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[S. 1936 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1936

                       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 Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange all or 
 part of certain administrative sites and other National Forest System 
 land in the State of Oregon and use the proceeds derived from the sale 
            or exchange for National Forest System 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 ``Bend Pine Nursery Land Conveyance 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
        (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    Agriculture.
        (2) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Oregon.

SEC. 3. SALE OR EXCHANGE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SITES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary may, under such terms and conditions 
as the Secretary may prescribe, sell or exchange any or all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the following 
National Forest System land and improvements:
        (1) Tract A, Bend Pine Nursery, comprising approximately 210 
    acres, as depicted on site plan map entitled ``Bend Pine Nursery 
    Administrative Site, May 13, 1999''.
        (2) Tract B, the Federal Government owned structures located at 
    Shelter Cove Resort, Deschutes National Forest, buildings only, as 
    depicted on site plan map entitled ``Shelter Cove Resort, November 
    3, 1997''.
        (3) Tract C, portions of isolated parcels of National Forest 
    Land located in Township 20 south, Range 10 East section 25 and 
    Township 20 South, Range 11 East sections 8, 9, 16, 17, 20, and 21 
    consisting of approximately 1,260 acres, as depicted on map 
    entitled ``Deschutes National Forest Isolated Parcels, January 1, 
    2000''.
        (4) Tract D, Alsea Administrative Site, consisting of 
    approximately 24 acres, as depicted on site plan map entitled 
    ``Alsea Administrative Site, May 14, 1999''.
        (5) Tract F, Springdale Administrative Site, consisting of 
    approximately 3.6 acres, as depicted on site plan map entitled 
    ``Site Development Plan, Columbia Gorge Ranger Station, April 22, 
    1964''.
        (6) Tract G, Dale Administrative Site, consisting of 
    approximately 37 acres, as depicted on site plan map entitled 
    ``Dale Compound, February 1999''.
        (7) Tract H, Crescent Butte Site, consisting of approximately 
    .8 acres, as depicted on site plan map entitled ``Crescent Butte 
    Communication Site, January 1, 2000''.
    (b) Consideration.--Consideration for a sale or exchange of land 
under subsection (a) may include the acquisition of land, existing 
improvements, or improvements constructed to the specifications of the 
Secretary.
    (c) Applicable Law.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, any 
sale or exchange of National Forest System land under subsection (a) 
shall be subject to the laws (including regulations) applicable to the 
conveyance and acquisition of land for the National Forest System.
    (d) Cash Equalization.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary may accept a cash equalization payment in excess of 25 
percent of the value of land exchanged under subsection (a).
    (e) Solicitations of Offers.--
        (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary may 
    solicit offers for sale or exchange of land under this section on 
    such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe.
        (2) Rejection of offers.--The Secretary may reject any offer 
    made under this section if the Secretary determines that the offer 
    is not adequate or not in the public interest.
        (3) Right of first refusal.--The Bend Metro Park and Recreation 
    District in Deschutes County, Oregon, shall be given the right of 
    first refusal to purchase the Bend Pine Nursery described in 
    subsection (a)(1).
    (f) Revocations.--
        (1) In general.--Any public land order withdrawing land 
    described in subsection (a) from all forms of appropriation under 
    the public land laws is revoked with respect to any portion of the 
    land conveyed by the Secretary under this section.
        (2) Effective date.--The effective date of any revocation under 
    paragraph (1) shall be the date of the patent or deed conveying the 
    land.

SEC. 4. DISPOSITION OF FUNDS.

    (a) Deposit of Proceeds.--The Secretary shall deposit the proceeds 
of a sale or exchange under section 3(a) in the fund established under 
Public Law 90-171 (16 U.S.C. 484a) (commonly known as the ``Sisk 
Act'').
    (b) Use of Proceeds.--Funds deposited under subsection (a) shall be 
available to the Secretary, without further Act of appropriation, for--
        (1) the acquisition, construction, or improvement of 
    administrative and visitor facilities and associated land in 
    connection with the Deschutes National Forest;
        (2) the construction of a bunkhouse facility in the Umatilla 
    National Forest; and
        (3) to the extent the funds are not necessary to carry out 
    paragraphs (1) and (2), the acquisition of land and interests in 
    land in the State.
    (c) Administration.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
Secretary shall manage any land acquired by purchase or exchange under 
this Act in accordance with the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 480 et 
seq.) (commonly known as the ``Weeks Act'') and other laws (including 
regulations) pertaining to the National Forest System.

SEC. 5. CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITIES.

    The Secretary may acquire, construct, or improve administrative 
facilities and associated land in connection with the Deschutes 
National Forest System by using--
        (1) funds made available under section 4(b); and
        (2) to the extent the funds are insufficient to carry out the 
    acquisition, construction, or improvement, funds subsequently made 
    available for the acquisition, construction, or improvement.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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