[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[S. 1025 Reported in Senate (RS)]





                                                       Calendar No. 403

104th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1025

                          [Report No. 104-268]

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                                 A BILL

   To provide for the exchange of certain federally owned lands and 
           mineral interests therein, and for other purposes.

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                              May 13, 1996

                       Reported with an amendment





                                                       Calendar No. 403
104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1025

                          [Report No. 104-268]

   To provide for the exchange of certain federally owned lands and 
           mineral interests therein, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 12 (legislative day, July 10), 1995

   Mr. Bumpers (for himself, Mr. Nickles, Mr. Pryor, and Mr. Inhofe) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

                              May 13, 1996

              Reported by Mr. Murkowski, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for the exchange of certain federally owned lands and 
           mineral interests therein, and for other purposes.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) The Weyerhaeuser Company has offered to the 
        United States Government an exchange of lands under which 
        Weyerhaeuser would receive approximately 50,000 acres of 
        Federal land in Arkansas and Oklahoma in return for conveying 
        to the United States lands owned by Weyerhaeuser consisting of 
        approximately 165,000 acres of forested wetlands and other 
        forest land of public interest in Arkansas and Oklahoma, 
        consisting of--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) certain Arkansas Ouachita lands 
                located near Lake Ouachita, Little Missouri Wild and 
                Scenic River, Flatside Wilderness and the Ouachita 
                National Forest;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) certain lands in Oklahoma located near 
                the McCurtain County Wilderness, the Broken Bow 
                Reservoir, the Glover River, and the Ouachita National 
                Forest; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) certain Arkansas Cossatot lands 
                located on the Little and Cossatot Rivers and 
                identified as the ``Pond Creek Bottoms'' in the Lower 
                Mississippi River Delta section of the North American 
                Waterfowl Management Plan.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Acquisition of the Arkansas Cossatot lands by 
        the United States will remove the lands in the heart of a 
        critical wetland ecosystem from sustained timber production and 
        other development.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) The acquisition of the Arkansas Ouachita lands 
        and the Oklahoma lands by the United States for administration 
        by the Forest Service will provide an opportunity for 
        enhancement of ecosystem management of the National Forest 
        System lands and resources.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) The Arkansas Ouachita lands and the Oklahoma 
        lands have outstanding wildlife habitat and important 
        recreational values and should continue to be made available 
        for activities such as public hunting, fishing, trapping, 
        nature observation, enjoyment, education, and timber 
        management.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Private use of the lands the United States 
        will convey to Weyerhaeuser will not conflict with established 
        management objectives on adjacent Federal lands.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) The lands the United States will convey to 
        Weyerhaeuser as part of the exchange described in paragraph (1) 
        do not contain comparable fish, wildlife, or wetland 
        values.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) The United States will convey all mineral 
        interests and oil and gas interests to Weyerhaeuser on or under 
        all surface acres designated to be exchanged pursuant to the 
        exchange described in paragraph (1) in which the Federal 
        Government owns such interests.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) Pursuant to such exchange, Weyerhaeuser will 
        convey to the United States all mineral interests and 
        equivalent oil and gas interests on or under all surface acres 
        designated to be exchanged pursuant to the exchange described 
        in paragraph (1) in which Weyerhaeuser owns such 
        interests.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (9) The United States and Weyerhaeuser have agreed 
        to the values and boundaries of all lands, mineral interests, 
        and oil and gas interests to be conveyed in the exchange and 
        concur that the lands, mineral interests, and oil and gas 
        interests to be conveyed by Weyerhaeuser and the lands, mineral 
        interests, and oil and gas interests to be conveyed by the 
        United States area approximately equal in value.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (10) The exchange of lands, mineral interests, and 
