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[S. 1705 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1705

                       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 direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into land exchanges to 
   acquire from the private owner and to convey to the State of Idaho 
   approximately 1,240 acres of land near the City of Rocks National 
                 Reserve, Idaho, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Castle Rock Ranch Acquisition Act of 
2000''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
        (1) Monument.--The term ``Monument'' means the Hagerman Fossil 
    Beds National Monument, Idaho, depicted on the National Park 
    Service map numbered 300/80,000, C.O. No. 161, and dated January 7, 
    1998.
        (2) Ranch.--The term ``Ranch'' means the land comprising 
    approximately 1,240 acres situated outside the boundary of the 
    Reserve, known as the ``Castle Rock Ranch''.
        (3) Reserve.--The term ``Reserve'' means the City of Rocks 
    National Reserve, located near Almo, Idaho, depicted on the 
    National Park Service map numbered 003/80,018, C.O. No. 169, and 
    dated March 25, 1999.
        (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    the Interior.

SEC. 3. ACQUISITION OF CASTLE ROCK RANCH.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary shall 
acquire, by donation or by purchase with donated or appropriated funds, 
the Ranch.
    (b) Consent of Landowner.--The Secretary shall acquire land under 
subsection (a) only with the consent of the owner of the land.

SEC. 4. LAND EXCHANGE.

    (a) In General.--
        (1) Federal and state exchange.--Subject to subsection (b), on 
    completion of the acquisition under section 3(a), the Secretary 
    shall convey the Ranch to the State of Idaho in exchange for 
    approximately 492.87 acres of land near Hagerman, Idaho, located 
    within the boundary of the Monument.
        (2) State and private landowner exchange.--On completion of the 
    exchange under paragraph (1), the State of Idaho may exchange 
    portions of the Ranch for private land within the boundaries of the 
    Reserve, with the consent of the owners of the private land.
    (b) Condition of Exchange.--As a condition of the land exchange 
under subsection (a)(1), the State of Idaho shall administer all 
private land acquired within the Reserve through an exchange under this 
Act in accordance with title II of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act 
of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 460yy et seq.).
    (c) Administration.--State land acquired by the United States in 
the land exchange under subsection (a)(1) shall be administered by the 
Secretary as part of the Monument.
    (d) No Expansion of Reserve.--Acquisition of the Ranch by a Federal 
or State agency shall not constitute any expansion of the Reserve.
    (e) No Effect on Easements.--Nothing in this Act affects any 
easement in existence on the date of enactment of this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.