109 HR 410 IH: Northern Arizona Land Exchange and Verde River Basin Partnership Act of 2005
U.S. House of Representatives
2005-01-26
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Northern Arizona Land Exchange and Verde River Basin Partnership Act of 2005
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(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
Title I—Northern Arizona Land Exchange
Sec. 101. Definitions
Sec. 102. Land exchange
Sec. 103. Description of non-Federal land
Sec. 104. Description of Federal land
Sec. 105. Status and management of land after exchange
Sec. 106. Miscellaneous provisions
Sec. 107. Conveyance of additional land
Title II—Verde River Basin Partnership
Sec. 201. Purpose
Sec. 202. Definitions
Sec. 203. Verde River Basin Partnership
Sec. 204. Verde River Basin studies
Sec. 205. Verde River Basin Partnership final report
Sec. 206. Memorandum of understanding
Sec. 207. Effect
<enum>I</enum><header>Northern arizona land exchange</header>
<section id="H134E91C2569B4A459648615441A7307C"><enum>101.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="HF48F24E61CA74DEFAD887354C4CD0032"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Camp</header><text>The term <term>camp</term> means Camp Pearlstein, Friendly Pines, Patterdale Pines, Pine Summit, Sky Y, and Young Life Lost Canyon camps in the State of Arizona.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4E41085395504D778604DA4586CD8EC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cities</header><text>The term <term>cities</term> means the cities of Flagstaff, Williams, and Camp Verde, Arizona.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC9473F1AD2F5458E824CD35415A44FAC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal land</header><text>The term <term>Federal land</term> means the land described in section 104.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC410F78E334D4470AD4D5B1F96FE6CBB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Non-federal land</header><text>The term <term>non-Federal land</term> means the land described in section 103.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF1A44B71996A400B93E4DC7EF59199E6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7BC229D451884023B100D0475F8450AE"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Yavapai Ranch</header><text>The term <term>Yavapai Ranch</term> means the Yavapai Ranch Limited Partnership, an Arizona Limited Partnership, and the Northern Yavapai, L.L.C., an Arizona Limited Liability Company.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H1D285FFE08C14430A0C0E269E677D6FB"><enum>102.</enum><header>Land exchange</header>
<subsection id="HE31F55465E0F4B009D24A3657F845F6C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header>
<paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4FED2CEF05FA451D8C27AC00DF14816E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Upon the conveyance by Yavapai Ranch of title to the non-Federal land identified in section 103, the Secretary shall simultaneously convey to Yavapai Ranch title to the Federal land identified in section 104.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="H2E16C5276EE541EDBDB67ECCD11CE172"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Title to the lands to be exchanged shall be in a form acceptable to the Secretary and Yavapai Ranch.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="HB930375B5D24446BAD7316A814477E2E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Federal land and non-Federal land to be exchanged under this title may be modified prior to the exchange as provided in this title.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="H1B3D3A4450BC4B5F9F1DD1818F2B5822"><enum>(4)</enum>
<subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H49764F0A2F774FA700AE7FAAAACFCB2F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>By mutual agreement, the Secretary and Yavapai Ranch may make minor and technical corrections to the maps and legal descriptions of the lands and interests therein exchanged or retained under this title, including changes, if necessary to conform to surveys approved by the Bureau of Land Management.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="HFEB0A8FB23BE49E1BB708DA5659574D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In the case of any discrepancy between a map and legal description, the map shall prevail unless the Secretary and Yavapai Ranch agree otherwise.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE981E43F2DDB4AD08D292C2E7EBC0851"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exchange process</header>
<paragraph id="H0E70582863B8469298B8CBECAC9D06F0" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Except as otherwise provided in this title, the land exchange under subsection (a) shall be undertaken in accordance with section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1716">43 U.S.C. 1716</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H107C65E3B32C4402B297C4403D635515" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Before completing the land exchange under this title, the Secretary shall perform any necessary land surveys and pre-exchange inventories, clearances, reviews, and approvals, including those relating to hazardous materials, threatened and endangered species, cultural and historic resources, and wetlands and flood plains.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7B55CE54022745A9876E448DAF738700"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Equal value exchange</header>
<paragraph id="HB2889A82E8AA42879788E1B45DE6DF4F" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The value of the Federal land and the non-Federal land shall be equal, or equalized by the Secretary by adjusting the acreage of the Federal land in accordance with paragraph (2).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA46FFDA2894D477C99BE09CF2C5812D" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If the final appraised value of the Federal land exceeds the final appraised value of the non-Federal land, prior to making other adjustments, the Federal lands shall be adjusted by deleting all or part of the parcels or portions of the parcels in the following order:</text>
