[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5302 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5302

  To facilitate a Forest Service land exchange that will eliminate a 
   private in-holding in the Sierra National Forest in the State of 
California and provide for the permanent enjoyment by the Boy Scouts of 
America of a parcel of National Forest System land currently used under 
             a special use permit, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2002

Mr. Radanovich introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To facilitate a Forest Service land exchange that will eliminate a 
   private in-holding in the Sierra National Forest in the State of 
California and provide for the permanent enjoyment by the Boy Scouts of 
America of a parcel of National Forest System land currently used under 
             a special use permit, 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 ``Sierra National Forest Land Exchange 
Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST, CALIFORNIA.

    (a) Receipt of Private Lands.--In exchange for the land described 
in subsection (b), the owners of a parcel of private land consisting of 
the north 1/2 of the northwest 1/4 of section 29, township 8 south, 
range 26 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian, California., shall 
convey all of their right, title, and interest in and to the parcel to 
the Secretary of Agriculture.
    (b) Conveyance of Forest Service Property.--Upon receipt of the 
land conveyed under subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
convey to the persons making such conveyance all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to a parcel of National Forest 
System land consisting of the east 1/2 of the southwest
1/4 and the west 1/2 of the southeast 1/4 of section 30, township 9 
south, range 25 east, Mount Diablo meridian, California.
    (c) Reconveyance.--The conveyance under subsection (b) shall be 
subject to the condition that the recipients of the land agree to 
convey the land, within a time period agreed to by the Secretary of 
Agriculture and the recipient, to the Sequoia Council of the Boy Scouts 
of America.
    (d) Equal Value of Parcels.--The value of the two parcels of real 
property to be exchanged under this section are deemed to be equal.
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