[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[S. 2180 Reported in Senate (RS)]




                                                       Calendar No. 600



108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2180

                          [Report No. 108-285]

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain lands in the 
    Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in the State of Colorado.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 9, 2004

  Mr. Campbell (for himself and Mr. Allard) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

                             June 25, 2004

              Reported by Mr. Domenici, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain lands in the 
    Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in the State of Colorado.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Arapaho and Roosevelt 
National Forests Land Exchange Act of 2004''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, ARAPAHO AND ROOSEVELT NATIONAL FORESTS, 
              COLORADO.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Conveyance by the City of Golden.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Lands described.--The land exchange directed 
        by this section shall proceed if, within 30 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, the City of Golden, Colorado (in 
        the section referred to as the ``City''), offers to convey 
        title acceptable to the United States to the following non-
        Federal lands:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Certain lands located near the 
                community of Evergreen in Park County, Colorado, 
                comprising approximately 80 acres, as generally 
                depicted on a map entitled ``Non-Federal Lands--Cub 
                Creek Parcel'', dated June, 2003.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Certain lands located near Argentine 
                Pass in Clear Creek and Summit Counties, Colorado, 
                comprising approximately 55.909 acres in 14 patented 
                mining claims, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
                ``Argentine Pass/Continental Divide Trail Lands'', 
                dated September 2003.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Conditions of conveyance.--The conveyance of 
        lands under paragraph (1)(B) to the United States shall be 
        subject to the absolute right of the City to permanently enter 
        upon, utilize, and occupy so much of the surface and subsurface 
        of the lands as may be reasonably necessary to access, 
        maintain, repair, modify, make improvements in, or otherwise 
        utilize the Vidler Tunnel to the same extent that the City 
        would have had such right if the lands had not been conveyed to 
        the United States and remained in City ownership. The exercise 
        of such right shall not require the City to secure any permit 
        or other advance approval from the United States. Upon 
        acquisition by the United States, such lands are hereby 
        permanently withdrawn from all forms of entry and appropriation 
        under the public land laws, including the mining and mineral 
        leasing laws, and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 
        1001 et seq.).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Conveyance by United States.--Upon receipt of 
acceptable title to the non-Federal lands identified in subsection (a), 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall simultaneously convey to the City 
all right, title and interest of the United States in and to certain 
Federal lands, comprising approximately 9.84 acres, as generally 
depicted on a map entitled ``Empire Federal Lands--Parcel 12'', dated 
June 2003.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Equal Value Exchange.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Appraisal.--The values of the Federal lands 
        identified in subsection (b) and the non-Federal lands 
        identified in subsection (a)(1)(A) shall be determined by the 
        Secretary through appraisals performed in accordance with the 
        Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions 
        (December 20, 2000) and the Uniform Standards of Professional 
        Appraisal Practice. Except as provided in paragraph (3), the 
        conveyance of the non-Federal lands identified in subsection 
        (a)(1)(B) shall be considered a donation for all purposes of 
        law.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Surplus of non-federal value.--If the final 
        appraised value, as approved by the Secretary, of the non-
        Federal lands identified in subsection (a)(1)(A) exceeds the 
        final appraised value, as approved by the Secretary, of the 
        Federal land identified in subsection (b), the values may be 
        equalized--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by reducing the acreage of the non-
                Federal lands identified in subsection (a) to be 
                conveyed, as determined appropriate and acceptable by 
                the Secretary and the City;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the making of a cash equalization 
                payment to the City, including a cash equalization 
                payment in excess of the amount authorized by section 
                206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
                1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)); or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) a combination of acreage reduction and 
                cash equalization.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Surplus of federal value.--If the final 
        appraised value, as approved by the Secretary, of the Federal 