<subparagraph id="HFE7347F2A1A44B0A8C4C196FCC344BC8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A portion of the Camp Verde parcel described in section 104(a)(4), comprising approximately 316 acres, located in the Prescott National Forest, and more particularly described as lots 1, 5, and 6 of sec. 26, the NE<fraction>1/4</fraction>NE<fraction>1/4</fraction> portion of sec. 26 and the N<fraction>1/2</fraction>N<fraction>1/2</fraction> portion of sec. 27, T. 14 N., R. 4 E., Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB0640EFD76594210950759408311D5D2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A portion of the Camp Verde parcel described in section 104(a)(4), comprising approximately 314 acres, located in the Prescott National Forest, and more particularly described as lots 2, 7, 8, and 9 of sec. 26, the SE<fraction>1/4</fraction>NE<fraction>1/4</fraction> portion of sec. 26, and the S<fraction>1/2</fraction>N<fraction>1/2</fraction> of sec. 27, T. 14 N., R. 4 E., Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEAAC4C0ABCE1437A80FEF41499593A2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning at the south boundary of sec. 31, T. 20 N., R. 5 W., Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, and secs. 33 and 35, T. 20 N., R. 6 W., Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, by adding to the non-Federal land to be conveyed to the United States in <fraction>1/8</fraction>-section increments (E–W 64th line) while deleting from the conveyance to Yavapai Ranch Federal land in the same incremental portions of sec. 32, T. 20 N., R. 5 W., Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, and secs. 32, 34, and 36, in T. 20 N., R. 6 W., Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, to establish a linear and continuous boundary that runs east-to-west across the sections.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2AC3D08256194DC2945677904E8F7206"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any other parcels, or portions thereof, agreed to by the Secretary and Yavapai Ranch.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1B195C09CDE04BBBAAE0EC245DC445FA" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If any parcel of Federal land or non-Federal land is not conveyed because of any reason, that parcel of land, or portion thereof, shall be excluded from the exchange and the remaining lands shall be adjusted as provided in this subsection. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="HBF7593037ED44EB7ABCA4858E203C67D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>If the value of the Federal land exceeds the value of the non-Federal land by more than $50,000, the Secretary and Yavapai Ranch shall, by mutual agreement, delete additional Federal land from the exchange until the value of the Federal land and non-Federal land is to the maximum extent practicable equal.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9E964AC5A57446D0B0F0B3CCF9C2CB00"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Appraisals</header>
<paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H73A383141D7F41D485428D2FEAE7DB3D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The value of the Federal land and non-Federal land shall be determined by appraisals prepared in accordance with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="HB5F3DE93FA14446FA6FFE714863C6F52"><enum>(2)</enum>
<subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HDE9D1C43B08B43F58D31BB9437E15F96"><enum>(A)</enum><text>After the Secretary has reviewed and approved the final appraised values of the Federal land and non-Federal land to be exchanged, the Secretary shall not be required to reappraise or update the final appraised values before the completion of the land exchange.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="H5C88B83D52324FDEAEBDFB06AC7C6C78"><enum>(B)</enum><text>This paragraph shall apply during the three-year period following the approval by the Secretary of the final appraised values of the Federal land and non-Federal land unless the Secretary and Yavapai Ranch have entered into an agreement to implement an exchange.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="HE5EB641ECA81440C94DE00D92EEDDE1E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the appraisal process, the appraiser shall determine the value of each parcel of Federal land and non-Federal land (including the contributory value of each individual section of the intermingled Federal and non-Federal land of the property described in sections 103(a) and 104(a)(1)) as an assembled transaction.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="HF34225CA20534C28A33F28AAD05BFBB"><enum>(4)</enum>
<subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HFE57C863B6E8485AAD827899C7B89DB2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>To ensure the timely and full disclosure to the public of the final appraised values of the Federal land and non-Federal land, the Secretary shall provide public notice of any appraisals approved by the Secretary and copies of such appraisals shall be available for public inspection in appropriate offices of the Prescott, Coconino, and Kaibab National Forests.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="HF9B7003D2FB4492988DB79196E2CF136"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary shall also provide copies of any approved appraisals to the cities and the owners of the camps described in section 101(1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF6D676605D954B2EA2135F148752FEA8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Contracting</header>
<paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HCC9AF5B9C52B45C48951C01C27759FAB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>If the Secretary lacks adequate staff or resources to complete the exchange by the date specified in section 106(c), subject to the agreement of the Secretary and Yavapai Ranch, may contract with independent third-party contractors to carry out any work necessary to complete the exchange by that date.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="HC91D9810754A480FA3AB47631B6B5196"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If, in accordance with this subsection, Yavapai Ranch contracts with an independent third-party contractor to carry out any work that would otherwise be performed by the Secretary, the Secretary shall reimburse Yavapai Ranch for the costs for the third-party contractors.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H78FE535ACA174FABB1F0F814F8A8D63"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Easements</header>
<paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE2010ACCB50E4730B79849B35CEB87E4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The exchange of non-Federal land and Federal land under this title shall be subject to any easements, rights-of-way, utility lines, and any other valid encumbrances in existence on the date of enactment of this Act, including acquired easements for water pipelines as generally depicted on the map entitled “Yavapai Ranch Land Exchange, YRLP Acquired Easements for Water Lines”, dated August 2004, and any other reservations that may be agreed to by the Secretary and Yavapai Ranch.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF3B19D5FD11F4C2699268BEA23C55F8D" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Upon completion of the land exchange under this title, the Secretary and Yavapai Ranch shall grant each other at no charge reciprocal easements for access and utilities across, over, and through—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1DC5D4AB2CEA4E07A594B1D18D5BB562"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the routes depicted on the map entitled <quote>Yavapai Ranch Land Exchange Road and Trail Easements, Yavapai Ranch Area</quote>, dated August 2004; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1916E58C5D174BB9BAD039A5B593EFC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any relocated routes that are agreed to by the Secretary and Yavapai Ranch.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC58326DA307F479DA706DC57005390A" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An easement described in paragraph (2) shall be unrestricted and nonexclusive in nature and shall run with and benefit the land.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9B9F0AFF74DE485691E0C9D1EF950852"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Conveyance of Federal land to cities and camps</header>
<paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H327AA4BA09FC4329AE5F8776F442D22"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Prior to the completion of the land exchange between Yavapai Ranch and the Secretary, the cities and the owners of the camps may enter into agreements with Yavapai Ranch whereby Yavapai Ranch, upon completion of the land exchange, will convey to the cities or the owners of the camps the applicable parcel of Federal land or portion thereof.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="H30B4667BD0154F869CB0B6BE16F8611"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If Yavapai Ranch and the cities or camp owners have not entered into agreements in accordance with paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, on notification by the cities or owners of the camps no later than 30 days after the date the relevant approved appraisal is made publicly available, delete the applicable parcel or portion thereof from the land exchange between Yavapai Ranch and the United States as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="HF9628BA7DF6B40E700AC7C4729BF961C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Upon request of the City of Flagstaff, Arizona, the parcels or portions thereof described in section 104(a)(2).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H40D1C4E2ACD14132A5BF4BC76E3E64E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Upon request of the City of Williams, Arizona, the parcels or portions thereof described in section 104(a)(3).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCA69E7ADF50C48AC8056932DE1E88439"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Upon request of the City of Camp Verde, Arizona, a portion of the parcel described in section 104(a)(4), comprising approximately 514 acres located southeast of the southeastern boundary of the I–17 right-of-way, and more particularly described as the SE<fraction>1/4</fraction> portion of the southeast quarter of sec. 26, the E<fraction>1/2</fraction> and the E<fraction>1/2</fraction> W<fraction>1/2</fraction> portions of sec. 35, and lots 5 through 7 of sec. 36, T. 14 N., R. 4 E., Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H582BA0D9C4D44F639C175B2F553DAE1B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Upon request of the owners of the Younglife Lost Canyon camp, the parcel described in section 104(a)(5).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H05CC70C3D85F495BB89F560047E14F96"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Upon request of the owner of Friendly Pines Camp, Patterdale Pines Camp, Camp Pearlstein, Pine Summit, or Sky Y Camp, as applicable, the corresponding parcel described in section 104(a)(6).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0D9F0667C8604783A71CBA1E80D0F65E"><enum>(3)</enum>
<subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HBF34C54F0B4A44B69E96FBF67477F62B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Upon request of the specific city or camp referenced in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall convey to such city or camp all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the applicable parcel of Federal land or portion thereof, upon payment of the fair market value of the parcel and subject to any terms and conditions the Secretary may require.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="HBB42CA1D94984204BA161DAD34044095"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A conveyance under this paragraph shall not require new administrative or environmental analyses or appraisals beyond those prepared for the land exchange.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2DF4B3C8926744EDA98D0282EA28A0C1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A city or owner of a camp purchasing land under this paragraph shall reimburse Yavapai Ranch for any costs incurred which are directly associated with surveys and appraisals of the specific property conveyed.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5762515EA18A490692F4E3205FCF9BB6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A conveyance of land under this subsection shall not affect the timing of the land exchange.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE1FB4C3BEF884DC68CC77CB691B27E20"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection limits the authority of the Secretary or Yavapai Ranch to delete any of the parcels referenced in this subsection from the land exchange. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0B70A52B452E49ACB0DEA3C4A541CF70" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(7)</enum>
<subparagraph id="H7AE3DB8424B04B569ECD89F3175EBCE" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary shall deposit the proceeds of any sale under paragraph (2) in a special account in the fund established under <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/171">Public Law 90–171</external-xref> (commonly known as the <quote>Sisk Act</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/484a">16 U.S.C. 484a</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H86A13F5970854175B66783EA1B23281" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Amounts deposited under subparagraph (A) shall be available to the Secretary, without further appropriation, to be used for the acquisition of land in the State of Arizona for addition to the National Forest System, including the land required for exchange under this title.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H6301FBE036534040B2764B6E1357D03B"><enum>103.</enum><header>Description of non-Federal land</header>
<subsection id="HCE194F8E039A449FB01005B3747F4B9C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The non-Federal land referred to in this title consists of approximately 35,000 acres of privately-owned land within the boundaries of the Prescott National Forest, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Yavapai Ranch Non-Federal Lands</quote>, dated August 2004.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H5872CD70CA494CAE80B8FD8DEF8CC69B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Easements</header>
<paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H88746317B0A04F0FB881A687FD376DF8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The conveyance of non-Federal land to the United States under section 102 shall be subject to the reservation of—</text>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="HEB049A3777A641A2B900C4F8BB14EF8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>water rights and perpetual easements that run with and benefit the land retained by Yavapai Ranch for—</text>
<clause id="HAA29E3D89BB042E19CCA6AAABDCF2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the operation, maintenance, repair, improvement, development, and replacement of not more than 3 wells in existence on the date of enactment of this Act;</text></clause>
<clause id="HA100D096745440E6897F2D8345A3989B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>related storage tanks, valves, pumps, and hardware; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H9B504A5A3A7F4EE981A6F3516364FA51"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>pipelines to point of use; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="H87009E0581D2422CBC72D62CB3B50D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>easements for reasonable access to accomplish the purposes of the easements described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="H2CE5F23E70104591B677A1731498F0A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Each easement for an existing well referred to in paragraph (1) shall be 40 acres in area, and to the maximum extent practicable, centered on the existing well.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="H70902CF2B98A462CB3BD878B6622915C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The United States shall be entitled to one-half the production of each existing or replacement well, not to exceed a total of 3,100,000 gallons of water annually for National Forest System purposes.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="H78C16831EEFA485CB5804E64D5C7EDF9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The locations of the easements and wells shall be as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Yavapai Ranch Land Exchange, Reserved Easements for Water Lines and Wells</quote>, dated August 2004.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HBC3D594DCD8C49A095B93F21AC7E00C7"><enum>104.</enum><header>Description of Federal land</header>
<subsection id="H9974A6A58F2D4D1C84BFAFA0F3ADCDF2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Federal land referred to in this title consists of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H7F470069E16149B38D9003BEBE724EA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Certain land comprising approximately 15,300 acres located in the Prescott National Forest, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Yavapai Ranch Land Exchange, Yavapai Ranch Area Federal Lands</quote>, dated August 2004.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC2A848435A7548269C43E0E2AB666F60"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Certain land located in the Coconino National Forest—</text>
