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
.
(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="ID213F0FF7CE184E1F9270E279F9CF4A7A">
<enum>101.</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="ID9C2B1346425E456E9D0464A930F6D829">
<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="IDD51B0751A1B94FE1B93985A689A84B80">
<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="ID6E464D0268464100A84287EDC4889613">
<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="IDE2EC52B05139493B9A37A6EEC8574B8F">
<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="ID60CE07EFCE5644EDBB9CB771FEF86F33">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Secretary</header>
<text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of
Agriculture.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1287010E49F74125A6B687614C0C8EE4">
<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="ID2378018EC1C44184AE12FDFF3FE1C438">
<enum>102.</enum>
<header>Land exchange</header>
<subsection id="ID50EDCFAEEF87465F8F1685F712086B59">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID6A3C7EDF8A2C45839354EF785E112DC5"><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 id="IDE6614CDDBF1E4FFF8FD352D323A82F0E" indent="up1">
<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 id="ID11C507AB36A1467F8A7D14419B368FD6" indent="up1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>The Federal and non-Federal lands to be exchanged under this
title may be modified prior to the exchange as provided in this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC853D3A6D1204DCF81FEF2132444EE69" indent="up1">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDF9AB5BFBB8814644B6F70015B5A093AB"><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 id="ID2BD5B636C12C45EEA1E517A80573E655" indent="up1">
<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="IDF497BD49C85F43D08879D6EB806D80DD">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Exchange process</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDFBD40B6F7AC34E4B9062BBBA9D0F13FF"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1716">43 U.S.C. 1716</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID777CD103DF254C93A9B1D9A321960811" 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="IDFCF5A474FF434E9A9E2244BE0785129E">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Equal value exchange</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID2C228A120FA448918EF63966EEA2F9ED"><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="IDCACC6115F98C40369FB244C109D492EF" 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="IDDFD07675869B4DAB8D46DF6A62BF02D6">
<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 section 26, the
NE<fraction>1/4</fraction>NE<fraction>1/4</fraction> portion of section 26 and
the N<fraction>1/2</fraction>N<fraction>1/2</fraction> portion of section 27,
Township 14 North, Range 4 East, Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai
County, Arizona.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2237A3AC319C402081AFF64BDDC4340D">
<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 section 26,
the SE<fraction>1/4</fraction>NE<fraction>1/4</fraction> portion of section 26,
and the S<fraction>1/2</fraction>N<fraction>1/2</fraction> of section 27,
Township 14 North, Range 4 East, Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai
County, Arizona.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID275B7FBDB5F3478480257008C7089CBA">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Beginning at the south boundary of section 31, Township 20 North,
Range 5 West, Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona,
and sections 33 and 35, Township 20 North, Range 6 West, 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 section 32, Township 20 North,
Range 5 West, Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona,
and sections 32, 34, and 36 in Township 20 North, Range 6 West, 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="ID6334D1E56A82497580EC8EA35F9047D4">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>Any other parcels, or portions thereof, agreed to by the
Secretary and Yavapai Ranch.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDDA32457C64394E6E88D11476429B326D" indent="up1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>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 id="ID041B8F00A846492F9595F4EDEC404197" indent="up1">
<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="IDE6DA753EC57F4B0AA55E5384109AAD0C">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Appraisals</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDDA499E086AC5418A9C79D63AA732C349"><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 id="ID8642514F16AF40B2A1E244F0C9A26642" indent="up1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID9D12F81A8B464CACB01D93AA20C075F6"><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 id="ID589E095B97F840D38AC49DA0FEEECD25" indent="up1">
<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 the exchange.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDA7547C34FE1E4ABAA8FACDFEF2BBAFCD" indent="up1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>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 id="ID3860C2C6967A45898D538DC99403189D" indent="up1">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID2BB93371B5B7446AAB767DFE41DC9868"><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 id="ID687A0F909A2A4624AE470BD2E2F362BC" indent="up1">
<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="ID0119301D38264F4EA6D79D42C7ACC642">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Contracting</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDA9E3CD576558456C912F7FF60A68EC4C"><enum>(1)</enum>
