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[S. 434 Reported in Senate (RS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 256
108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 434

                          [Report No. 108-132]

 To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange all or 
part of certain parcels of National Forest System land in the State of 
   Idaho and use the proceeds derived from the sale or exchange for 
                    National Forest System purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 25, 2003

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

                            August 26, 2003

    Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of July 29 
  (legislative day, July 21), 2003, 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 authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange all or 
part of certain parcels of National Forest System land in the State of 
   Idaho and use the proceeds derived from the sale or exchange for 
                    National Forest System purposes.

    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 ``Idaho Panhandle National 
Forest Improvement Act of 2003''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    In this Act, the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
Agriculture.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. SALE OR EXCHANGE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SITES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--The Secretary may, under such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, sell or exchange any or all 
right, title and interest of the United States in and to the following 
National Forest System land and improvements:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Granite/Reeder Bay, Priest Lake Parcel, T. 61 
        N., R. 4 E., B.M., sec. 17, S</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
        2</DELETED>\<DELETED>NE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/4</DELETED>\ 
        <DELETED>(80 acres, more or less).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) North South Ski area, T. 43 N., R. 3 W., B.M., 
        sec. 13, SE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
        4</DELETED>\<DELETED>SE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
        4</DELETED>\<DELETED>SW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
        4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, S</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
        2</DELETED>\<DELETED>SW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
        4</DELETED>\<DELETED>SE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
        4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, NE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
        4</DELETED>\<DELETED>SW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
        4</DELETED>\<DELETED>SE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
        4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, and SW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
        4</DELETED>\<DELETED>SE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
        4</DELETED>\<DELETED>SE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/4</DELETED>\ 
        <DELETED>(50 acres more or less).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Shoshone work camp (including easements for 
        utilities), T. 50 N., R. 4 E., B.M., sec. 5, a portion of the 
        S</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
        2</DELETED>\<DELETED>SE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
        4</DELETED>\<DELETED>.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Descriptions.--The Secretary may modify the 
descriptions in subsection (a) to correct errors or to reconfigure the 
properties in order to facilitate a conveyance.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Consideration.--Consideration for a sale or exchange 
of land under subsection (a)--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) shall be equal to the market value of the 
        land; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) may include cash, improved or unimproved land, 
        or land with improvements constitutes in accordance with 
        specifications of the Secretary.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Applicable Law.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
Act, any sale or exchange of National Forest System land under 
subsection (a) shall be subject to the laws applicable to the 
conveyance and acquisition of land for the National Forest 
System.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Valuation.--The market value of the land and the 
improvements to be sold, exchanged, or constructed under this Act shall 
be determined by an appraisal that is acceptable to the Secretary and 
conforms to the ``Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land 
Acquisitions''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Cash Equalization.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary may accept a cash equalization payment 
in excess of 25 percent of the value of land exchanged under subsection 
(a).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (g) Solicitations of Offers.--The Secretary may solicit 
offers for the sale or exchange of land under this section on such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe. The Secretary may 
reject any offer made under this section if the Secretary determines 
that the offer is not adequate or not in the public interest.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (h) Methods of Sale.--The Secretary may sell land under 
subsection (a) at public or private sale, including at auction, in 
accordance with such terms, conditions, and procedures as the Secretary 
determines to be in the best interests of the United States.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. DISPOSITION OF FUNDS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Deposit of Proceeds.--The Secretary shall deposit the 
proceeds of a sale or exchange under section 3(a) in the fund 
established under Public Law 90-171 (16 U.S.C. 484a, commonly known as 
the ``Sisk Act'').</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Use of Proceeds.--Funds deposited under subsection (a) 
shall be available to the Secretary, without further appropriation--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) for the acquisition of, construction of, or 
        rehabilitation of existing facilities for, a new ranger station 
        in the Silver Valley portion of the Panhandle National Forest; 
        or,</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) to the extent that the amount of funds 
        deposited exceeds the amount needed for the purpose described 
        in paragraph (1), for the acquisition, construction, or 
        rehabilitation of other facilities in the Panhandle National 
        Forest.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Limitations.--Proceeds from the sale or exchange of 
land under this Act shall not be paid or distributed to states or 
counties under any provision of law, or otherwise considered to be 
moneys from units of the National Forest System for the purposes of--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the Act of May 23, 1908 (16 U.S.C. 
        500);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 500, 
        commonly known as the ``Weeks Law''); or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 
        501).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Departmental Regulations.--The Agriculture Property 
Management Regulations shall not apply to any disposition of National 
Forest System land under this Act or any other action taken under this 
Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Management of Lands Acquired by the United States.--
Land transferred to or otherwise acquired by the Secretary under this 
Act shall be managed in accordance with the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 
U.S.C. 480 et seq., commonly known as the ``Weeks Law'') and other laws 
relating to the National Forest System.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Withdrawal and Revocations.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Public land orders.--As of the date of this 
        Act, any public land order withdrawing land described in 
        section 3(a) from all forms of appropriation under the public 
        land laws is revoked with respect to any portion of the land 
        conveyed by the Secretary under this section.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, 
        all land described in section 3(a) is withdrawn from location, 
        entry, and patent under the mining laws of the United 
        States.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are 
necessary to carry out this Act.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Idaho Panhandle National Forest 
Improvement Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.