        oil and gas interests between Weyerhaeuser and the United 
        States is in the public interest.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to authorize and 
direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
to enter into an exchange of lands, mineral interests, and oil and gas 
interests that will provide environmental, land management, 
recreational, and economic benefits to the States of Arkansas and 
Oklahoma and to the United States.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    As used in this Act:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (a) Land.--The terms ``land'' or ``lands'' mean 
        the surface estate and any other interests therein except for 
        mineral interests and oil and gas interests.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (b) Mineral interests.--The term ``mineral 
        interests'' means geothermal steam and heat and all metals, 
        ores, and minerals of any nature whatsoever, except oil and gas 
        interests, in or upon lands subject to this Act including,but 
        not limited to, coal, lignite, peat, rock, sands, gravel, and 
        quartz.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (c) Oil and gas interests.--The term ``oil and gas 
        interests'' means all oil and gas of any nature whatsoever 
        including carbon dioxide, helium, and gas taken from coal seams 
        (collectively ``oil and gas'') together with the right to enter 
        lands for the purpose of exploring the lands for oil and gas 
        and drilling, opening, developing, and working wells on such 
        lands and taking out and removing from such lands all such oil 
        and gas together with the right to occupy and make use of as 
        much of the surface of said lands as may reasonably be 
        necessary for these purposes subject to the Secretary of 
        Agriculture's rules and regulations set forth in section 251.15 
        of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (d) Secretaries.--The term ``Secretaries'' means 
        the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
        Agriculture.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (e) Weyerhaeuser.--The term ``Weyer- haeuser'' 
        means Weyerhaeuser Company, a company incorporated in the State 
        of Washington.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. EXCHANGE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Exchange of Lands and Mineral Interests.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (a)(2), 
        within 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
        the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey to Weyerhaeuser, 
        subject to any valid existing rights, approximately 20,000 
        acres of Federal lands and mineral interests in the State of 
        Arkansas and approximately 30,000 acres of Federal lands and 
        mineral interests in the State of Oklahoma as depicted for 
        exchange on maps entitled ``Arkansas-Oklahoma Land Exchange--
        Federal Arkansas and Oklahoma Lands'', dated 
        </DELETED>____________ <DELETED>1995 and available for public 
        inspection in appropriate offices of the Secretaries.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Offer and acceptance of lands.--The Secretary 
        of Agriculture shall make the conveyance to Weyerhaeuser if 
        Weyerhaeuser offers deeds of title, subject to limitations and 
        the reservation described in subsection (b), acceptable to the 
        Secretary of Agriculture that convey to the United States the 
        following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Approximately 110,000 acres of lands 
                and mineral interests owned by Weyerhaeuser in the 
                State of Oklahoma, as depicted for transfer to the 
                United States upon a map entitled ``Arkansas-Oklahoma 
                Land Exchange--Weyerhaeuser Oklahoma Lands'', dated 
                </DELETED>____________ <DELETED>1995 and available for 
                public inspection in appropriate offices of the 
                Secretaries.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Approximately 30,000 acres of lands 
                and mineral interests owned by Weyerhaeuser in the 
                State of Arkansas, as depicted for transfer to the 
                United States upon a map entitled ``Arkansas-Oklahoma 
                Land Exchange--Weyerhaeuser Arkansas Ouachita Lands'', 
                dated </DELETED>____________ <DELETED>1995 and 
                available for public inspection in appropriate offices 
                of the Secretaries.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Approximately 25,000 acres of lands 
                and mineral interests owned by Weyerhaeuser in the 
                State of Arkansas, as depicted for transfer to the 
                United States upon a map entitled ``Arkansas-Oklahoma 
                Land Exchange--Weyerhaeuser Arkansas Cossatot Lands'', 
                dated </DELETED>____________ <DELETED>1995 and 
                available for public inspection in appropriate offices 
                of the Secretaries.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Exchange of Oil and Gas Interests.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (b)(2), at 