<subparagraph id="H697F7D92E16E424880E781207FFB2300"><enum>(A)</enum><text>comprising approximately 1,500 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Yavapai Ranch Land Exchange, Flagstaff Federal Lands Airport Parcel</quote>, dated August 2004; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8A00EE018A5D4928A1D899D1BB29C3C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>comprising approximately 28.26 acres in two separate parcels, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Yavapai Ranch Land Exchange, Flagstaff Federal Lands Wetzel School and Mt. Elden Parcels</quote>, dated August 2004.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1E2F98C37F4D4141ABC53BD3F0B421AB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Certain land located in the Kaibab National Forest, and referred to as the Williams Airport, Williams golf course, Williams Sewer, Buckskinner Park, Williams Railroad, and Well parcels number 2, 3, and 4, cumulatively comprising approximately 950 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Yavapai Ranch Land Exchange, Williams Federal Lands</quote>, dated August 2004.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE9D82DA8110C444F9B247400DD43BC56"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Certain land located in the Prescott National Forest, comprising approximately 2,200 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Yavapai Ranch Land Exchange, Camp Verde Federal Land General Crook Parcel</quote>, dated August 2004.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC2FBBA7114B3435DBCB41B68873B2231"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Certain land located in the Kaibab National Forest, comprising approximately 237.5 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Yavapai Ranch Land Exchange, Younglife Lost Canyon</quote>, dated August 2004.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC63C30647DE7485EBB0056C2D2C7471"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Certain land located in the Prescott National Forest, including the <quote>Friendly Pines</quote>, <quote>Patterdale Pines</quote>, <quote>Camp Pearlstein</quote>, <quote>Pine Summit</quote>, and <quote>Sky Y</quote> camps, cumulatively comprising approximately 200 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Yavapai Ranch Land Exchange, Prescott Federal Lands Summer Youth Camp Parcels</quote>, dated August 2004. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4FFD18CEC4C847D4BE3600F88662051B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Condition of conveyance of Camp Verde parcel</header>
<paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3A0D73CC9C5440EAA0B900598DB9966E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To conserve water in the Verde Valley, Arizona, and to minimize the adverse impacts from future development of the Camp Verde General Crook parcel described in subsection (a)(4) on current and future holders of water rights in existence of the date of enactment of this Act and the Verde River and National Forest System land retained by the United States, the United States shall limit in perpetuity the use of water on the parcel by reserving conservation easements that—</text>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="HAA2C426886AA45BDA73E00B12C5617FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>run with the land;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="H5C4335610C8746EA8C12282B7CB147A3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prohibit golf course development on the parcel;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="H0696F7CA188F4504813C9F464C80FB37"><enum>(C)</enum><text>require that any public park or greenbelt on the parcel be watered with treated wastewater;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="HFF46C2E1E1DB42F898E3E2DCBF5602C6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>limit total post-exchange water use on the parcel to not more than 300 acre-feet of water per year;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="H9A55253B5D1242DD8D91F541DF83EB72"><enum>(E)</enum><text>provide that any water supplied by municipalities or private water companies shall count towards the post-exchange water use limitation described in subparagraph (D); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="HCC91B0629B4443F2AAD8341FADBA1561"><enum>(F)</enum><text>except for water supplied to the parcel by municipal water service providers or private water companies, require that any water used for the parcel not be withdrawn from wells perforated in the saturated Holocene alluvium of the Verde River.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="H0441133E8D86477DA2803CA28DC58E54"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If Yavapai Ranch conveys the Camp Verde parcel described in subsection (a)(4), or any portion thereof, the terms of conveyance shall include a recorded and binding agreement of the quantity of water available for use on the land conveyed, as determined by Yavapai Ranch, except that total water use on the Camp Verde parcel may not exceed the amount specified in paragraph (1)(D).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="H35588FD34B2247D38412734F2DDDFB72"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary may enter into a memorandum of understanding with the State or political subdivision of the State to enforce the terms of the conservation easement. </text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H1DEF1E7C962C4E91B266BD9BD07D1522"><enum>105.</enum><header>Status and management of land after exchange</header>