    In this Act, the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
Agriculture.

SEC. 3. SALE OR EXCHANGE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SITES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary may, under such terms and conditions 
as the Secretary may prescribe, sell or exchange any or all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the following 
National Forest System land and improvements:
            (1) Granite/Reeder Bay, Priest Lake Parcel, T61N, R4E, 
        Boise Principal Meridian, section 17, S\1/2\NE\1/4\ (80 acres, 
        more or less).
            (2) North South Ski area, T43N, R3W, Boise Principal 
        Meridian, section 13, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/
        4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\ (50 acres 
        more or less).
            (3) Shoshone work camp (including easements for utilities), 
        T50N, R4E, Boise Principal Meridian, section 5, a portion of 
        the S\1/2\SE\1/4\ (19 acres, more or less).
    (b) Descriptions.--The Secretary may modify the descriptions in 
subsection (a) to correct errors or to make minor adjustments to the 
parcels in order to facilitate the conveyance of the parcels.
    (c) Consideration.--Consideration for a sale or exchange of land 
under subsection (a)--
            (1) shall be equal to the fair market value of the land; 
        and
            (2) may include cash or improved or unimproved land.
    (d) Applicable Law.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, any 
sale or exchange of National Forest System land under subsection (a) 
shall be subject to the laws applicable to the conveyance and 
acquisition of land for the National Forest System.
    (e) Valuation.--The market value of the land and the improvements 
to be sold or exchanged under this Act shall be determined by an 
appraisal that is acceptable to the Secretary and conforms with the 
Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions.
    (f) Cash Equalization.--Notwithstanding section 206(b) of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)), the 
Secretary may accept a cash equalization payment in excess of 25 
percent of the value of land exchanged under subsection (a).
    (g) Solicitations of Offers.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary may solicit offers for the 
        sale or exchange of land under this section on such terms and 
        conditions as the Secretary may prescribe.
            (2) Rejection of offers.--The Secretary may reject any 
        offer made under this section if the Secretary determines that 
        the offer is not adequate or not in the public interest.
    (h) Methods of Sale.--The Secretary may sell land under subsection 
(a) at public or private sale (including at auction), in accordance 
with any terms, conditions, and procedures that the Secretary 
determines to be in the best interests of the United States.

SEC. 4. DISPOSITION OF FUNDS.

    (a) Deposit of Proceeds.--The Secretary shall deposit the proceeds 
of a sale or the cash equalization proceeds, if any, from an exchange 
under section 3(a) in the fund established under Public Law 90-171 
(commonly known as the ``Sisk Act'') (16 U.S.C. 484a).
    (b) Use of Proceeds.--Amounts deposited under subsection (a) shall 
be available to the Secretary, without further appropriation--
            (1) for the acquisition of, construction of, or 
        rehabilitation of existing facilities for, a new ranger station 
        in the Silver Valley portion of the Panhandle National Forest; 
        or
            (2) to the extent that the amount of funds deposited 
        exceeds the amount needed for the purpose described in 
        paragraph (1), for the acquisition, construction, or 
        rehabilitation of other facilities in the Panhandle National 
        Forest.
    (c) Nondistribution of Proceeds.--Proceeds from the sale or 
exchange of land under this Act shall not be paid or distributed to 
States or counties under any provision of law, or otherwise treated as 
money received from a national forest, for purposes of--
            (1) the Act of May 23, 1908 (16 U.S.C. 500);
            (2) section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known 
        as the ``Weeks Law'') (16 U.S.C. 500); or
            (3) the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501).

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) In General.--Land transferred to or otherwise acquired by the 
Secretary under this Act shall be managed in accordance with--
            (1) the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the ``Weeks 
        Law'') (16 U.S.C. 480 et seq.); and
            (2) other laws relating to the National Forest System.
    (b) Exemption From Property Management Regulations.--Part 1955 of 
title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), 
shall not apply to any actions taken under this Act.
    (c) Withdrawals and Revocations.--
            (1) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, all land 
        described in section 3(a) is withdrawn from--
                    (A) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
                laws; and
                    (B) the operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 
                materials, and geothermal leasing laws.
            (2) Revocation of public land orders.--As of the date of 
        this Act, any public land order withdrawing land described in 
        section 3(a) from all forms of appropriation under the public 
        land laws is revoked with respect to any portion of the land 
        conveyed by the Secretary under this section.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this Act.




                                                       Calendar No. 256

108th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 434

                          [Report No. 108-132]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange all or 
part of certain parcels of National Forest System land in the State of 
   Idaho and use the proceeds derived from the sale or exchange for 
                    National Forest System purposes.

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                            August 26, 2003

                       Reported with an amendment