        the same time as the land and mineral interests exchange is 
        carried out pursuant to this section, the Secretary of 
        Agriculture shall exchange all Federal oil and gas interests, 
        including existing leases and other agreements, in the lands 
        described in paragraph (a)(1) for equivalent oil and gas 
        interests, including existing leases and other agreements, 
        owned by Weyerhaeuser in the lands described in paragraph 
        (a)(2). Any exchange of oil and gas interests pursuant to this 
        Act may be made without regard to the limitations requiring 
        that exchanges be made within the same State under section 206 
        of the Federal Lands Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
        U.S.C. 1716).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Reservation.--In addition to exchanging oil 
        and gas interests pursuant to paragraph (b)(1), to account for 
        the acreage imbalance in the exchange required under this Act, 
        there is hereby reserved to Weyerhaeuser, its successors, and 
        assigns until December 31, 2041, and for so long thereafter 
        that oil or gas is produced therefrom (``term reservation''), 
        all oil and gas in and under the acreage imbalance lands 
        depicted for reservation by Weyerhaeuser upon a map entitled 
        ``Arkansas-Oklahoma Land Exchange--Weyerhaeuser Oil and Gas 
        Interest Reservation Lands'', dated </DELETED>____________ 
        <DELETED>1995 and available for public inspection in 
        appropriate offices of the Secretaries. Beginning January 1, 
        2042, there is hereby reserved to Weyerhaeuser, its successors 
        and assigns, a proportionately reduced 6.25 percent of 8/8's 
        overriding royalty interest in all oil and gas produced from 
        any well in any governmental section adjacent to or cornering a 
        section in which oil and gas is being produced at the 
        expiration of the term reservation (``overriding royalty''). 
        The overriding royalty will continue until either the producing 
        well (a well producing on December 31, 2041) ceases production 
        or until all federally leased wells to which the overriding 
        royalty applies cease production, which is later.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) General Provisions.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Valuation.--The lands, mineral interests, and 
        oil and gas interests exchanged pursuant to this Act shall be 
        approximately equal in value, as determined by the Secretaries 
        and agreed to by Weyerhaeuser. To ensure that the natural 
        values of the area are not affected by the exchange, a formal 
        appraisal based upon drilling or other surface disturbing 
        activities shall not be required for any mineral interests or 
        oil and gas interests exchanged.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Maps controlling.--The acreage cited in this 
        Act is approximate. In the case of a discrepancy between the 
        description of lands, mineral interests, and/or oil and gas 
        interests to be exchanged pursuant to subsection (a) and the 
        lands, mineral interests, and/or oil and gas interests depicted 
        on a map referred to in such subsection, the map shall control. 
        Subject to the notification required by paragraph (3), the maps 
        referenced in this Act are subject to such minor corrections as 
        may be agreed upon by the Secretaries and 
        Weyerhaeuser.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Final maps.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        conclusion of the exchange required by subsection (a), the 
        Secretaries shall transmit maps accurately depicting the lands 
        and mineral interests conveyed and transferred pursuant to this 
Act and the acreage and boundary descriptions of such lands and mineral 
interests to the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of 
Representatives.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Cancellation.--If, before the exchange has 
        been carried out pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), 
        Weyerhaeuser provides written notification to the Secretaries 
        that Weyerhaeuser no longer intends to complete the exchange, 
        with respect to the lands, mineral interests, and oil and gas 
        interests that would otherwise be subject to the exchange, the 
        status of such lands, mineral interests, and oil and gas 
        interests shall revert to the status of such lands, mineral 
        interests, and oil and gas interests as of the day before the 
        date of enactment of this Act and shall be managed in 
        accordance with applicable management plans.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, 
        the lands, mineral interests, and oil and gas interests 
        depicted for conveyance to Weyerhaeuser for possible exchange 
        on the maps referenced in subsections (a) and (b) are withdrawn 
        from all forms of entry and appropriation under the public land 
        laws (including the mining laws); and from the operation of 
        mineral leasing and geothermal steam leasing laws effective 
        upon the date of the enactment of this Act. Such withdrawal 
        shall terminate 45 days after completion of the exchange 
