[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5725 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5725

  To amend the Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2003 to 
  authorize the conveyance of an additional tract of National Forest 
          System land under that Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 2006

Mr. Crenshaw (for himself and Mr. Boyd) introduced the following bill; 
           which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2003 to 
  authorize the conveyance of an additional tract of National Forest 
          System land under that Act, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. CONVEYANCES UNDER FLORIDA NATIONAL FOREST LAND MANAGEMENT 
              ACT OF 2003.

    (a) Additional Conveyance Authorized.--Subsection (b) of section 3 
of the Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2003 (Public Law 
108-152; 117 Stat. 1919) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (17);
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (18) as paragraph (19);
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (17) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(18) tract W-1979, located in Leon County consisting of 
        approximately 114 acres, within T. 1 S., R. 1 W., sec.25; 
        and''; and
            (4) in paragraph (19), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``(17)'' and inserting ``(18)''.
    (b) Additional Use of Proceeds.--Paragraph (2) of subsection (i) of 
such section (117 Stat. 1921) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) acquisition, construction, or maintenance of 
                administrative improvements for units of the National 
                Forest System in the State.''.
    (c) Limitations on Use of Proceeds.--Subsection (i) of such section 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
            ``(3) Geographical and use restriction for certain 
        conveyance.--Notwithstanding paragraph (2), proceeds from the 
        sale or exchange of the tract described in subsection (b)(18) 
        shall be used exclusively for the purchase of inholdings in the 
        Apalachicola National Forest.
            ``(4) Restriction on use of proceeds for administrative 
        improvements.--Proceeds from any sale or exchange of land under 
        this Act may be used for administrative improvements, as 
        authorized by paragraph (2)(C), only if the land generating the 
        proceeds was improved with infrastructure.''.
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