[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3554 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3554

To require the exchange of National Forest System lands in the Targhee 
  National Forest in Idaho for non-Federal lands within the forest in 
                                Wyoming.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 1993

  Mr. Crapo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the exchange of National Forest System lands in the Targhee 
  National Forest in Idaho for non-Federal lands within the forest in 
                                Wyoming.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF EXCHANGE.

    (a) Conveyance.--Notwithstanding the requirements in the Act 
entitled ``An Act to Consolidate National Forest Lands'', approved 
March 20, 1922 (16 U.S.C. 485), and section 206(b) of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)) that Federal and 
non-Federal lands exchanged for each other must be located within the 
same State, the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey the Federal lands 
described in section 2(a) in exchange for the non-Federal lands 
described in section 2(b) in accordance with the provisions of this 
Act.
    (b) Applicability of Other Provisions of Law.--Except as otherwise 
provided in this Act, the land exchange required in this Act shall be 
made under the existing authorities of the Secretary.
    (c) Acceptability of Title and Manner of Conveyance.--The Secretary 
shall not carry out the exchange described in subsection (a) unless the 
title to the non-Federal lands to be conveyed to the United States, and 
the form and procedures of conveyance, are acceptable to the Secretary.

SEC. 2. DESCRIPTION OF LANDS TO BE EXCHANGED.

    (a) Federal Lands.--The Federal lands referred to in this Act are 
located in the Targhee National Forest in Idaho and generally depicted 
on the map entitled ``Targhee Exchange, Idaho-Wyoming--Proposed, 
Federal Land'', dated June 16, 1993.
    (b) Non-Federal Lands.--The non-Federal lands referred to in this 
Act are located in the Targhee National Forest in Wyoming and generally 
depicted on the map entitled ``Non-Federal Land, Targhee Exchange, 
Idaho-Wyoming--Proposed'', dated June 16, 1993.
    (c) Maps.--The maps referred to in subsections (a) and (b) shall be 
on file and available for inspection in the office of the Targhee 
National Forest in Idaho and in the national office of the Forest 
Service.

SEC. 3. EQUALIZATION OF VALUES.

    The values of the Federal and non-Federal lands to be exchanged 
under this Act shall be established by appraisals of fair market value 
that shall be subject to approval by the Secretary. The values either 
shall be equal or shall be equalized using the following methods:
            (1) Adjustment of lands.--
                    (A) Portion of federal lands.--If the Federal lands 
                are greater in value than the non-Federal lands, the 
                Secretary shall reduce the acreage of the Federal lands 
                until the values of the Federal lands closely 
                approximate the values of the non-Federal lands.
                    (B) Additional federally-owned lands.--If the non-
                Federal lands are greater in value than the Federal 
                lands, the Secretary may convey additional federally 
                owned lands within the Targhee National Forest up to an 
                amount necessary to equalize the values of the non-
                Federal lands and the lands to be transferred out of 
                Federal ownership.
            (2) Payment of money.--The values may be equalized by the 
        payment of money as provided in section 206(b) of the Federal 
        Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)).

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) The term ``Federal lands'' means the Federal lands 
        described in section 2(a).
            (2) The term ``non-Federal lands'' means the non-Federal 
        lands described in section 2(b).
            (3) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
        Agriculture.

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