        provided for in subsections (a) and (b) or on the date of 
        notification by Weyerhaeuser of a decision not to complete the 
        exchange.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. DESIGNATION AND USE OF LANDS ACQUIRED BY THE UNITED 
              STATES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) National Forest System.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Addition to the system.--Upon acceptance of 
        title by the Secretary of Agriculture, the 140,000 acres of 
        land conveyed to the United States pursuant to section 3(a)(2) 
        (A) and (B) of this Act shall be administered by the Secretary 
        of Agriculture in accordance with the laws and regulations 
        pertaining to the National Forest system.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Plan amendments.--Within 36 months after the 
        completion of the exchange required by this Act, the Secretary 
        of Agriculture shall amend applicable land and resource 
        management plans and accompanying documents pursuant to section 
        6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 
        of 1974, as amended by the National Forest Management Act of 
        1976 (16 U.S.C. 1604).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Other.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Addition to the national wildlife refuge 
        system.--Once acquired by the United States, the 25,000 acres 
        of land identified in section 3(a)(2)(A), the Cossatot lands, 
        shall be managed by the Secretary of the Interior as a 
        component of the Cossatot National Wildlife Refuge in 
        accordance with the National Wildlife Refuge System 
        Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd--668ee).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Plan preparation.--Within 24 months after the 
        completion of the exchange required by this Act, the Secretary 
        of the Interior shall prepare and implement a single refuge 
        management plan for the Cossatot National Wildlife Refuge, as 
        expanded by this Act. Such plans shall recognize the important 
        public purposes served by the nonconsumptive activities, other 
        recreational activities, and wildlife-related public use, 
        including hunting, fishing and trapping. The plan shall permit, 
        to the maximum extent practicable, compatible uses to the 
        extent that they are consistent with sound wildlife management 
        and in accordance with the National Wildlife Refuge System 
        Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee) and other 
        applicable laws. Any regulations promulgated by the Secretary 
        of the Interior with respect to hunting, fishing, and trapping 
        on those lands shall, to the extent practicable, be consistent 
        with State fish and wildlife laws and regulations. In preparing 
        the management plan and regulations, the Secretary of the 
        Interior shall consult with the Arkansas Game and Fish 
        Commission.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Interim use of lands.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                paragraph (2), during the period beginning on the date 
                of the completion of the exchange of lands required by 
                this Act and ending on the first date of the 
                implementation of the plan prepared under paragraph 
                (2), the Secretary of the Interior shall administer all 
                lands added to the Cossatot National Wildlife Refuge 
                pursuant to this Act in accordance with the National 
                Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 
                U.S.C. 668dd-668ee) and other applicable 
                laws.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Hunting Seasons.--During the period 
                described in subparagraph (A), the duration of any 
                hunting season on the lands described in subsection (1) 
                shall comport with the applicable State law.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 5. OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST BOUNDARY 
              ADJUSTMENT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In general.--Upon acceptance of title by the Secretary 
of Agriculture of the lands conveyed to the United States pursuant to 
section 4(a)(2) (B) and (C), the boundaries of the Ouachita National 
Forest shall be adjusted to encompass those lands conveyed to the 
United States generally depicted on the maps entitled ``Arkansas-
Oklahoma Land Exchange--Weyerhaeuser Oklahoma Lands'' and ``Arkansas-
Oklahoma Land Exchange--Weyerhaeuser Arkansas Ouachita Lands'', dated 
</DELETED>____________ <DELETED>1995. For the purpose of section 7 of 
the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601-9), 
the boundaries of the Ouachita National Forest, as adjusted by this 
Act, shall be considered to be the boundaries of the Forest as of 
January 1, 1965.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Maps and Boundary Descriptions.--Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall prepare a boundary description of the lands depicted 
on the maps referred to in section 3(a)(2) (B) and (C). Such maps and 
boundary description shall have the same force and effect as if 
included in this Act, except that the Secretary of Agriculture may 
