109 HR 3981 EH: 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. U.S. House of Representatives 0 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 109th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3981 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 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.

1.

Land exchanges, Tahoe National Forest, California

(a)

Christensen exchange

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 acquire land from Irving N. Christensen in that portion of the SW1/4NW1/4 of section 16, township 19 north, range 9 east, Mount Diablo meridian, lying southwest of California State Highway 49 and that portion of the S1/2NE1/4 of section 17 of the same township and range lying southwest of California State Highway 49 and northeast of the North Fork Yuba River, through an exchange of all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel National Forest System land in Tahoe National Forest, California, lying north of California State Highway 49 within the N1/2N1/2 of such section 17. (b)

McCreary exchange

The Secretary of Agriculture may use the authority of provided by Public Law 97–465 (16 U.S.C. 521c et seq.; commonly known as the Small Tracts Act) to acquire land from Dennis W. McCreary and Cindy M. McCreary in lot 19 of section 35, township 20 north, range 10 east, Mount Diablo meridian, through an exchange of all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel National Forest System land in Tahoe National Forest, California, in lot 121 of such section 35. For purposes of Public Law 97–465, this land exchange is deemed to involve a mineral survey fraction. (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Subject to valid existing rights, all lands to be exchanged under this section are withdrawn from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws of the United States.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 November 15, 2005.Jeff TrandahlClerk.