        land identified in subsection (b) exceeds the final appraised 
        value, as approved by the Secretary, of the non-Federal lands 
        identified in subsection (a)(1)(A), the Secretary shall prepare 
        a statement of value for the non-Federal lands identified in 
        subsection (a)(1)(B) and utilize such value to the extent 
        necessary to equalize the values of the non-Federal lands 
        identified in subsection (a)(1)(A) and the Federal land 
        identified in subsection (b). If the Secretary declines to 
        accept the non-Federal lands identified in subsection (a)(1)(B) 
        for any reason, the City shall make a cash equalization payment 
        to the Secretary as necessary to equalize the values of the 
        non-Federal lands identified in subsection (a)(1)(A) and the 
        Federal land identified in subsection (b).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Exchange Costs.--To expedite the land exchange under 
this section and save administrative costs to the United States, the 
City shall be required to pay for--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) any necessary land surveys; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the costs of the appraisals, which shall be 
        performed in accordance with Forest Service policy on approval 
        of the appraiser and the issuance of appraisal 
        instructions.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Timing and Interim Authorization.--It is the intent of 
Congress that the land exchange directed by this Act shall be completed 
no later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Pending completion of the land exchange, the City is authorized, 
effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, to construct a 
water pipeline on or near the existing course of the Lindstrom ditch 
through the Federal land identified in subsection (b) without further 
action or authorization by the Secretary, except that, prior to 
initiating any such construction, the City shall execute and convey to 
the Secretary a legal document that permanently holds the United States 
harmless for any and all liability arising from the construction of 
such water pipeline and indemnifies the United States against all costs 
arising from the United States' ownership of the Federal land, and any 
actions, operations or other acts of the City or its licensees, 
employees, or agents in constructing such water pipeline or engaging in 
other acts on the Federal land prior to its transfer to the City. Such 
encumbrance on the Federal land prior to conveyance shall not be 
considered for purposes of the appraisal.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Alternative Sale Authority.--If the land exchange is 
not completed for any reason, the Secretary is hereby authorized and 
directed to sell the Federal land identified in subsection (b) to the 
City at its final appraised value, as approved by the Secretary. Any 
money received by the United States in such sale shall be considered 
money received and deposited pursuant to Public Law 90-171 (16 U.S.C. 
484(a); commonly known as the ``Sisk Act'', and may be used, without 
further appropriation, for the acquisition of lands for addition to the 
National Forest System in the State of Colorado.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (g) Incorporation, Management, and Status of Acquired 
Lands.--Land acquired by the United States under the land exchange 
shall become part of the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, and 
the exterior boundary of such forest is hereby modified, without 
further action by the Secretary, as necessary to incorporate the non-
Federal lands identified in subsection (a) and an additional 40 acres 
as depicted on a map entitled ``Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forest 
Boundary Adjustment--Cub Creek'', dated June 2003. Upon their 
acquisition, lands or interests in land acquired under the authority of 
this Act shall be administered in accordance with the laws, rules and 
regulations generally applicable to the National Forest System. For 
purposes of Section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 
1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-9), the boundaries of the Arapaho and Roosevelt 
National Forests, as adjusted by this subsection shall be deemed to be 
the boundaries of such forest as of January 1, 1965.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (h) Technical Corrections.--The Secretary, with the 
agreement of the City, may make technical corrections or correct 
clerical errors in the maps referred to in this section or adjust the 
boundaries of the Federal lands to leave the United States with a 
manageable post-exchange or sale boundary. In the event of any 
discrepancy between a map, acreage estimate, or legal description, the 
map shall prevail unless the Secretary and the City agree 
otherwise.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (i) Revocation of Orders and Withdrawal.--Any public 
orders withdrawing any of the Federal lands identified in subsection 
(b) from appropriation or disposal under the public land laws are 
hereby revoked to the extent necessary to permit disposal of the 
Federal lands. Upon the enactment of this Act, if not already withdrawn 
or segregated from the entry and appropriation under the public land 
laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws and the Geothermal 
Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), the Federal lands are 
hereby withdrawn until the date of their conveyance to the 
City.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Arapaho and Roosevelt National 
Forests Land Exchange Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, ARAPAHO AND ROOSEVELT NATIONAL FORESTS, 
              COLORADO.