correct clerical and typographical errors.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that:
            (1) The Weyerhaeuser Company has offered to the United 
        States Government an exchange of lands under which Weyerhaeuser 
        would receive approximately 48,000 acres of Federal land in 
        Arkansas and Oklahoma and all mineral interests and oil and gas 
        interests pertaining to these exchanged lands in which the 
        United States Government has an interest in return for 
        conveying to the United States lands owned by Weyerhaeuser 
        consisting of approximately 181,000 acres of forested wetlands 
        and other forest land of public interest in Arkansas and 
        Oklahoma and all mineral interests and all oil and gas 
        interests pertaining to 48,000 acres of these 181,000 acres of 
        exchanged lands in which Weyerhaeuser has an interest, 
        consisting of--
                    (A) certain lands in Arkansas (Arkansas Ouachita 
                lands) located near Poteau Mountain, Caney Creek 
                Wilderness, Lake Ouachita, Little Missouri Wild and 
                Scenic River, Flatside Wilderness, and the Ouachita 
                National Forest;
                    (B) certain lands in Oklahoma (Oklahoma lands) 
                located near the McCurtain County Wilderness, the 
                Broken Bow Reservoir, the Glover River, and the 
                Ouachita National Forest; and
                    (C) certain lands in Arkansas (Arkansas Cossatot 
                lands) located on the Little and Cossatot Rivers and 
                identified as the ``Pond Creek Bottoms'' in the Lower 
                Mississippi River Delta section of the North American 
                Waterfowl Management Plan.
            (2) Acquisition of the Arkansas Cossatot lands by the 
        United States will remove the lands in the heart of a critical 
        wetland ecosystem from sustained timber production and other 
        development.
            (3) The acquisition of the Arkansas Ouachita lands and the 
        Oklahoma lands by the United States for administration by the 
        Forest Service will provide an opportunity for enhancement of 
        ecosystem management of the National Forest System lands and 
        resources.
            (4) The Arkansas Ouachita lands and the Oklahoma lands have 
        outstanding wildlife habitat and important recreational values 
        and should continue to be made available for activities such as 
        public hunting, fishing, trapping, nature observation, 
        enjoyment, education, and timber management whenever these 
        activities are consistent with applicable Federal laws and land 
        and resource management plans; these lands, especially in the 
        riparian zones, also harbor endangered, threatened, and 
        sensitive plants and animals and the conservation and 
        restoration of these areas are important to the recreational 
        and educational public uses and will represent a valuable 
        ecological resource which should be conserved.
            (5) The private use of the lands the United States will 
        convey to Weyerhaeuser will not conflict with established 
        management objectives on adjacent Federal lands.
            (6) The lands the United States will convey to Weyerhaeuser 
        as part of the exchange described in paragraph (1) do not 
        contain comparable fish, wildlife, or wetland values.
            (7) The values of all lands, mineral interests, and oil and 
        gas interests to be exchanged between the United States and 
        Weyerhaeuser are approximately equal in value.
            (8) The exchange of lands, mineral interests, and oil and 
        gas interests between Weyerhaeuser and the United States is in 
        the public interest.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to authorize and direct 
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, subject 
to the terms of this Act, to complete, as expeditiously as possible, an 
exchange of lands, mineral interests, and oil and gas interests with 
Weyerhaeuser that will provide environmental, land management, 
recreational, and economic benefits to the States of Arkansas and 
Oklahoma and to the United States.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (a) Land.--The terms ``land'' or ``lands'' mean the surface 
        estate and any other interests therein except for mineral 
        interests and oil and gas interests.
            (b) Mineral interests.--The term ``mineral interests'' 
        means geothermal steam and heat and all metals, ores, and 
        minerals of any nature whatsoever, except oil and gas 
        interests, in or upon lands subject to this Act including, but 
        not limited to, coal, lignite, peat, rock, sand, gravel, and 
        quartz.
            (c) Oil and gas interests.--The term ``oil and gas 
        interests'' means all oil and gas of any nature, including 
        carbon dioxide, helium, and gas taken from coal seams 
        (collectively ``oil and gas'').
            (d) Secretaries.--The term ``Secretaries'' means the 
        Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture.
            (e) Weyerhaeuser.--The term ``Weyerhaeuser'' means 
        Weyerhaeuser Company, a company incorporated in the State of 
        Washington.

