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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''White River National Forest
Improvement Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATIVE SITES CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY, WHITE RIVER NATIONAL
FOREST, COLORADO.

(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) The White River National Forest in Colorado (in this
section referred to as the ''Forest'') is one of the most
visited recreation forests in the United States, but the
administrative facilities of the Forest have become outdated
and prohibitively expensive to operate and maintain.
(2) The recently completed facility master plan for the
Forest, entitled ''Facility Master Plan, White River National
Forest'' and dated March 2003, including Appendix 3 of the
plan, entitled ''Baseline Analysis and Strategic
Recommendations'' (in this section referred to as the
''Facility Master Plan and Appendix 3''), provides an excellent
model for solving the facilities needs of the Forest so as to
better serve the public and otherwise fulfill the mission of
the Forest.
(b) Special Conveyance Authority.--
(1) Authority provided.--The Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized to sell, lease, exchange or otherwise convey, under
such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, any
or all right, title, and interest of the United States in and
to the following parcels of real property, including
improvements thereon, within the Forest, as identified for
disposal in the Facility Master Plan and Appendix 3:
(A) Parcel a.--Shop/Barracks/Residential Compound,
10.9 acres, more or less.
(B) Parcel b.--Eagle D.O. and dwelling unit, 0.3
acres, more or less.
(C) Parcel c.--Eagle Shop/Pasture compound, 8.0
acres, more or less.
(D) Parcel d.--Washington Street Residence, 0.2
acres, more or less.
(E) Parcel e.--Holy Cross D.O. (Dowd Junction), 10
acres, more or less.
(F) Parcel f.--Martin Property, 11.7 acres, more or
less.
(G) Parcel g.--Bone Yard/Storage Area, 5 acres,
more or less.
(H) Parcel h.--Housing Compound, 7 acres, more or
less.
(I) Parcel i.--Cross Creek Parcel, 10 acres, more
or less.
(J) Parcel j.--Dwelling 355 Fairway, 0.2 acres,
more or less.
(K) Parcel k.--Dwelling 236 Fairway, 0.2 acres,
more or less.
(L) Parcel l.--Sopris D.O. (Site #300), 1.2 acres,
more or less.
(M) Parcel m.--Sopris Pasture (Site #380), 11
acres, more or less.
(N) Parcel n.--Old Tree Nursery (Site #360), 29
acres, more or less.
(O) Parcel o.--SO Shop (Site #610), 0.66 acres,
more or less.
(P) Parcel p.--Airport Site, 4.0 acres, more or
less.
(2) Inclusion of additional parcels.--The Secretary may use
the authority provided by this section to convey other real
property in the Forest that is excess or extraneous to the
needs of the Forest Service and is used predominantly for
administrative purposes. The Secretary may include the
approximately 3.0 acre administrative parcel in Aspen,
Colorado, but the Secretary may only convey that parcel by
lease or other contractual arrangement so that the United
States retains fee ownership of the parcel.
(3) Descriptions.--The Secretary may modify the description
of a parcel of real property referred to in paragraph (1) to
correct errors or to reconfigure the parcel to facilitate a
conveyance.
(c) Consideration.--
(1) Acceptance and forms.--As consideration for the
conveyance of real property under this section, the Secretary
of Agriculture may accept cash, land, improvements, operational
and maintenance services related to the administrative
facilities of the Forest, or a combination thereof.
(2) Use.--Subject to subsection (e), the Secretary shall
utilize the parcels of real property referred to in subsection
(b)(1) and the consideration received under this subsection in
connection with implementing the financial arrangements,
including public/private partnership transactions and full
solution transactional packages, described in the Facility
Master Plan and Appendix 3. The Secretary may modify the
details of the Facility Master Plan and Appendix 3 consistent
with the goal of solving the facilities needs of the Forest so
as to better serve the public and otherwise fulfill the mission
of the Forest.
(3) Valuation.--Any appraisal of real property considered
necessary or desirable by the Secretary to carry out a
conveyance under this section shall conform to the Uniform
Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions.
(4) Cash equalization.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Secretary may accept a cash equalization payment in
excess of 25 percent of the value of any real property conveyed
under this section by exchange.
(d) Methods and Manner of Conveyance.--
(1) Solicitations of offers.--The Secretary of Agriculture
may--
(A) solicit offers for the sale, lease, exchange,
or other conveyance of parcels of real property under
this section on such terms and conditions as the
Secretary may prescribe; and
(B) reject any offer that the Secretary determines
is not adequate or not in the public interest.
(2) Use of competitive methods.--The Secretary shall convey
a parcel of real property under this section utilizing
competitive processes, including competitive solicitation by
auction, bid, or otherwise, except insofar as the Secretary
determines that other procedures are required to facilitate the
conveyance of the parcel.
(3) Use of brokers.--The Secretary may utilize brokers or
other third parties in the conveyance of real property under
this section and, from the proceeds of the conveyance, may pay
reasonable commissions or fees for services rendered.
(e) Treatment of Receipts.--
(1) Deposit in sisk act fund.--The Secretary of Agriculture
shall deposit the net receipts of a conveyance under this
section in the fund established by Public Law 90-171 (commonly
known as the ''Sisk Act''; 16 U.S.C. 484a).
(2) Relation to other forest receipts.--The receipts from a
conveyance under this section shall not be paid or distributed
to the State of Colorado or any county in the State under any
provision of law or otherwise be considered as moneys received
from the National Forest System for purposes of the Act of May
23, 1908, or the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 500), or the
Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501).
(3) Use of receipts.--Amounts deposited pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall be available to the Secretary for
expenditure, without further appropriation, for the
acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance of
administrative improvements in the Forest, including provisions
for employee housing, in connection with implementing the
financial arrangements, including public/private partnership
transactions and full solution transactional packages,
described in the Facility Master Plan and Appendix 3, subject
to such modifications of the Facility Master Plan and Appendix
3 as the Secretary may make under subsection (c).
(f) Miscellaneous Provisions.--
(1) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the
parcels of real property referred to in subsection (b)(1) are
withdrawn from location, entry, and patent under the mining
laws of the United States.
(2) Inapplicable authorities.--Subchapters II and III of
chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code, and the Agriculture
Property Management Regulations shall not apply to any action
taken pursuant to this section.
(g) Authorization for Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.
A:
White River National Forest Improvement Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise convey all right of the United States in specified parcels of real property within the White River National Forest, Colorado; and (2) accept cash, land, improvements, and operational and maintenance services related to the administrative facilities of the Forest.

Directs the Secretary to utilize such parcels and the consideration received in connection with implementing the financial arrangements, including public-private partnership transactions and full solution transactional packages. Authorizes the Secretary to modify the details of the Facility Master Plan and Appendix 3 of the plan (entitled "Baseline Analysis and Strategic Recommendations") consistent with the goal of solving the facilities needs of the Forest.

Requires that any appraisal of real property considered necessary or desirable by the Secretary to carry out the conveyance conform to the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions. Permits the Secretary to accept a cash equalization payment in excess of 25 percent of the value of any real property conveyed by exchange.

Sets forth provisions regarding solicitations of offers, use of competitive methods, and use of brokers. Directs the Secretary to deposit the net receipts of a conveyance into the fund established by the Sisk Act.