<text>If the Secretary lacks adequate staff or resources to complete
the exchange by the date specified in section 106(c), Yavapai Ranch, subject to
the agreement of the Secretary, may contract with independent third-party
contractors to carry out any work necessary to complete the exchange by that
date.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0E0F4F4963D94716A794876F6A647C29" indent="up1">
<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="IDCEC21D64FB5B4362B8F0E07728295B5F">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Easements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDDA469FA0D64F436F8E0D2A403595C766"><enum>(1)</enum>
<text>The exchange of non-Federal 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 <quote>Yavapai Ranch Land Exchange, YRLP Acquired Easements for Water
Lines</quote> dated August 2004, and any other reservations that may be agreed
to by the Secretary and Yavapai Ranch.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8301C160B28F4716AEBD28080D61805F" 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="ID0C3EB028EDBF47F4B08DA30A192D5E19">
<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="IDF061CBE9CE3F4D5CAD21BBFC7A3C181E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>any relocated routes that are agreed to by the Secretary and
Yavapai Ranch.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDD2CA422634D24DBEA544FD7C7181A46E" indent="up1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>An easement described in paragraph (2) shall be unrestricted and
non-exclusive in nature and shall run with and benefit the land.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDED2EC85F89C8433BA809A50DBD5EC34C">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Conveyance of Federal land to cities and camps</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDE2F8BD68B6154AD39C0D1806331A05C8"><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 id="ID9769C0F71F6344F6B596D9FF8AA2979E" indent="up1">
<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="IDAAFE87C88E1846BFA9A607764FFDB99C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Upon request of the City of Flagstaff, Arizona, the parcels, or
portion thereof, described in section 104(a)(2).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDF3884505B864BB188D0AEBD6F55376B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Upon request of the City of Williams, Arizona, the parcels, or
portion thereof, described in section 104(a)(3).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7D925CDF43754E3B91C891945491D7D0">
<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 section 26, the E<fraction>1/2</fraction> and the
E<fraction>1/2</fraction>W<fraction>1/2</fraction> portions of section 35, and
lots 5 through 7 of section 36, Township 14 North, Range 4 East, Gila and Salt
River Base and Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD06C1602DBA248208A36F49603C60E6A">
<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="IDE2202A1D543B45368E021AF2BF829894">
<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="IDD6357EB842AB4D6B88A50DA42282AA04" indent="up1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID23109A934C9E4E60900174D6CE4F182F"><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 id="IDDF32FE9E31F14804B9A1C194FD652527" indent="up1">
<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="ID5D0CEAA001EF40A7B42532B733DF065D" indent="up1">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>A city or owner of a camp purchasing land under this subsection
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="ID7850C42CBB32443FBDFE82B2158F585C" indent="up1">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>A conveyance of land under this subsection shall not affect the
timing of the land exchange.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDEA5A215E194E4CB4A1914F010B861DB2" indent="up1">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>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="IDCDB8FFC7FD0340DD81E5E84F8F493248" indent="up1">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDB90500E0F78546FD9F9A7BBA8F5A3B1E"><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="ID91E26239E0D44F5D967987A6A1F78666" 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 to be exchanged under this title.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDA0700F26198844FD952CAAE4B799A0DF">
<enum>103.</enum>
<header>Description of Non-Federal land</header>
<subsection id="ID7E883B743B9B4D5BA828F6059EBD16EF">
<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 Land Exchange, Non-Federal Lands</quote>, dated August
2004.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID565ADAB5837A4359BE27885A44612A62">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Easements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDAE4CD44003AF4092B185207144316B70"><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 id="IDB36ABF088373445390984BAA7B22B590" indent="up1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>water rights and perpetual easements that run with and benefit
the land retained by Yavapai Ranch for—</text>
<clause id="ID088485DAAB2F4122A7B59E79D0B43EBA">
<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="IDFC10AB0456DF4A85A12BA65060D8401A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>related storage tanks, valves, pumps, and hardware; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID539FE64B9FE846649621E63189004807">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>pipelines to point of use; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDF298AE6FE25413B96D7165F4FC64247" indent="up1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>easements for reasonable access to accomplish the purposes of the
