[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4226 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4226

 To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange all or 
part of certain administrative sites and other land in the Black Hills 
 National Forest and to use funds derived from the sale or exchange to 
 acquire replacement sites and to acquire or construct administrative 
    improvements in connection with the Black Hills National Forest.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2000

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange all or 
part of certain administrative sites and other land in the Black Hills 
 National Forest and to use funds derived from the sale or exchange to 
 acquire replacement sites and to acquire or construct administrative 
    improvements in connection with the Black Hills National Forest.

    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 ``Black Hills National Forest and 
Rocky Mountain Research Station Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. SALE OR EXCHANGE OF LAND, BLACK HILLS NATIONAL FOREST, SOUTH 
              DAKOTA.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this 
section as the ``Secretary'') may, under such terms and conditions as 
the Secretary may prescribe, sell or exchange any right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to the approximately 367 acres 
contained in the following parcels of land in the State of South 
Dakota:
            (1) Tract BLKH-1 ``Spearfish Dwelling'' (approximately 0.24 
        acres); N\1/2\ lots 8 and 9 of block 16, sec. 10, T6N, R2E.
            (2) Tract BLKH-2 ``Deadwood Garage'' (approximately 0.12 
        acres); lots 9 and 11 of block 34, sec. 26, T5N, R3E.
            (3) Tract BLKH-3 ``Deadwood Dwellings'' (approximately 0.32 
        acres); lots 12 through 16 of Block 44, sec. 26, T5N, R3E.
            (4) Tract BLKH-4 ``Hardy Work Center'' (approximately 150 
        acres); E\1/2\, SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\; SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\; sec. 19; 
        NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\; E\1/2\, NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\; E\1/2\, 
        SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\; NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\; sec. 30, T3N, R1E.
            (5) Tract BLKH-6 ``Pactola Work Center'' (approximately 100 
        acres); W\1/2\, SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\; W\1/2\, NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\; 
        W\1/2\, SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\; SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\; sec. 25; 
        E\1/2\, E\1/4\, SE\1/4\; SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\; sec. 26; 
        T2N, R5E.
            (6) Tract BLKH-7 ``Pactola Ranger District Office'' 
        (approximately 8.25 acres); lot 1 of Ranger Station 
        Subdivision, sec. 4, T1N, R7E.
            (7) Tract BLKH-8 ``Reder Administrative Site'' 
        (approximately 82 acres); lots 6 and 7, sec. 29; lot A of Reder 
        Placer, lot 19, NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\, sec. 30, T1S, R5E.
            (8) Tract BLKH-9 ``Allen Gulch Properties'' (approximately 
        20.60 acres); lot 14, sec. 25, T1S, R4E.
            (9) Tract BLKH-10 ``Custer Ranger District Office'' 
        (approximately 0.39 acres); lots 4 and 9 of block 125 plus the 
        east 15 feet of the vacated north/south alley adjacent to lot 
        4, city of Custer, sec. 26, T3S, R4E.
    (b) Applicable Authorities.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
section, any sale or exchange of land described in subsection (a) shall 
be subject to laws (including regulations) applicable to the conveyance 
and acquisition of land for National Forest System purposes.
    (c) Cash Equalization.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary may accept cash equalization payments in excess of 25 
percent of the total value of the land described in subsection (a) from 
any exchange under subsection (a).
    (d) Solicitations of Offers.--
            (1) In general.--In carrying out this section, the 
        Secretary may use solicitations of offers for sale or exchange 
        under this section on such terms and conditions as the 
        Secretary may prescribe.
            (2) Rejection of offers.--The Secretary may reject any 
        offer under this section if the Secretary determines that the 
        offer is not adequate or not in the public interest.
    (e) Disposition of Funds.--Any funds received by the Secretary from 
a sale under this section or as cash equalization payments from an 
exchange under this section--
            (1) shall be deposited into the fund established by Public 
        Law 90-171 (commonly known as the ``Sisk Act'') (16 U.S.C. 
        484a); and
            (2) shall be available for expenditure, on appropriation, 
        for--
                    (A) the acquisition from willing sellers of land 
                and interests in land in the State of South Dakota; and
                    (B) the acquisition or construction of 
                administrative improvements in connection with the 
                Black Hills National Forest.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.

SEC. 3. REPLACEMENT LABORATORY, ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION, RAPID 
              CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
Agriculture $2,100,000 for the construction of a laboratory facility 
for the Rocky Mountain Research Station in Rapid City, South Dakota, to 
replace the obsolete laboratory capability at the research station. The 
replacement facility shall be colocated with at least one of the 
administrative improvements for the Black Hills National Forest 
acquired or constructed under the authority of section 2(e)(2)(B).
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