A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain national forest system lands in the Targhee National Forest.
PL 100-488 (H.R.4028), enacted 10/14/1988

102 STAT. 2432 
PUBLIC LAW 100-488—OCT. 14, 1988 
Public Law 100-488 
100th Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 14, 1988 
[H.R. 4028] 
Wyoming. 
Public 
information. 
District of 
Columbia. 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain National Forest 
System lands in the Targhee National Forest. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
EXCHANGE AUTHORITY 
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the requirements contained in section 
1 of the Act of March 20, 1922, and that portion of section 206Qo) of 
the Act of October 21, 1976, which provides that when the Secretary 
of Agriculture exchanges lands, the lands exchanged must be lo-
cated in the same State, and must be included within the exterior 
boundaries of a National Forest— 
(a) the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as 
"the Secretary") is authorized to exchange those federally 
owned lands within the Targhee National Forest depicted on 
the map entitled "Targhee Exchange, Wyoming—Proposed", 
dated April 15, 1988, comprising approximately two hundred 
and seventy acres, for nonfederally owned lands within, adja-
cent, or in close proximity to the Targhee National Forest, 
including lands outside the exterior boundary of the forest; 
OJ) the values of lands exchanged by the Secretary under this 
Act shall be equal, or if they are not equal, the values shall be 
equalized by the payment of money to the grantor or to the 
Secretary as the circumstances require so long as pa5mient does 
not exceed 25 per centum of the total values of the lands or 
interests transferred out of Federal ownership. The Secretary 
shall try to reduce the amount of payment of money to as small 
an amount as possible; 
(c) the map described in subsection (a) and a legal description 
of such lands depicted therein, shall be on file and available for 
public inspection in the office of the Chief of the Forest Service, 
Department of Agriculture, Washington, District of Columbia. 
Such map and legal description shall have the same force and 
effect as if included in this Act: Provided, That actual acreage 
and boundaries may be adjusted to equalize values and the 
correction of clerical and typographical errors in such legal 
description may be made by the Secretary; and 
(d) any lands acquired by the Secretary under this Act shall 
become part of the Targhee National Forest and the exterior 
boundary of the Targhee National Forest shall be revised to 
include such lands. 
SAVINGS CLAUSE 
SEC. 2. Except as specified in section 1, this Act shall not be 
construed as modifying any other requirements of existing law or 
regulations. 
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102 STAT. 2433 
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SEC. 3. As soon as practicable, but not later than nine months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall carry out 
the exchange authorized by section 1. 
Approved October 14, 1988. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4028: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-629, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs) and 
Pt. 2 (Comm. on Agriculture). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 100-513 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 134 (1988): 
May 24, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 28, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 4, House concurred in Senate amendments. 
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