[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 207 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 207


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 8, 1995

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a land exchange 
 involving the Cleveland National Forest, California, and to require a 
    boundary adjustment for the national forest to reflect the land 
                   exchange, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cleveland National Forest Land 
Exchange Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST, CALIFORNIA.

    (a) Conveyance by the Secretary of Agriculture.--
            (1) Conveyance.--In exchange for the conveyance described 
        in subsection (b), the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter 
        referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall convey to the Orange 
        County Council of the Boy Scouts of America all right, title, 
        and interest of the United States in and to the parcel of land 
        described in paragraph (2) located in the Cleveland National 
        Forest. The parcel conveyed by the Secretary shall be subject 
        to valid existing rights and to any easements that the 
        Secretary considers necessary for public and administrative 
        access.
            (2) Description of parcel.--The parcel of land referred to 
        in paragraph (1) consists of not more than 60 acres of land in 
        Section 28, Township 9 South, Range 4 East, San Bernardino 
        Meridian, in the unincorporated territory of San Diego County, 
        California.
    (b) Conveyance by the Boy Scouts of America.--
            (1) Conveyance.--In exchange for the conveyance described 
        in subsection (a), the Orange County Council of the Boy Scouts 
        of America shall convey to the United States all right, title, 
        and interest to the parcel of land described in paragraph (2). 
        The parcel conveyed under this subsection shall be subject to 
        such valid existing rights of record as may be acceptable to 
        the Secretary, and the title to the parcel shall conform with 
        the title approval standards applicable to Federal land 
        acquisitions.
            (2) Description of parcel.--The parcel of land referred to 
        in paragraph (1) shall be approximately equal in value to the 
        lands described in subsection (a)(2) and shall be at least the 
        Southerly 94 acres of the Westerly \1/2\ of Section 34, 
        Township 9 South, Range 4 East, San Bernardino Meridian, in the 
        unincorporated territory of San Diego County, California.
    (c) Boundary Adjustment.--Upon the completion of the land exchange 
authorized under this section, the Secretary shall adjust the 
boundaries of the Cleveland National Forest to exclude the parcel 
conveyed by the Secretary under subsection (a) and to include the 
parcel obtained by the Secretary under subsection (b). For purposes of 
section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1964 (16 
U.S.C. 460l-9), the boundary of the Cleveland National Forest, as 
modified by this Act, shall be considered the boundary of the forest as 
of January 1, 1965.
    (d) Incorporation into Cleveland National Forest.--Upon acceptance 
of title by the Secretary, the parcel obtained by the Secretary under 
subsection (b) shall become part of the Cleveland National Forest and 
shall be subject to all laws applicable to such national forest.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 7, 1995.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.