<subsection id="H1AEAE1385E40462FAE4531E86CC36808"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Land acquired by the United States under this title shall become part of the Prescott National Forest and shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with this title and the laws applicable to the National Forest System.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H7B7C7856AD1545CCA507A59D3DFC824D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grazing</header><text>Where grazing on non-Federal land acquired by the Secretary under this title occurs prior to the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary may manage the land to allow for continued grazing use, in accordance with the laws generally applicable to domestic livestock grazing on National Forest System land.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H8DAE5D18EC714D1F9B25B304CBDD7E5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Timber harvesting</header>
<paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H59D52796C60E4CB89630D100C9935F3D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>After completion of the land exchange under this title, except as provided in paragraph (2), commercial timber harvesting shall be prohibited on the non-Federal land acquired by the United States.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="H8D6FD9FC3F2B44888F3B974718F3E848"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Timber harvesting may be conducted on the non-Federal land acquired under this title if the Secretary determines that such harvesting is necessary—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA482BEC06288489FB5EF0F9AB9D07C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to prevent or control fires, insects, and disease through forest thinning or other forest management techniques;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF1A4FD7612704278ADF9AD92F37EDD75"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to protect or enhance grassland habitat, watershed values, native plants and wildlife species; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2864378FF74142B1B259195B9CD6138B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to improve forest health.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H548231FF79544E26B05CB70507A11619"><enum>106.</enum><header>Miscellaneous provisions</header>
<subsection id="HC149B49557434773B2063665F500926E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Revocation of orders</header><text>Any public orders withdrawing any of the Federal land from appropriation or disposal under the public land laws are revoked to the extent necessary to permit disposal of the Federal land.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HEFE6EAE07E6148F2B4E7F37DC3EBD18F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Withdrawal of federal land</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal land is withdrawn from all forms of entry and appropriation under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, until the date on which the land exchange is completed.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H49B5D85888444873B1FBD520D57DEC42"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Completion of exchange</header><text>It is the intent of Congress that the land exchange authorized and directed under this title be completed not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H0BFC9D95FCC14ED59035715F547DD265" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>107.</enum><header>Conveyance of additional land</header>
<subsection id="H80566B0D84764A7FB5F753A8E705CC00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall convey to a person that represents the majority of landowners with encroachments on the lot by quitclaim deed the parcel of land described in subsection (b).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H701CDB88C8634CBBB1B12532FC6C7C61"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of land</header><text>The parcel of land referred to in subsection (a) is lot 8 in section 11, T. 21 N., R. 7 E., Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Coconino County, Arizona.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H841C008A9AD9447A837034497BC5DB71"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amount of consideration</header><text>In exchange for the land described in subsection (b), the person acquiring the land shall pay to the Secretary consideration in the amount of—</text>
<paragraph id="H8224BD6CB2B942E9A127DBE7C9EF6CC8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$2500; plus</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8A448A8A10F54152A9B04626C13DC230"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any costs of re-monumenting the boundary of land.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7C14830694914C119301291BFC406313"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Timing</header>
<paragraph id="H6620F8271B3A4784835EA12FBFE8353"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a power of attorney executed by the person acquiring the land, the Secretary shall convey to the person the land described in subsection (b).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9FE47643174C4543A23433D26C8B6D28"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If, by the date that is 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary does not receive the power of attorney described in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4831E23D11B5479293A7C35D4067DEA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the authority provided under this section shall terminate; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC3549A3E23164D2B8E93392E64B6F818"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any conveyance of the land shall be made under <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/97/465">Public Law 97–465</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/521c">16 U.S.C. 521c et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Verde River Basin Partnership</header>
<section id="HC89A0CC2D71F421BA4E8D2A42CA5068B"><enum>201.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this title is to authorize assistance for a collaborative and science-based water resource planning and management partnership for the Verde River Basin in the State of Arizona, consisting of members that represent—</text>