easements described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0EB678BF33A049C282839FCA494C05E6" indent="up1">
<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 id="ID57AF23E4A71445DBB3F4085E1386C048" indent="up1">
<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 id="IDD0E325567EE94F148A8926EEF1F23AE1" indent="up1">
<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="ID839FB0F539514F62ABC059D50B646557">
<enum>104.</enum>
<header>Description of Federal land</header>
<subsection id="ID3CF3BA2BC0C44E7CA9479FF8585B8A43">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Federal land referred to in this title consists of the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="IDC67A1B4C610C445F833A9FFC328C375F">
<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="ID2D8408C126B64796A845E11DD1662428">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Certain land located in the Coconino National Forest—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDE47AB112D46C49D2A3B63FA848EC039D">
<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="ID18ED46019B5841738CB3264302488E48">
<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="ID011A276D20B947F887A4280C0A26204B">
<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="IDF22FE0C9F5DA4F069AED28F063458074">
<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="ID12BED0269C844CB3A09EDF9059FB1228">
<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="ID928DA1B2E39143DBB9088CEDBD285B83">
<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="ID1875576A5A9F4E3DAE14C01C0BF895CE">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Condition of conveyance of Camp Verde parcel</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID733381AAC82746E5AD1B8DBABA561720"><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 lands 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 id="ID74BF9D2D52E043A8AA5174134A8098A1" indent="up1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>run with the land;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4AAAED1800D14A8386CBE9BECD73D915" indent="up1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>prohibit golf course development on the parcel;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID676E43BE275F4D3FBF3192B98100B373" indent="up1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>require that any public park or greenbelt on the parcel be
watered with treated wastewater;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID091D787135704E41B4D7FFE5EC81137F" indent="up1">
<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 id="IDDE2516CFD83345CE940AEED44F2AAB33" indent="up1">
<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 id="ID1CE9A0A382F845988684A00035ABD576" indent="up1">
<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 id="ID2688C181DBB24DA3BAFFCA4F55ACED30" indent="up1">
<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 id="IDA8284213B27040C8B93005A9ED362026" indent="up1">
<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="ID6E7F7297353546E08A7EB2F9F4458814">
<enum>105.</enum>
<header>Status and management of land after exchange</header>
<subsection id="IDCFB53E21825546CBBF4D4FDA9D1BDD9E">
<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="ID7399687563524A91BF6EA902129646A6">
<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="IDFFC241428EC344A980B85D019637971C">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Timber harvesting</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID2E308D2AE8014F72AE35396442F04E09"><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 id="IDBFEF5A1DCD02445CA20741082C1D2D93" indent="up1">
<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="IDF2D14F72C65D4F56853F976759D17FED">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>to prevent or control fires, insects, and disease through forest
thinning or other forest management techniques;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID33E9A29162CF43189AD18F5ED5E0D107">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to protect or enhance grassland habitat, watershed values, native
plants and wildlife species; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID028BA15984C4477081BAB112F75B4210">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>to improve forest health.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID33E37847534145FD9E3CA40DDAA59B99">
<enum>106.</enum>
<header>Miscellaneous provisions</header>
<subsection id="ID910634DFFDED43A59585C326C7FD7184">
<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="IDD7F98DE676D140B0958E7B98AF86E85B">
<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="ID48BDDA31DBBD487FB0FE120D46299379">
<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="ID0ABCE84EAAF34ECFB2432B5A517D4EBE">
<enum>107.</enum>
<header>Conveyance of additional land</header>
<subsection id="IDEFB70417BA654593B47476DAFAFFF5D2">
<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="ID752367093AAD4DD4B51E040526D4CBE0">
<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="IDAC19AB9DF5B14C5AAF408B42C44CACD3">
<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="ID4DEA56C50C734546913A4F2988CE5885">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>$2500; plus</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID59961F873173447A89942D0948CBC77E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>any costs of re-monumenting the boundary of land.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3CBA0F489E1144F4A13060EABB7D2A32">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Timing</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDD0BF844297634EB9B672B8AD3B0EE8D6"><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="ID063666D4BD934E65A915AD02D72C376B" indent="up1">