    (a) Conveyance by City of Golden.--
            (1) Non-federal land described.--The land exchange directed 
        by this section shall proceed if, not later than 30 days after 
        the date of enactment of this Act, the City of Golden, Colorado 
        (referred to in this section as the ``City''), offers to convey 
        title acceptable to the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to 
        in this section as the ``Secretary'') to the following non-
        Federal land:
                    (A) Certain land located near the community of 
                Evergreen in Park County, Colorado, comprising 
                approximately 80 acres, as generally depicted on the 
                map entitled ``Non-Federal Lands--Cub Creek Parcel'', 
                dated June 2003.
                    (B) Certain land located near Argentine Pass in 
                Clear Creek and Summit Counties, Colorado, comprising 
                approximately 55.909 acres, as generally depicted on 
                the map entitled ``Argentine Pass/Continental Divide 
                Trail Lands'', dated September 2003.
            (2) Conditions of conveyance.--
                    (A) Vidler tunnel.--The conveyance of land under 
                paragraph (1)(B) to the Secretary shall be subject to 
                the continuing right of the City to permanently enter 
                on, use, and occupy so much of the surface and 
                subsurface of the land as reasonably is necessary to 
                access, maintain, modify, or otherwise use the Vidler 
                Tunnel to the same extent that the City would have had 
                that right if the land had not been conveyed to the 
                Secretary and remained in City ownership.
                    (B) Advance approval.--The exercise of that right 
                shall not require the City to secure any permit or 
                other advance approval from the United States except to 
                the extent that the City would have been required had 
                the land not been conveyed to the Secretary and 
                remained in City ownership.
                    (C) Withdrawal.--On acquisition by the Secretary, 
                the land is permanently withdrawn from all forms of 
                entry and appropriation under the public land laws 
                (including the mining and mineral leasing laws) and the 
                Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
    (b) Federal Land Described.--On receipt of title to the non-Federal 
land identified in subsection (a) that is acceptable to the Secretary, 
the Secretary shall simultaneously convey to the City all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to certain Federal land, 
comprising approximately 9.84 acres, as generally depicted on the map 
entitled ``Empire Federal Lands--Parcel 12'', dated June 2003.
    (c) Equal Value Exchange.--
            (1) Appraisal.--
                    (A) In general.--The values of the Federal land 
                identified in subsection (b) and the non-Federal land 
                identified in subsection (a)(1)(A) shall be determined 
                by the Secretary through appraisals performed in 
                accordance with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 
                Federal Land Acquisitions and the Uniform Standards of 
                Professional Appraisal Practice.
                    (B) Donation.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), 
                the conveyance of the non-Federal land identified in 
                subsection (a)(1)(B) shall be considered a donation for 
                all purposes of law.
            (2) Surplus of non-federal value.--If the final appraised 
        value (as approved by the Secretary) of the non-Federal land 
        identified in subsection (a)(1)(A) exceeds the final appraised 
        value (as approved by the Secretary) of the Federal land 
        identified in subsection (b), the values may be equalized by--
                    (A) reducing the acreage of the non-Federal land 
                identified in subsection (a)(1)(A) to be conveyed, as 
                determined appropriate and acceptable by the Secretary 
                and the City;
                    (B) making a cash equalization payment to the City, 
                including a cash equalization payment in excess of the 
                amount authorized by section 206(b) of the Federal Land 
                Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)); 
                or
                    (C) a combination of acreage reduction and cash 
                equalization.
            (3) Surplus of federal value.--
                    (A) Appraisal.--If the final appraised value (as 
                approved by the Secretary) of the Federal land 
                identified in subsection (b) exceeds the final 
                appraised value (as approved by the Secretary) of the 
                non-Federal land identified in subsection (a)(1)(A), 
                the Secretary shall--
                            (i) conduct an appraisal in accordance with 
                        the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal 
                        Land Acquisitions and the Uniform Standards of 
                        Professional Appraisal Practice for the non-