SEC. 3. EXCHANGE.

    (a) Exchange of Lands and Mineral Interests.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (a)(2) and 
        notwithstanding any other provision of law, within 90 days 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries 
        shall convey to Weyerhaeuser, subject to any valid existing 
        rights, approximately 20,000 acres of Federal lands and mineral 
        interests in the State of Arkansas and approximately 28,000 
        acres of Federal lands and mineral interests in the State of 
        Oklahoma as depicted on maps entitled ``Arkansas-Oklahoma Land 
        Exchange--Federal Arkansas and Oklahoma Lands,'' dated February 
        1996 and available for public inspection in appropriate offices 
        of the Secretaries.
            (2) Offer and acceptance of lands.--The Secretary of 
        Agriculture shall make the conveyance to Weyerhaeuser if 
        Weyerhaeuser conveys deeds of title to the United States, 
        subject to limitations and the reservation described in 
        subsection (b) and which are acceptable to and approved by the 
        Secretary of Agriculture to the following--
                    (A) approximately 120,000 acres of lands and 
                mineral interests in the State of Oklahoma, as depicted 
                on a map entitled ``Arkansas-Oklahoma Land Exchange--
                Weyerhaeuser Oklahoma Lands,'' dated February 1996 and 
                available for public inspection in appropriate offices 
                of the Secretaries;
                    (B) approximately 41,000 acres of lands and mineral 
                interests in the State of Arkansas, as depicted on a 
                map entitled ``Arkansas-Oklahoma Land Exchange--
                Weyerhaeuser Arkansas Ouachita Lands,'' dated February 
                1996 and available for public inspection in appropriate 
                offices of the Secretaries; and
                    (C) approximately 25,000 acres of lands and mineral 
                interests in the State of Arkansas, as depicted on a 
                map entitled ``Arkansas-Oklahoma Land Exchange--
                Weyerhaeuser Arkansas Cossatot Lands,'' dated February 
                1996 and available for public inspection in appropriate 
                offices of the Secretaries.
    (b) Exchange of Oil and Gas Interests.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (b)(2) and 
        notwithstanding any other provision of law, at the same time as 
        the exchange for land and mineral interests is carried out 
        pursuant to this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
        exchange all Federal oil and gas interests, including existing 
        leases and other agreements, in the lands described in 
        paragraph (a)(1) for equivalent oil and gas interests, 
        including existing leases and other agreements, owned by 
        Weyerhaeuser in the lands described in paragraph (a)(2).
            (2) Reservation.--In addition to the exchange of oil and 
        gas interests pursuant to paragraph (b)(1), Weyerhaeuser shall 
        reserve oil and gas interests in and under the lands depicted 
        for reservation upon a map entitled ``Arkansas-Oklahoma Land 
        Exchange--Weyerhaeuser Oil and Gas Interest Reservation 
        Lands,'' dated February 1996 and available for public 
        inspection in appropriate offices of the Secretaries. Such 
        reservation shall be subject to the provisions of this Act and 
        the form of such reservation shall comply with the jointly 
        agreed to Memorandum of Understanding between the Forest 
        Service and Weyerhaeuser dated March 27, 1996 and on file with 
        the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service in Washington, 
        D.C.
    (c) General Provisions.--
            (1) Maps controlling.--The acreage cited in this Act is 
        approximate. In the case of a discrepancy between the 
        description of lands, mineral interests, or oil and gas 
        interests to be exchanged pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) 
        and the lands, mineral interests, or oil and gas interests 
        depicted on a map referred to in such subsection, the map shall 
        control. Subject to the notification required by paragraph (3), 
        the maps referenced in this Act shall be subject to such minor 
        corrections as may be agreed upon by the Secretaries and 
        Weyerhaeuser.
            (2) Final maps.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        conclusion of the exchange required by subsections (a) and (b), 
        the Secretaries shall transmit maps accurately depicting the 
        lands and mineral interests conveyed and transferred pursuant 
        to this Act and the acreage and boundary descriptions of such 
        lands and mineral interests to the Committees on Energy and 
        Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Resources 
        of the House of Representatives.
            (3) Cancellation.--If, before the exchange has been carried 
        out pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), Weyerhaeuser provides 
        written notification to the Secretaries that Weyerhaeuser no 
        longer intends to complete the exchange, with respect to the 
        lands, mineral interests, and oil and gas interests that would 
        otherwise be subject to the exchange, the status of such lands, 
        mineral interests, and oil and gas interests shall revert to 
        the status of such lands, mineral interests, and oil and gas 
        interests as of the day before the date of enactment of this 
        Act and shall be managed in accordance with applicable law and 
        management plans.
            (4) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
        lands and interests therein depicted for conveyance to 
        Weyerhaeuser on the maps referenced in subsection (a) and (b) 
        are withdrawn from all forms of entry and appropriation under 
        the public lands laws (including the mining laws) and from the 
        operation of mineral leasing and geothermal steam leasing laws 
        effective upon the date of the enactment of this Act. Such 
        withdrawal shall terminate 45 days after completion of the 
        exchange provided for in subsections (a) and (b) or on the date 
        of notification by Weyerhaeuser of a decision not to complete 
        the exchange.

