[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1705 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1705

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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 7, 1999

 Mr. Craig (for himself and Mr. Crapo) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
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 
1999''.

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.
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