                        Federal land to be conveyed pursuant to 
                        subsection (a)(1)(B); and
                            (ii) use the value to the extent necessary 
                        to equalize the values of the non-Federal land 
                        identified in subsection (a)(1)(A) and the 
                        Federal land identified in subsection (b).
                    (B) Cash equalization payment.--If the Secretary 
                declines to accept the non-Federal land identified in 
                subsection (a)(1)(B) for any reason or if the value of 
                the Federal land described in subsection (b) exceeds 
                the value of all of the non-Federal land described in 
                subsection (a)(1), the City may make a cash 
                equalization payment to the Secretary, including a cash 
                equalization payment in excess of the amount authorized 
                by section 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and 
                Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)).
    (d) Exchange Costs.--The City shall pay for--
            (1) any necessary land surveys; and
            (2) the costs of the appraisals, on approval of the 
        appraiser and the issuance of appraisal instructions.
    (e) Timing and Interim Authorization.--
            (1) Timing.--It is the intent of Congress that the land 
        exchange directed by this Act shall be completed not later than 
        180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) Interim authorization.--Pending completion of the land 
        exchange, not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, subject to applicable law, the Secretary shall 
        authorize the City to construct approximately 140 feet of water 
        pipeline on or near the existing course of the Lindstrom ditch 
        through the Federal land identified in subsection (b).
    (f) Alternative Sale Authority.--
            (1) In general.--If the land exchange is not completed for 
        any reason, the Secretary shall sell the Federal land 
        identified in subsection (b) to the City at the final appraised 
        value of the land, as approved by the Secretary.
            (2) Sisk act.--Public Law 90-171 (commonly known as the 
        ``Sisk Act'') (16 U.S.C. 484a) shall, without further 
        appropriation, apply to any cash equalization payment received 
        by the United States under this section.
    (g) Incorporation, Management, and Status of Acquired Land.--
            (1) Incorporation.--Land acquired by the United States 
        under the land exchange shall become part of the Arapaho and 
        Roosevelt National Forests.
            (2) Boundary.--The exterior boundary of the Forests is 
        modified, without further action by the Secretary, as necessary 
        to incorporate--
                    (A) the non-Federal land identified in subsection 
                (a); and
                    (B) approximately an additional 80 acres as 
                depicted on the map entitled ``Arapaho and Roosevelt 
                National Forest Boundary Adjustment--Cub Creek'', dated 
                June 2003.
            (3) Administration.--On acquisition, land or interests in 
        land acquired under this section shall be administered in 
        accordance with the laws (including rules and regulations) 
        generally applicable to the National Forest System.
            (4) Land and water conservation fund.--For purposes of 
        section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 
        (16 U.S.C. 460l-9), the boundaries of the Arapaho and Roosevelt 
        National Forests (as adjusted by this subsection) shall be 
        deemed to be the boundaries of the Forests as of January 1, 
        1965.
    (h) Technical Corrections.--The Secretary, with the agreement of 
the City, may make technical corrections or correct clerical errors in 
the maps referred to in this section.
    (i) Revocation of Orders and Withdrawal.--
            (1) Revocation of orders.--Any public orders withdrawing 
        any of the Federal land identified in subsection (b) from 
        appropriation or disposal under the public land laws are 
        revoked to the extent necessary to permit disposal of the 
        Federal land.
            (2) Withdrawal.--On the date of enactment of this Act, if 
        not already withdrawn or segregated from entry and 
        appropriation under the public land laws (including the mining 
        and mineral leasing laws) and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 
        (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), the Federal land identified in 
        subsection (b) is withdrawn until the date of the conveyance of 
        the Federal land to the City.




                                                       Calendar No. 600

108th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2180

                          [Report No. 108-285]

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                                 A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain lands in the 
    Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in the State of Colorado.

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                             June 25, 2004

                       Reported with an amendment