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        S.117

                       One Hundred Eighth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the seventh day of January, two thousand and three


                                 An Act


 
 To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange certain 
          land in the State of Florida, 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 ``Florida National Forest Land 
Management Act of 2003''.

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 Florida.

SEC. 3. SALE OR EXCHANGE OF LAND.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary may, under such terms and conditions 
as the Secretary may prescribe, sell or exchange any right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to the parcels of Federal land in 
the State described in subsection (b).
    (b) Description of Land.--The parcels of Federal land in the State 
referred to in subsection (a) consist of--
        (1) tract A-942a, East Bay, Santa Rosa County, consisting of 
    approximately 61 acres, and more particularly described as T. 1 S., 
    R. 27 W., sec. 31, W\1/2\ of SW\1/4\;
        (2) tract A-942b, East Bay, Santa Rosa County, consisting of 
    approximately 40 acres, and more particularly described as T. 1 S., 
    R. 27 W., sec. 38;
        (3) tract A-942c, Ft. Walton, Okaloosa County, located 
    southeast of the intersection of and adjacent to State Road 86 and 
    Mooney Road, consisting of approximately 0.59 acres, and more 
    particularly described as T. 1 S., R. 24 W., sec. 26;
        (4) tract A-942d, located southeast of Crestview, Okaloosa 
    County, consisting of approximately 79.90 acres, and more 
    particularly described as T. 2 N., R. 23 W., sec. 2, NW\1/4\ NE\1/
    4\ and NE\1/4\ NW\1/4\;
        (5) tract A-943, Okaloosa County Fairgrounds, Ft. Walton, 
    Okaloosa County, consisting of approximately 30.14 acres, and more 
    particularly described as T. 1 S., R. 24 W., sec. 26, S\1/2\;
        (6) tract A-944, City Ball Park--Ft. Walton, Okaloosa County, 
    consisting of approximately 12.43 acres, and more particularly 
    described as T. 1 S., R. 24 W., sec. 26, S\1/2\;
        (7) tract A-945, Landfill-Golf Course Driving Range, located 
    southeast of Crestview, Okaloosa County, consisting of 
    approximately 40.85 acres, and more particularly described as T. 2 
    N., R. 23 W., sec. 4, NW\1/4\ NE\1/4\;
        (8) tract A-959, 2 vacant lots on the north side of Micheaux 
    Road in Bristol, Liberty County, consisting of approximately 0.5 
    acres, and more particularly described as T. 1 S., R. 7 W., sec. 6;
        (9) tract C-3m-d, located southwest of Astor in Lake County, 
    consisting of approximately 15.0 acres, and more particularly 
    described as T. 15 S., R. 28 E., sec. 37;
        (10) tract C-691, Lake County, consisting of the subsurface 
    rights to approximately 40.76 acres of land, and more particularly 
    described as T. 17 S., R. 29 E., sec. 25, SE\1/4\ NW\1/4\;
        (11) tract C-2208b, Lake County, consisting of approximately 
    39.99 acres, and more particularly described as T. 17 S., R. 28 E., 
    sec. 28, NW\1/4\ SE\1/4\;
        (12) tract C-2209, Lake County, consisting of approximately 
    127.2 acres, as depicted on the map, and more particularly 
    described as T. 17 S., R. 28 E., sec. 21, NE\1/4\ SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\ 
    NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\ NE\1/4\;
        (13) tract C-2209b, Lake County, consisting of approximately 
    39.41 acres, and more particularly described as T. 17 S., R. 29 E., 
    sec. 32, NE\1/4\ SE\1/4\;
        (14) tract C-2209c, Lake County, consisting of approximately 
    40.09 acres, and more particularly described as T. 18 S., R. 28 E., 
    sec. 14, SE\1/4\ SW\1/4\;
        (15) tract C-2209d, Lake County, consisting of approximately 
    79.58 acres, and more particularly described as T. 18 S., R. 29 E., 
    sec. 5, SE\1/4\ NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\ SW\1/4\;
        (16) tract C-2210, government lot 1, 20 recreational 
    residential lots, and adjacent land on Lake Kerr, Marion County, 
    consisting of approximately 30 acres, and more particularly 
    described as T. 13 S., R. 25 E., sec. 22;
        (17) tract C-2213, located in the F.M. Arrendondo grant, East 
    of Ocala, Marion County, and including a portion of the land 
    located east of the western right-of-way of State Highway 19, 
    consisting of approximately 15.0 acres, and more particularly 
    described as T. 14 and 15 S., R. 26 E., sec. 36, 38, and 40; and
        (18) all improvements on the parcels described in paragraphs 
    (1) through (17).
    (c) Legal Description Modification.--The Secretary may, for the 
purposes of soliciting offers for the sale or exchange of land under 
subsection (d), modify the descriptions of land specified in subsection 
(b) based on--
        (1) a survey; or
        (2) a determination by the Secretary that the modification 
    would be in the best interest of the public.
    (d) Solicitations of Offers.--
        (1) In general.--Subject to such terms and conditions as the 
    Secretary may prescribe, the Secretary may solicit offers for the 
    sale or exchange of land described in subsection (b).
        (2) Rejection of offers.--The Secretary may reject any offer 
    received under this section if the Secretary determines that the 
    offer--
            (A) is not adequate; or
            (B) is not in the public interest.
    (e) Methods of Sale.--The Secretary may sell the land described in 
subsection (b) at public or private sale (including at auction), in 
accordance with any terms, conditions, and procedures that the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate.
    (f) Brokers.--In any sale or exchange of land described in 
subsection (b), the Secretary may--
        (1) use a real estate broker; and
        (2) pay the real estate broker a commission in an amount that 
    is comparable to the amounts of commission generally paid for real 
    estate transactions in the area.
    (g) Concurrence of the Secretary of the Air Force.--A parcel of 
land described in paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (b) shall 
not be sold or exchanged by the Secretary without the concurrence of 
the Secretary of the Air Force.
    (h) Cash Equalization.--Notwithstanding section 206(b) of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)), if 
the value of non-Federal land for which Federal land is exchanged under 
this section is less than the value of the Federal land exchanged, the 
Secretary may accept a cash equalization payment in excess of 25 
percent of the value of the Federal land.
    (i) Disposition of Proceeds.--
        (1) In general.--The net proceeds derived from any sale or 
    exchange under this Act shall be deposited in the fund established 
    by Public Law 90-171 (commonly known as the ``Sisk Act'') (16 
    U.S.C. 484a).
        (2) Use.--Amounts deposited under paragraph (1) shall be 
    available to the Secretary for expenditure, without further 
    appropriation, for--
            (A) acquisition of land and interests in land for inclusion 
        as units of the National Forest System in the State; and
            (B) reimbursement of costs incurred by the Secretary in 
        carrying out land sales and exchanges under this Act, including 
        the payment of real estate broker commissions under subsection 
        (f).

SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) In General.--Land acquired by the United States under this Act 
shall be--
        (1) subject to the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the 
    ``Weeks Act'') (16 U.S.C. 480 et seq.); and
        (2) administered in accordance with laws (including 
    regulations) applicable to the National Forest System.
    (b) Applicable Law.--The land described in section 3(b) shall not 
be subject to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.).
    (c) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the land 
described in section 3(b) is withdrawn from location, entry, and patent 
under the public land laws, mining laws, and mineral leasing laws 
(including geothermal leasing laws).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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