<paragraph id="H326F7F44966C4EF7AE36D47D07F75151"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Federal, State, and local agencies; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9CE01629857D4166A2603187A3F8AE58"><enum>(2)</enum><text>economic, environmental, and community water interests in the Verde River Basin.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="HEF3EE9DABC35431396D20110FDDA591C"><enum>202.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="HE7B0BF44A3254DDABC6EA6A7B32C3551"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF757F60A9E1845998C3044A100DD8CF7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Partnership</header><text>The term <term>Partnership</term> means the Verde River Basin Partnership.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7C5EF423E7F347ACB26B2CDB28E2DD59"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Plan</header><text>The term <term>plan</term> means the plan for the Verde River Basin required by section 204(a)(1).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H18D0C14782864328AEFD999E8EF2A23C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD1B31EC588544765A595EE733F72AA03"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means the State of Arizona.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H875D8996D7DB49D5A13375F8C636E1C6"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Verde River Basin</header><text>The term <term>Verde River Basin</term> means the land area designated by the Arizona Department of Water Resources as encompassing surface water and groundwater resources, including drainage and recharge areas with a hydrologic connection to the Verde River.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0BE3A2FA9872473DB5CE00121D6B227F"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Water budget</header><text>The term <term>water budget</term> means the accounting of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H357EE07F34DD49BD001B13E7D08354CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the quantities of water leaving the Verde River Basin—</text>
<clause id="H114C5BAE63FC43DF9E566F46EFFA5974"><enum>(i)</enum><text>as discharge to the Verde River and tributaries;</text></clause>
<clause id="H0A010F6AD344463600B15F693BE2DDA0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>as subsurface outflow;</text></clause>
<clause id="HB83C1905B6C94271B2423DB63051D644"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>as evapotranspiration by riparian vegetation;</text></clause>
<clause id="HEAED7B7AE3BF443C960532D551E17C84"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>as surface evaporation;</text></clause>
<clause id="H1660D7E0632244689D5DEFB3943B61DB"><enum>(v)</enum><text>for agricultural use; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H0450F4B7E17D4332B1C6165454814F00"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>for human consumption; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9253B4B5F692469D86C6AB63AEF4F310"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the quantities of water replenishing the Verde River Basin by precipitation, infiltration, and subsurface inflows.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H14CE85B946CD441E964B27D759A9ABC7"><enum>203.</enum><header>Verde River Basin Partnership</header>
<subsection id="H1C46C2141A714B2200CFE539E7697836"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may participate in the establishment of a partnership, to be known as the <quote>Verde River Basin Partnership</quote>, made up of Federal, State, local governments, and other entities with responsibilities and expertise in water to coordinate and cooperate in the identification and implementation of comprehensive science-based policies, projects, and management activities relating to the Verde River Basin.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H8F30AD7D36E040D2B93F2003D07E9D11"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>On establishment of the Partnership, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior such sums as are necessary to carry out the activities of the Partnership for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H6A82465A35F64518A000F8BC12507000"><enum>204.</enum><header>Verde River Basin studies</header>
<subsection id="H7D668EF63CE448B6960750AA97232E73"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Studies</header>
<paragraph id="HDC144FCC806B4F2E82D76645F2E4B6B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Partnership shall prepare a plan for conducting water resource studies in the Verde River Basin that identifies—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0007DE71DAF146B8A599D8964041C5B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the primary study objectives to fulfill water resource planning and management needs for the Verde River Basin; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H79AE08E1F9414F3A9234053EB1852CBE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the water resource studies, hydrologic models, surface and groundwater monitoring networks, and other analytical tools helpful in the identification of long-term water supply management options within the Verde River Basin.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H28584B4EA07246D48C38982BC048AF82"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>At a minimum, the plan shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD526DA2DF37246FBAE78D0293F594D28"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include a list of specific studies and analyses that are needed to support Partnership planning and management decisions;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1820D05F82E34A869105D1E849127633"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify any ongoing or completed water resource or riparian studies that are relevant to water resource planning and management for the Verde River Basin;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H35C76796768F42AF854DA629245D06A1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>describe the estimated cost and duration of the proposed studies and analyses; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC2FA99FF77BE49B28231C19265A70015"><enum>(D)</enum><text>designate as a study priority the compilation of a water budget analysis for the Verde Valley.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF81B646B59E94CE8B21D97CD65F54409"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Verde Valley water budget analysis</header>
