[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1374 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.1374
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
An Act
To authorize the development and maintenance of a multi-agency campus
project in the town of Jackson, Wyoming.
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 ``Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act of
2000''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the management of public land and natural resources and the
service of the public in the area of Jackson, Wyoming, are
responsibilities shared by--
(A) the Department of Agriculture;
(B) the Forest Service;
(C) the Department of the Interior, including--
(i) the National Park Service; and
(ii) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
(D) the Game and Fish Commission of the State of Wyoming;
(E) Teton County, Wyoming;
(F) the town of Jackson, Wyoming;
(G) the Jackson Chamber of Commerce; and
(H) the Jackson Hole Historical Society; and
(2) it is desirable to locate the administrative offices of
several of the agencies and entities specified in paragraph (1) on
1 site to--
(A) facilitate communication between the agencies and
entities;
(B) reduce costs to the Federal, State, and local
governments; and
(C) better serve the public.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to authorize the Federal agencies specified in subsection
(a)--
(A) to develop and maintain the Project in Jackson,
Wyoming, in cooperation with the other agencies and entities
specified in subsection (a); and
(B) to provide resources and enter into such agreements as
are necessary for the planning, design, construction,
operation, maintenance, and fixture modifications of all
elements of the Project;
(2) to direct the Secretary to convey to the town of Jackson,
Wyoming, certain parcels of federally owned land located in Teton
County, Wyoming, in exchange for construction of facilities for the
Bridger-Teton National Forest by the town of Jackson;
(3) to direct the Secretary to convey to the Game and Fish
Commission of the State of Wyoming certain parcels of federally
owned land in the town of Jackson, Wyoming, in exchange for
approximately 1.35 acres of land, also located in the town of
Jackson, to be used in the construction of the Project; and
(4) to relinquish certain reversionary interests of the United
States in order to facilitate the transactions described in
paragraphs (1) through (3).
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Game and
Fish Commission of the State of Wyoming.
(2) Construction cost.--The term ``construction cost'' means
any cost that is--
(A) associated with building improvements to Federal
standards and guidelines; and
(B) open to a competitive bidding process approved by the
Secretary.
(3) Federal parcel.--The term ``Federal parcel'' means--
(A) the parcel of land, and all appurtenances to the land,
comprising approximately 15.3 acres, depicted as ``Bridger-
Teton National Forest'' on the Map; and
(B) the parcel comprising approximately 80 acres, known as
the ``Cache Creek Administrative Site'', located adjacent to
the town.
(4) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map entitled ``Multi-
Agency Campus Project Site'', dated March 31, 1999, and on file in
the offices of--
(A) the Bridger-Teton National Forest, in the State of
Wyoming; and
(B) the Chief of the Forest Service.
(5) Master plan.--The term ``master plan'' means the document
entitled ``Conceptual Master Plan'', dated July 14, 1998, and on
file at the offices of--
(A) the Bridger-Teton National Forest, in the State of
Wyoming; and
(B) the Chief of the Forest Service.
(6) Project.--The term ``Project'' means the proposed project
for construction of a multi-agency campus, to be carried out by the
town of Jackson in cooperation with the other agencies and entities
described in section 2(a)(1), to provide, in accordance with the
master plan--
(A) administrative facilities for various agencies and
entities; and
(B) interpretive, educational, and other facilities for
visitors to the greater Yellowstone area.
(7) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of
Agriculture (including a designee of the Secretary).
(8) State parcel.--The term ``State parcel'' means the parcel
of land comprising approximately 3 acres, depicted as ``Wyoming
Game and Fish'' on the Map.
(9) Town.--The term ``town'' means the town of Jackson,
Wyoming.
SEC. 4. MULTI-AGENCY CAMPUS PROJECT, JACKSON, WYOMING.
(a) Construction for Exchange of Property.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 5 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the town may construct, as part of the
Project, an administrative facility to be owned and operated by the
Bridger-Teton National Forest, if--
(A) an offer by the town to construct the administrative
facility is accepted by the Secretary under paragraph (2);
(B) a memorandum of understanding between the town and the
Secretary outlining the roles and responsibilities of each
party involved in the land exchange and construction is
executed;
(C) a final building design and construction cost estimate
is approved by the Secretary; and
(D) the exchange described in subsection (b)(2) is
completed in accordance with that subsection.
(2) Acceptance and authorization to construct.--The Secretary,
on receipt of an acceptable offer from the town under paragraph
(1), shall authorize the town to construct the administrative
facility described in paragraph (1) in accordance with this Act.
