[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1374 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 401
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1374
[Report No. 106-215]
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A BILL
To authorize the development and maintenance of a multiagency campus
project in the town of Jackson, Wyoming.
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November 5, 1999
Reported with an amendment
Calendar No. 401
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1374
[Report No. 106-215]
To authorize the development and maintenance of a multiagency campus
project in the town of Jackson, Wyoming.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 15, 1999
Mr. Thomas (for himself and Mr. Enzi) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
November 5, 1999
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 authorize the development and maintenance of a multiagency 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,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Jackson Multi-Agency Campus
Act of 1999''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the Department of
Agriculture;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the Forest Service;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) the Department of the Interior,
including--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) the National Park Service;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) the Game and Fish Commission of the
State of Wyoming;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) Teton County, Wyoming;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (F) the town of Jackson,
Wyoming;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (G) the Jackson Chamber of Commerce;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (H) the Jackson Hole Historical Society;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) it is desirable to locate the administrative
offices of several of the agencies and entities specified in
paragraph (1) on 1 site to--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) facilitate communication between the
agencies and entities;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) reduce costs to the Federal, State,
and local governments; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) better serve the public.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are to--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) authorize the Federal agencies specified in
subsection (a) to--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) develop and maintain the Project in
Jackson, Wyoming, in cooperation with the other
agencies and entities specified in subsection (a);
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) 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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) 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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) 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</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) relinquish certain reversionary interests of
the United States in order to facilitate the transactions
described in paragraphs (1) through (4).</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In this Act:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the
Game and Fish Commission of the State of Wyoming.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Construction cost.--The term ``construction
cost'' means any cost that is--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) associated with building improvements
to Federal standards and guidelines; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) open to a competitive bidding process
approved by the Secretary.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Federal parcel.--The term ``Federal parcel''
means the parcel of land, and all appurtenances to the land,
comprising approximately 15.3 acres, depicted as ``Bridger-
Teton National Forest'' on the Map.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the Bridger-Teton National Forest, in
the State of Wyoming; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the Chief of the Forest
Service.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the Bridger-Teton National Forest, in
the State of Wyoming; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the Chief of the Forest
Service.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) administrative facilities for various
agencies and entities; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) interpretive, educational, and other
facilities for visitors to the greater Yellowstone
area.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the
Secretary of Agriculture (including a designee of the
Secretary).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (9) Town.--The term ``town'' means the town of
Jackson, Wyoming.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 4. MULTI-AGENCY CAMPUS PROJECT, JACKSON,
WYOMING.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Construction Offers for Exchange of Property.--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--The town may offer to construct,
as part of the Project, an administrative facility for the
Bridger-Teton National Forest.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Conveyance.--If the offer described in
paragraph (2) 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)(1) to the town, in exchange for
the completed administrative facility described in this
paragraph, in accordance with this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Offer To Convey State Parcel.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Conveyance.--If the offer described in
paragraph (2) is made not later than 5 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall convey, through a
simultaneous conveyance, the Federal land described in section
5(a)(2) to the Commission, in exchange for the portion of the
State parcel described in paragraph (2), in accordance with
this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 5. CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--In exchange for the consideration
described in section 3, the Secretary shall convey--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) to the town, a portion of the Federal parcel,
comprising approximately 9.3 acres, depicted on the Map as
``Parcel Two''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) to the Commission, a portion of the Federal
parcel comprising approximately 3.2 acres, depicted on the Map
as ``Parcel One''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 6. EQUAL VALUE OF INTERESTS EXCHANGED.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Valuation of Land To Be Conveyed.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--The fair market and improvement
values of the land to be exchanged under this Act shall be
determined--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) by appraisals acceptable to the
Secretary, utilizing nationally recognized appraisal
standards; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) in accordance with section 206 of the
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1716).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Value of Federal Land Less Than Construction Costs.--
If the value of the Federal land to be conveyed to the town under
section 5(a)(1) is less than the construction costs to be paid by the
town for the administrative facility described in section 4(a), the
Secretary may convey to the town additional Federal land administered
by the Secretary for national forest administrative site purposes in
Teton County, Wyoming, so that the total value of the Federal land
conveyed to the town closely approximates the construction
costs.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Value of Federal Land Equal to Value of State
Parcel.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Boundaries.--The boundaries of the Federal
land and the State parcel may be adjusted to equalize
values.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (e) Payment of Cash Equalization.--Notwithstanding
subsections (b) through (d), 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Construction of Federal Facilities.--The construction
of facilities on Federal land within the boundaries of the Project
shall be--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) supervised and managed by the town;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) carried out to standards and specifications
approved by the Secretary.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Wetland.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act of
1999''.
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 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 3, 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 agreement referred to in section 4(a)(1)(A);
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.