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        S.1131

                       One Hundred Ninth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the third day of January, two thousand and six


                                 An Act



 To authorize the exchange of certain Federal land within the State of 
                     Idaho, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Idaho Land Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
        (1) Agreement.--The term ``Agreement'' means the agreement 
    executed in April 2005 entitled ``Agreement to Initiate, Boise 
    Foothills--Northern Idaho Land Exchange'', as modified by the 
    agreement executed in March 2006 entitled ``Amendment No. 1'', and 
    entered into by--
            (A) the Bureau of Land Management;
            (B) the Forest Service;
            (C) the State; and
            (D) the City.
        (2) Bureau of land management land.--The term ``Bureau of Land 
    Management land'' means the approximately 605 acres of land 
    administered by the Bureau of Land Management (including all 
    appurtenances to the land) that is proposed to be acquired by the 
    State, as identified in exhibit A2 of the Agreement and as 
    generally depicted on the maps.
        (3) Board.--The term ``Board'' means the Idaho State Board of 
    Land Commissioners.
        (4) City.--The term ``City'' means the city of Boise, Idaho.
        (5) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means the Bureau 
    of Land Management land and the National Forest System land.
        (6) Maps.--The term ``maps'' means maps 1 through 7 entitled 
    ``Parcel Identification Map: Idaho Lands Enhancement Act Land 
    Exchange'' and dated February 28, 2006.
        (7) National forest system land.--The term ``National Forest 
    System land'' means the approximately 7,220 acres of land 
    (including all appurtenances to the land) that is--
            (A) administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in the 
        Idaho Panhandle National Forests and the Clearwater National 
        Forest;
            (B) proposed to be acquired by the State;
            (C) identified in exhibit A2 of the Agreement; and
            (D) generally depicted on the maps.
        (8) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    the Interior.
        (9) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Idaho, 
    Department of Lands.
        (10) State land.--The term ``State land'' means the 
    approximately 11,815 acres of land (including all appurtenances to 
    the land) administered by the State that is proposed to be acquired 
    by the United States, as identified in exhibit A1 of the Agreement 
    and as generally depicted on the maps.

SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGE.

    (a) In General.--In accordance with the Agreement and this Act, if 
the State offers to convey the State land to the United States, the 
Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture shall--
        (1) accept the offer; and
        (2) on receipt of title to the State land, simultaneously 
    convey to the State the Federal land.
    (b) Valid Existing Rights.--The conveyance of the Federal land and 
State land shall be subject to all valid existing rights.
    (c) Equal Value Exchange.--
        (1) In general.--The value of the Federal land and State land 
    to be exchanged under this Act--
            (A) shall be equal; or
            (B) shall be made equal in accordance with subsection (d).
        (2) Appraisals.--The value of the Federal land and State land 
    shall be determined in accordance with appraisals--
            (A) conducted in accordance with--
                (i) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land 
            Acquisitions; and
                (ii) the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal 
            Practice;
            (B) reviewed by an interdepartmental review team comprised 
        of representatives of Federal and State agencies; and
            (C) approved by the Secretary or the Secretary of 
        Agriculture, as appropriate.
        (3) Term of approval.--The term of approval of the appraisals 
    by the interdepartmental review team is extended to September 13, 
    2008.
    (d) Cash Equalization.--
        (1) In general.--If the value of the Federal land and State 
    land is not equal, the value may be equalized by the payment of 
    cash to the United States or to the State, as appropriate, in 
    accordance with section 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and 
    Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)).
        (2)  Disposition and use of proceeds.--
            (A) Disposition of proceeds.--Any cash equalization 
        payments received by the United States under paragraph (1) 
        shall be deposited 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 subparagraph 
        (A) shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture, without 
        further appropriation and until expended, for the acquisition 
        of land and interests in land for addition to the National 
        Forest System in the State.
    (e) Timing.--It is the intent of Congress that the land exchange 
authorized and directed by this Act shall be completed not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (f) Rights-of-Way.--
        (1) Rights-of-way to national forest system land.--The 
    Secretary of Agriculture, under the authority of the Federal Land 
    Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), shall 
    convey to the State any easements or other rights-of-way to 
    National Forest System land that are--
            (A) appropriate to provide access to the National Forest 
        System land acquired by the State; and
            (B) agreed to by the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
        State.
        (2) Rights-of-way to state land.--The State shall convey to the 
    United States any easements or other rights-of-way to land owned by 
    the State that are--
            (A) appropriate to provide access to the State land 
        acquired by the United States; and
            (B) agreed to by--
                (i) the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture; and
                (ii) the State.
    (g) Costs.--The City, either directly or through a collection 
agreement with the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture, shall 
pay the administrative costs associated with the conveyance of the 
Federal land and State land, including the costs of any field 
inspections, environmental analyses, appraisals, title examinations, 
and deed and patent preparations.

SEC. 4. MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL LAND.

    (a) Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction.--
        (1) In general.--There is transferred from the Secretary to the 
    Secretary of Agriculture administrative jurisdiction over the land 
    described in paragraph (2).
        (2) Description of land.--The land referred to in paragraph (1) 
    is the approximately 2,110 acres of land that is administered by 
    the Bureau of Land Management and located in Shoshone County, 
    Idaho, as generally identified in exhibit A3 of the Agreement.
        (3) Wilderness study areas.--Any land designated as a 
    Wilderness Study Area that is transferred to the Secretary of 
    Agriculture under paragraph (1) shall be managed in a manner that 
    preserves the suitability of land for designation as wilderness 
    until Congress determines otherwise.
    (b) Additions to the National Forest System.--The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall administer any land transferred to, or conveyed to 
the United States for administration by, the Secretary of Agriculture 
in accordance with--
        (1) the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the ``Weeks 
    Act'') (16 U.S.C. 480 et seq.); and
        (2) the laws (including regulations) applicable to the National 
    Forest System.
    (c) Land To Be Managed by the Secretary.--The Secretary shall 
administer any State land conveyed to the United States under this Act 
for administration by the Secretary in accordance with--
        (1) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
    U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
        (2) other applicable laws.
    (d) Land and Water Conservation Fund.--For purposes of section 7 of 
the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-9), 
the boundaries of the Idaho Panhandle National Forests and the 
Clearwater National Forest shall be considered to be the boundaries of 
the Idaho Panhandle National Forests and the Clearwater National 
Forest, respectively, as of January 1, 1965.

SEC. 5. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

    (a) Legal Descriptions.--The Secretary, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, and the Board may modify the descriptions of land 
specified in the Agreement to--
        (1) correct errors; or
        (2) make minor adjustments to the parcels based on a survey or 
    other means.
    (b) Revocation of Orders.--Subject to valid existing rights, any 
public land 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.
    (c) Withdrawals.--
        (1)  Federal land.--Subject to valid existing rights, pending 
    completion of the land exchange, the Federal land is withdrawn 
    from--
            (A) all forms of location, entry, and patent under the 
        mining and public land laws; and
            (B) disposition under the mineral leasing laws and the 
        Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
        (2) State land.--Subject to valid existing rights, the land 
    transferred to the United States under this Act is withdrawn from--
            (A) all forms of location, entry, and patent under the 
        mining and public land laws; and
            (B) disposition under the mineral leasing laws and the 
        Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
        (3) Effect.--Nothing in this section precludes the Secretary or 
    the Secretary of Agriculture from using common varieties of mineral 
    materials for construction and maintenance of Federal roads and 
    facilities on the State land acquired under this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.