Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Douglas County, Washington, PUD Conveyance Act”.

Definitions

In this Act: (1)

Public land

The term public land means the approximately 622 acres of Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and identified for conveyance on the map prepared by the Bureau of Land Management entitled Douglas County Public Utility District Proposal and dated March 2, 2006. (2)

Secretary

The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. (3)

PUD

The term PUD means the Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County, Washington.

Conveyance of public land, Wells Hydroelectric Project, Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County, Washington

(a)

Conveyance required

Notwithstanding the land use planning requirements of sections 202 and 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712, 1713), and notwithstanding section 24 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 818) and Federal Power Order for Project 2149, and subject to valid existing rights, if not later than 45 days after the date of completion of the appraisal required under subsection (b), the Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County, Washington, submits to the Secretary of the Interior an offer to acquire the public land for the appraised value, the Secretary shall convey, not later than 30 days after the date of the offer, to the PUD all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the public land. (b)

Appraisal

Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete an appraisal of the public land. The appraisal shall be conducted in accordance with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. (c)

Payment

Not later than 30 days after the date on which the public land is conveyed under this section, the PUD shall pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the appraised value of the public land as determined under subsection (b). (d)

Map and legal descriptions

As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall finalize legal descriptions of the public land to be conveyed under this section. The Secretary may correct any minor errors in the map referred to in section 2 or in the legal descriptions. The map and legal descriptions shall be on file and available for public inspection in appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management. (e)

Costs of conveyance

As a condition of conveyance, any costs related to the conveyance under this section shall be paid by the PUD. (f)

Disposition of proceeds

The Secretary shall deposit the proceeds from the sale in the working capital fund of the Bureau of Land Management established by section 306 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1736).

Segregation of lands

(a)

Withdrawal

Except as provided in section 3(a), effective immediately upon enactment of this Act, and subject to valid existing rights, the public land is withdrawn from— (1)all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, and all amendments thereto; (2)location, entry, and patenting under the mining laws, and all amendments thereto; and (3)operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws, and all amendments thereto. (b)

Duration

This section expires two years after the date of enactment of this Act or on the date of the completion of the conveyance under section 3, whichever is earlier.