<paragraph id="H4EC882F78A2842CAAE483868D5D4C3CF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to the availability of appropriations, not later than 14 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Director, shall prepare and submit to the Partnership a report that provides a water budget analysis of the portion of the Verde River Basin within the Verde Valley.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H277142C4E87F4B64935C8E31B0B953DB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Components</header><text>The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HABCADFE263F842C58B0015A91F90EEBA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a summary of the information available on the hydrologic flow regime for the portion of the Middle Verde River from the Clarkdale stream gauging station to the city of Camp Verde at United States Geological Survey Stream Gauge 09506000;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3B27CFB43F094E478EB152AD00B845E4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to the portion of the Middle Verde River described in subparagraph (A), estimates of—</text>
<clause id="H7A15CED6521847D9A60203EAA418ECEE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the inflow and outflow of surface water and groundwater;</text></clause>
<clause id="H78D686754AF4499900FA3F23750BE24"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>annual consumptive water use; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HF390D034AEA741F5ADF997A7C96C6E72"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>changes in groundwater storage; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H27B1399474004A24987BAB97FD011232"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an analysis of the potential long-term consequences of various water use scenarios on groundwater levels and Verde River flows.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6EDC6687DDC847BBB1EB52CF9FB4F1DB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Preliminary report and recommendations</header><text>.</text>
<paragraph id="HD2B6BE787A08453EBE383FEBDD5D788D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 16 months after the date of enactment of this Act, using the information provided in the report submitted under subsection (b) and any other relevant information, the Partnership shall submit to the Secretary, the Governor of Arizona, and representatives of the Verde Valley communities, a preliminary report that sets forth the findings and recommendations of the Partnership regarding the long-term available water supply within the Verde Valley.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2CB70FF64FCE46309235F93307AB6C00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consideration of recommendations</header><text>The Secretary may take into account the recommendations included in the report submitted under paragraph (1) with respect to decisions affecting land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, including any future sales or exchanges of Federal land in the Verde River Basin after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3FF4FFAE77344A71B085E0C510DF7FC5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Any recommendations included in the report submitted under paragraph (1) shall not affect the land exchange process or the appraisals of the Federal land and non-Federal land conducted under sections 103 and 104.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H41C78F99EDBE49B39914CA2BE3CC76BD"><enum>205.</enum><header>Verde River Basin Partnership final report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Partnership shall submit to the Secretary and the Governor of Arizona a final report that—</text>
<paragraph id="HEA1ED45E52EC400BAF7405877D751B05"><enum>(1)</enum><text>includes a summary of the results of any water resource assessments conducted under this title in the Verde River Basin;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H32F32A0B5554472EB24358BBD9E86909"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identifies any areas in the Verde River Basin that are determined to have groundwater deficits or other current or potential water supply problems;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H46F9E70836104D19B807C00599703289"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identifies long-term water supply management options for communities and water resources within the Verde River Basin; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7523CC92CFAD43D3A336B30400F7528B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>identifies water resource analyses and monitoring needed to support the implementation of management options.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H7E13C1DDD609495797C4D8CADE366282"><enum>206.</enum><header>Memorandum of understanding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary (acting through the Chief of the Forest Service) and the Secretary of the Interior, shall enter into a memorandum of understanding authorizing the United States Geological Survey to access Forest Service land (including stream gauges, weather stations, wells, or other points of data collection on the Forest Service land) to carry out this title.</text></section>
<section id="H70EE8549CB0248A99425DC82D9C500CE"><enum>207.</enum><header>Effect</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title diminishes or expands State or local jurisdiction, responsibilities, or rights with respect to water resource management or control.</text></section>