facility is accepted by the Secretary under paragraph (2); 
(B) a memorandum of understanding between the town 
and the Secretary outlining the roles and responsibilities 
of each party involved in the land exchange and construc-
tion is executed; 
(C) a final building design and construction cost esti-
mate is approved by the Secretary; and 
(D) the exchange described in subsection (b)(2) is com-
pleted in accordance with that subsection. 
(2) ACCEPTANCE AND AUTHORIZATION TO CONSTRUCT.—^The 
Secretary, on receipt of an acceptable offer from the town 
under paragraph (1), shall authorize the town to construct 
the administrative facility described in paragraph (1) in accord-
ance with this Act. 
(3) CONVEYANCE.— 
(A) SECRETARY.—^The Secretary shall convey all right, 
title, and interest in and to the Federal land described 
in section 5(a)(1) to the town in simultaneous exchange 
for, and on satisfactory completion of, the administrative 
facility. 
(B) TOWN.—^The town shall convey all right, title, and 
interest in and to the administrative facility constructed 
under this section in exchange for the land described in 
section 5(a)(1). 
(b) OFFER TO CONVEY STATE PARCEL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may offer to convey 
a portion of the State parcel, depicted on the Map as "Parcel 
Three", to the United States to be used for construction of 
an administrative facility for the Bridger-Teton National Forest. 
(2) CONVEYANCE.—If the offer described in paragraph (1) 
is made not later than 5 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall convey the Federal land 
described in section 5(a)(2) to the Commission, in exchange 
for the portion of the State parcel described in paragraph 
(1), in accordance with this Act. 
SEC. 
5
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CONVEYANCE 
OF 
FEDERAL 
LAND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In exchange for the consideration described 
in section 4, the Secretary shall convey— 
(1) to the town, in a manner that equalizes values— 
(A) the portion of the Federal parcel, comprising 
approximately 9.3 acres, depicted on the Map as "Parcel 
Two"; and 
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(B) if an additional conveyance of land is necessary 
to equalize the values of land exchanged after the convey-
ance of Parcel Two, an appropriate portion of the portion 
of the Federal parcel comprising approximately 80 acres, 
known as the "Cache Creek Administrative Site" and 
located adjacent to the town; and 
(2) to the Commission, the portion of the Federal parcel, 
comprising approximately 3.2 acres, depicted on the Map as 
"Parcel One". 
(b) REVERSIONARY INTERESTS.—^As additional consideration for 
acceptance by the United States of any offer described in section 
4, the United States shall relinquish all reversionary interests 
in the State parcel, as set forth in the deed between the United 
States and the State of Wyoming, dated February 19, 1957, and 
recorded on October 2, 1967, in Book 14 of Deeds, Page 382, in 
the records of Teton County, Wyoming. 
SEC. 6. EQUAL VALUE OF INTERESTS EXCHANGED. 
(a) VALUATION OF LAND TO BE CONVEYED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—^The fair market and improvement values 
of the land to be exchanged under this Act shall be 
determined— 
(A) by appraisals acceptable to the Secretary, using 
nationally recognized appraisal standards; and 
(B) in accordance with section 206 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716). 
(2) APPRAISAL REPORT.—Each appraisal report shall be 
written to Federal standards, as defined in the Uniform 
Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions developed 
by the Interagency Land Acquisition Conference. 
(3) N o EFFECT ON VALUE OF REVERSIONARY INTERESTS.— 
An appraisal of the State parcel shall not take into consider-
ation any reversionary interest held by the United States in 
the State parcel as of the date on which the appraisal is 
conducted. 
(b) VALUE OF FEDERAL LAND GREATER THAN CONSTRUCTION 
COSTS.—If the value of the Federal land to be conveyed to the 
town under section 5(a)(1) is greater than the construction costs 
to be paid by the town for the administrative facility described 
in section 4(a), the Secretary shall reduce the acreage of the Federal 
land conveyed so that the value of the Federal land conveyed 
to the town closely approximates the construction costs. 
(c) VALUE OF FEDERAL LAND EQUAL TO VALUE OF STATE 
PARCEL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—^The value of any Federal land conveyed 
to the Commission under section 5(a)(2) shall be equal to the 
value of the State parcel conveyed to the United States under 
section 4(b). 
(2) BOUNDARIES.—^The boundaries of the Federal land and 
the State parcel may be adjusted to equalize values. 
(d) PAYMENT OF CASH EQUALIZATION.—^Notwithstanding sub-
sections (b) and (c), the values of Federal land and the State 
parcel may be equalized by payment of cash to the Secretary, 
the Commission, or the town, as appropriate, in accordance with 
section 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)), if the values cannot be equalized 
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by adjusting the size of parcels to be conveyed or by conve5dng 
additional land, without compromising the design of the Project. 
SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. 
(a) CONSTRUCTION OF FEDERAL FACILITIES.—^The construction 
of facilities on Federal land within the boundaries of the Project 
shall be— 
(1) supervised and managed by the town in accordance 
with the memorandum of understanding referred to in section 
4(a)(1)(B); and 
(2) carried out to standards and specifications approved 
by the Secretary. 
(b) ACCESS.—^The town (including contractors and subcontrac-
tors of the town) shall have access to the Federal land until comple-
tion of construction for all purposes related to construction of facili-
ties under this Act. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION OF LAND ACQUIRED BY UNITED STATES.— 
Land acquired by the United States under this Act shall be governed 
by all laws applicable to the administration of national forest sites. 
(d) WETLAND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—^There shall be no construction of any 
facility after the date of conveyance of Federal land under 
this Act within any portion of the Federal parcel delineated 
on the map as "wetlands". 
(2) DEEDS AND CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS.—^A deed or other 
conveyance document executed by the Secretary in carrying 
out this Act shall contain such reservations as are necessary 
to preclude development of wetland on any portion of the Fed-
eral parcel. 
Approved September 22, 2000. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1374: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106-748 (Comm. on Resources). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-215 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 145 (1999): Nov. 19, considered and passed Senate. 
Vol. 146 (2000): Sept. 12, considered and passed House.