[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 951 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 951


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              July 9, 1997

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

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To require the Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain lands 
                     located in Hinsdale, Colorado.

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

SECTION 1. LARSON AND FRIENDS CREEK EXCHANGE.

    In exchange for conveyance to the United States of an equal value 
of offered lands acceptable to the Secretary of the Interior which lie 
within, or in proximity to, the Handies Peak or Red Cloud Peak 
Wilderness Study Areas or the Alpine Loop Backcountry Bi-way in 
Hinsdale County, Colorado, the Secretary of the Interior shall convey 
to Lake City Ranches, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership (in this 
section referred to as ``LCR''), approximately 560 acres of selected 
land located in the same county and generally depicted on a map 
entitled ``Larson and Friends Creek Exchange'', dated June 1996. The 
exchange shall be contingent upon LCR granting the Secretary a 
permanent conservation easement on the approximate 440 acre Larson 
Creek portion of the selected lands (as depicted on the map) which 
limits future use of such lands to agricultural, wildlife, 
recreational, or open space purposes. The exchange shall also be 
subject to the standard appraisal requirements and equalization payment 
limitations set forth in section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716), and to reviews and approvals 
relating to threatened species and endangered species, cultural and 
historic resources, and hazardous materials under other Federal laws. 
The costs of such appraisals and reviews shall be paid by LCR. The 
Secretary may credit such payments against the value of the selected 
land, if appropriate, pursuant to section 206(f) of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(f)).

            Passed the House of Representatives July 8, 1997.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.