[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1105 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1105

 To provide for the expeditious completion of the acquisition of State 
 of Wyoming lands within the boundaries of Grand Teton National Park, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 26, 2001

 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the expeditious completion of the acquisition of State 
 of Wyoming lands within the boundaries of Grand Teton National Park, 
                        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 mat be cited as the ``Grand Teton National Park Land 
Exchange Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) The term ``Governor'' means the Governor of the State of 
Wyoming.
    (b) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Department of 
the Interior.
    (c) The term ``State lands'' means the State of Wyoming lands, and 
interest therein, within the boundaries of Grand Teton National Park as 
identified on a map titled ``Private, State & County Inholdings Grand 
Teton National Park'', dated March 2001, and numbered ``GTNP-0001''.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE AND INTENT.

    The purpose of this Act is to authorize the Secretary to acquire 
approximately 1,406 acres of State lands and interests therein within 
the exterior boundaries of Grand Teton National Park.

SEC. 4. VALUATION OF INTEREST.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act the State lands to be acquired shall be valued by one of 
the following methods:
            (1) Selection of appraiser.--The Secretary and the Governor 
        shall mutually agree on the selection of a qualified appraiser 
        to conduct an appraisal of the State lands.
            (2) No agreement on appraiser.--If no appraiser is mutually 
        agreed to under paragraph (a)(1) of this section, the Secretary 
        and the Governor shall each designate a qualified appraiser, 
        and the two designated appraisers shall select a third 
        qualified appraiser to perform the appraisal with the advice 
        and assistance of the designated appraisers.
            (3) Failure of process.--If the Secretary and the Governor 
        cannot agree on the evaluation of the appraised State lands by 
        the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
        section the Governor may petition the United States Court of 
        Federal Claims for a determination of the value of the State 
        lands and interest therein. Subject to the right of appeal, a 
        determination by the Court shall be binding for purposes of 
        this section on all parties.

SEC. 5. LAND EXCHANGE.

    (a) Duties of the Secretary.--
            (1) Within 180 days after the value of the State lands is 
        determined in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of 
        this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Governor, 
        shall exchange Federal lands of equal value or other Federal 
        assets of equal value, or a combination of both, for the State 
        lands.
            (2) Upon final exchange of title between the State and the 
        Secretary, the lands conveyed to the United States pursuant to 
        this Act shall become part of Grand Teton National Park. Once 
        conveyed, such lands shall be managed in accordance with the 
        Act of August 25, 1916 (commonly known as the ``National Park 
        Service Organic Act''), and in accordance with the other laws, 
        rules and regulations applicable to the National Park System.
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