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[H.R. 708 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.708

                       One Hundred Eighth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four


                                 An Act


 
  To require the conveyance of certain National Forest System lands in 
  Mendocino National Forest, California, to provide for the use of the 
  proceeds from such conveyance for National Forest purposes, 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 CONVEYANCE, FARAWAY RANCH, MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST, 
              CALIFORNIA.

    (a) Conveyance Required.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall convey to the owner of the property known as the 
Faraway Ranch in Lake County, California (in this section referred to 
as the ``recipient''), by quitclaim deed, all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to the following National Forest 
System lands in Mendocino National Forest in Lake County, California:
        (1) ``Faraway Ranch, Tract 39'' (approximately 15.8 acres), 
    consisting of a portion of lot 6 of section 4, township 18 north, 
    range 10 west, Mount Diablo base and meridian, as generally 
    depicted on the map entitled ``Faraway Ranch, Tracts 39 and 40'' 
    and dated June 30, 2002.
        (2) ``Faraway Ranch, Tract 40'' (approximately 105.1 acres) 
    consisting of a portion of the N1/2SW1/4 and lot 7 of section 4, 
    and a portion of lots 15 and 16 of section 5, township 18 north, 
    range 10 west, Mount Diablo base and meridian, as generally 
    depicted on the map referred to in paragraph (1).
    (b) Time for Conveyance.--The Secretary shall make the conveyance 
under subsection (a) not later than 120 days after the date on which 
the recipient deposits sufficient funds with the Bureau of Land 
Management, California State Office, Branch of Geographic Services, to 
cover survey work costs and with the Forest Service, Mendocino National 
Forest, to cover Forest Service direct transaction costs described in 
subsection (e).
    (c) Corrections.--With the agreement of the recipient, the 
Secretary may make minor corrections to the legal descriptions and map 
of the lands to be conveyed pursuant to this section.
    (d) Consideration.--As consideration for the conveyance under 
subsection (a), the recipient shall pay to the Secretary an amount 
equal to the fair market value of the National Forest System lands 
conveyed under such subsection. The fair market value of such lands 
shall be determined by an appraisal that is acceptable to the Secretary 
and conforms with the Federal appraisal standards, as defined in the 
Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions developed by 
the Interagency Land Acquisition Conference.
    (e) Payment of Costs.--All direct transaction costs associated with 
the conveyance under subsection (a), including the costs of appraisal, 
title, and survey work, shall be paid by the recipient.
    (f) Use of Proceeds.--
        (1) Deposit.--The Secretary shall deposit the amounts received 
    by the Secretary as consideration under subsection (d) in the fund 
    established by Public Law 90-171 (commonly known as the Sisk Act; 
    16 U.S.C. 484a).
        (2) Use.--Funds deposited under paragraph (1) shall be 
    available to the Secretary until expended, without further 
    appropriation--
            (A) for the acquisition of land and interests in land for 
        National Forest System purposes in the State of California; and
            (B) for reimbursement of costs incurred by the Forest 
        Service in making the conveyance under subsection (a).
        (3) Status of acquired land.--Notwithstanding Public Law 85-862 
    (16 U.S.C. 521a), any lands acquired under paragraph (2)(A) shall 
    be managed as lands acquired under the Act of March 1, 1911 
    (commonly known as the Weeks Act; 16 U.S.C. 480, 500, 515 et seq.), 
    regardless of whether any of the lands conveyed under subsection 
    (a) were reserved from the public domain.

SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL.

    Subject to valid existing rights, the lands to be conveyed under 
subsection (a) of section 1 are hereby withdrawn from all forms of 
location, entry, and patent under the public land laws and the mining 
and mineral leasing laws of the United States.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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