[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4617 Received in Senate (RDS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 4617


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 29, 2004

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out certain land 
exchanges involving small parcels of National Forest System land in the 
    Tahoe National Forest in the State of California, 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. LAND EXCHANGES, TAHOE NATIONAL FOREST, CALIFORNIA.

    (a) Christensen Exchange Authorized.--Notwithstanding section 3 of 
Public Law 97-465 (16 U.S.C. 521e; commonly known as the Small Tracts 
Act), the Secretary of Agriculture may use the authority of such Act to 
convey to Irving N. Christensen all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to a parcel of National Forest System land lying 
north of California State Highway 49 within the N\1/2\N\1/2\ of section 
17 of township 19 north, range 9 east, Mount Diablo meridian, in 
exchange for lands owned by Irving N. Christensen, as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act, in that portion of the SW\1/4\NW\1/4\ of 
section 16 of township 19 north, range 9 east, Mount Diablo meridian, 
lying southwest of California State Highway 49 and that portion of S\1/
2\NE\1/4\ of section 17 of township 19 north, range 9 east, Mount 
Diablo meridian, lying southwest of California State Highway 49 and 
northeast of the North Fork Yuba River.
    (b) McCreary Exchange Authorized.--For purposes of Public Law 97-
465 (16 U.S.C. 521c et seq.; commonly known as the Small Tracts Act), 
the land exchange authorized by this subsection is deemed to involve a 
mineral survey fraction. Using the authority of such Act, the Secretary 
of Agriculture may convey to Dennis W. McCreary and Cindy M. McCreary 
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel 
of National Forest System land in Lot 121 of section 35 of township 20 
north, range 10 east, Mount Diablo meridian, in exchange for lands 
owned by Dennis W. McCreary and Cindy M. McCreary, as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act, in Lot 19 of such section 35.
    (c) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, all lands to be 
exchanged under this section are withdrawn from location, entry, and 
patent under the mining laws of the United States.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 2004.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.