SEC. 4. DESIGNATION AND USE OF LANDS ACQUIRED BY THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) National Forest System.--
            (1) Addition to the system.--Upon approval and acceptance 
        of title by the Secretary of Agriculture, the 155,000 acres of 
        land conveyed to the United States pursuant to section 3(a)(2) 
        (A) and (B) of this Act shall be subject to the Act of March 1, 
        1911 (commonly known as the ``Weeks Law'') (36 Stat. 961, as 
        amended), and shall be administered by the Secretary of 
        Agriculture in accordance with the laws and regulations 
        pertaining to the National Forest System.
            (2) Plan amendments.--No later than 12 months after the 
        completion of the exchange required by this Act, the Secretary 
        of Agriculture shall begin the process to amend applicable land 
        and resource management plans with public involvement pursuant 
        to section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
        Planning Act of 1974 as amended by the National Forest 
        Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1604).
    (b) Other.--
            (1) Addition to the national wildlife refuge system.--Once 
        acquired by the United States, the 25,000 acres of land 
        identified in section 3(a)(2)(C), the Arkansas Cossatot lands, 
        shall be managed by the Secretary of the Interior as a 
        component of the Cossatot National Wildlife Refuge in 
        accordance with the National Wildlife Refuge System 
        Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee).
            (2) Plan preparation.--Within 24 months after the 
        completion of the exchange required by this Act, the Secretary 
        of the Interior shall prepare and implement a single refuge 
        management plan for the Cossatot National Wildlife Refuge, as 
        expanded by this Act. Such plan shall recognize the important 
        public purposes served by the nonconsumptive activities, other 
        recreational activities, and wildlife-related public use, 
        including hunting, fishing, and trapping. The plan shall 
        permit, to the maximum extent practicable, compatible uses to 
        the extent that they are consistent with sound wildlife 
        management and in accordance with the National Wildlife Refuge 
        System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee) and 
        other applicable laws. Any regulations promulgated by the 
        Secretary of the Interior with respect to hunting, fishing, and 
        trapping on those lands shall, to the extent practicable, be 
        consistent with State fish and wildlife laws and regulations. 
        In preparing the management plan and regulations, the Secretary 
        of the Interior shall consult with the Arkansas Game and Fish 
        Commission.
            (3) Interim use of lands.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph 
                (2), during the period beginning on the date of the 
                completion of the exchange of lands required by this 
                Act and ending on the first date of the implementation 
                of the plan prepared under paragraph (2), the Secretary 
                of the Interior shall administer all lands added to the 
                Cossatot National Wildlife Refuge pursuant to this Act 
                in accordance with the National Wildlife Refuge System 
                Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee) and 
                other applicable laws.
                    (B) Hunting seasons.--During the period described 
                in subparagraph (A), the duration of any hunting season 
                on the lands described in subsection (1) shall comport 
                with the applicable State law.

SEC. 5. OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

    (a) In General.--Upon acceptance of title by the Secretary of 
Agriculture of the lands conveyed to the United States pursuant to 
section 3(a)(2) (A) and (B), the boundaries of the Ouachita National 
Forest shall be adjusted to encompass those lands conveyed to the 
United States generally depicted on the appropriate maps referred to in 
section 3(a). Nothing in this section shall limit the authority of the 
Secretary of Agriculture to adjust the boundary pursuant to section 11 
of the Weeks Law of March 1, 1911. For the purposes of section 7 of the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-9), the 
boundaries of the Ouachita National Forest, as adjusted by this Act, 
shall be considered to be the boundaries of the Forest as of January 1, 
1965.
    (b) Maps and Boundary Descriptions.--Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
prepare a boundary description of the lands depicted on the map(s) 
referred to in section 3(a)(2) (A) and (B). Such map(s) and boundary 
description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this 
Act, except that the Secretary of Agriculture may correct clerical and 
typographical errors.