(3) Conveyance.--
(A) Secretary.--The Secretary shall convey all right,
title, and interest in and to the Federal land described in
section 5(a)(1) to the town in simultaneous exchange for, and
on satisfactory completion of, the administrative facility.
(B) Town.--The town shall convey all right, title, and
interest in and to the administrative facility constructed
under this section in exchange for the land described in
section 5(a)(1).
(b) Offer To Convey State Parcel.--
(1) In general.--The Commission may offer to convey a portion
of the State parcel, depicted on the Map as ``Parcel Three'', to
the United States to be used for construction of an administrative
facility for the Bridger-Teton National Forest.
(2) Conveyance.--If the offer described in paragraph (1) is
made not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary shall convey the Federal land described in
section 5(a)(2) to the Commission, in exchange for the portion of
the State parcel described in paragraph (1), in accordance with
this Act.
SEC. 5. CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND.
(a) In General.--In exchange for the consideration described in
section 4, the Secretary shall convey--
(1) to the town, in a manner that equalizes values--
(A) the portion of the Federal parcel, comprising
approximately 9.3 acres, depicted on the Map as ``Parcel Two'';
and
(B) if an additional conveyance of land is necessary to
equalize the values of land exchanged after the conveyance of
Parcel Two, an appropriate portion of the portion of the
Federal parcel comprising approximately 80 acres, known as the
``Cache Creek Administrative Site'' and located adjacent to the
town; and
(2) to the Commission, the portion of the Federal parcel,
comprising approximately 3.2 acres, depicted on the Map as ``Parcel
One''.
(b) Reversionary Interests.--As additional consideration for
acceptance by the United States of any offer described in section 4,
the United States shall relinquish all reversionary interests in the
State parcel, as set forth in the deed between the United States and
the State of Wyoming, dated February 19, 1957, and recorded on October
2, 1967, in Book 14 of Deeds, Page 382, in the records of Teton County,
Wyoming.
SEC. 6. EQUAL VALUE OF INTERESTS EXCHANGED.
(a) Valuation of Land To Be Conveyed.--
(1) In general.--The fair market and improvement values of the
land to be exchanged under this Act shall be determined--
(A) by appraisals acceptable to the Secretary, using
nationally recognized appraisal standards; and
(B) in accordance with section 206 of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716).
(2) Appraisal report.--Each appraisal report shall be written
to Federal standards, as defined in the Uniform Appraisal Standards
for Federal Land Acquisitions developed by the Interagency Land
Acquisition Conference.
(3) No effect on value of reversionary interests.--An appraisal
of the State parcel shall not take into consideration any
reversionary interest held by the United States in the State parcel
as of the date on which the appraisal is conducted.
(b) Value of Federal Land Greater Than Construction Costs.--If the
value of the Federal land to be conveyed to the town under section
5(a)(1) is greater than the construction costs to be paid by the town
for the administrative facility described in section 4(a), the
Secretary shall reduce the acreage of the Federal land conveyed so that
the value of the Federal land conveyed to the town closely approximates
the construction costs.
(c) Value of Federal Land Equal to Value of State Parcel.--
(1) In general.--The value of any Federal land conveyed to the
Commission under section 5(a)(2) shall be equal to the value of the
State parcel conveyed to the United States under section 4(b).
(2) Boundaries.--The boundaries of the Federal land and the
State parcel may be adjusted to equalize values.
(d) Payment of Cash Equalization.--Notwithstanding subsections (b)
and (c), the values of Federal land and the State parcel may be
equalized by payment of cash to the Secretary, the Commission, or the
town, as appropriate, in accordance with section 206(b) of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)), if the
values cannot be equalized by adjusting the size of parcels to be
conveyed or by conveying additional land, without compromising the
design of the Project.
SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.
(a) Construction of Federal Facilities.--The construction of
facilities on Federal land within the boundaries of the Project shall
be--
(1) supervised and managed by the town in accordance with the
memorandum of understanding referred to in section 4(a)(1)(B); and
(2) carried out to standards and specifications approved by the
Secretary.
(b) Access.--The town (including contractors and subcontractors of
the town) shall have access to the Federal land until completion of
construction for all purposes related to construction of facilities
under this Act.
(c) Administration of Land Acquired by United States.--Land
acquired by the United States under this Act shall be governed by all
laws applicable to the administration of national forest sites.
(d) Wetland.--
(1) In general.--There shall be no construction of any facility
after the date of conveyance of Federal land under this Act within
any portion of the Federal parcel delineated on the map as
``wetlands''.
(2) Deeds and conveyance documents.--A deed or other conveyance
document executed by the Secretary in carrying out this Act shall
contain such reservations as are necessary to preclude development
of wetland on any portion of the Federal parcel.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.