<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="ID1231C9C5FBFE42F09F3EB2B056C692C7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the authority provided under this section shall terminate;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID80E99AA7745043E78BC8F001A0FF4687">
<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</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<enum>II</enum>
<header>Verde River Basin Partnership</header>
<section id="IDA168EC519ECA48AAB5D90DB8280F2C72">
<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="ID734254CCE52B42E78EEBA650BDC1A3B2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Federal, State, and local agencies; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1E47D36C6A934B1FB49D619F0A794B32">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>economic, environmental, and community water interests in the
Verde River Basin.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID548177C1CD2B4B9B88C41E0D505FF8CB">
<enum>202.</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="ID7CFF4389D59F4C9EBAE1E337BD553E60">
<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="IDA2A04E0256144B9AAB0039042A3FD7E1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Partnership</header>
<text>The term <term>Partnership</term> means the Verde River Basin
Partnership.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID694273BF0C2A4BEA9B75EF5FA4E48392">
<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="ID29055A8969F947D088E79C0E8FD62EB2">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Secretary</header>
<text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of
Agriculture.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCEB5E87277E34DF195BD0CF6958065D7">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>State</header>
<text>The term <term>State</term> means the State of Arizona.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID736D6A99B2124F368D60541923AB422E">
<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="ID10E27892E53D4143948FF158DC8B26AA">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Water budget</header>
<text>The term <term>water budget</term> means the accounting
of—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDE29DB8C5F7FA499FACBCD0DA64D48487">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the quantities of water leaving the Verde River Basin—</text>
<clause id="ID0C0041874CFF48A7A0B449288269AFAB">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>as discharge to the Verde River and tributaries;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDC00790BA19C64B5BB244A8E90C978FE8">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>as subsurface outflow;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDF1575E9EC0CA4839BF69B327DB4530C1">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>as evapotranspiration by riparian vegetation;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID681A73F1164845A3A9FE8114EA5E93EA">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>as surface evaporation;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDB91C6D3BC95B48ECA30B64A2404F0B22">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>for agricultural use; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID635A00357FEF4C0C8F42191219DB0037">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>for human consumption; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID10D1147ED2FF4C5EB86B47B223FEA38E">
<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="ID959741AA3B6E4A20B25E78256B90B7B9">
<enum>203.</enum>
<header>Verde River Basin Partnership</header>
<subsection id="ID82A4B2A8FF0947268EB61053BCF73FFE">
<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="IDEC15B74D0B3B412BA11C2227231C5503">
<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="ID932403F580584A188359BEB88ADAA46A">
<enum>204.</enum>
<header>Verde River Basin studies</header>
<subsection id="IDB7708BF74FEA460696BDBF31A5D3F970">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Studies</header>
<paragraph id="ID54C296E5841E4F4BBEB1CC0BB94ECCB8">
<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="ID61F39375216F4928A2597531F6CDB639">
<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="ID997374CD546A4E63AA9FBF6A7F37E9E1">
<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="ID5FB7992D790F4366B6790C07B2CAC1EE">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text>At a minimum, the plan shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDD6FD2B0A1E6E492C898F9A41CC393993">
<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="ID6DC503DF67B54850A75CBB5496B90289">
<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="ID7E39A63F56BA44479C850C001CE072D4">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>describe the estimated cost and duration of the proposed studies
and analyses; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4B58D9C8E54A4395A069BFD97714CCBA">
<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="ID142E37599B0A40CB83B1ABA34B815A6E">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Verde Valley water budget analysis</header>
<paragraph id="ID9127E392088F4CDEBAD548506FCFF743">
<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="IDC2AD6AA469914449AF99A6A3B4D8352E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Components</header>
<text>The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDE7F999E14583403F8CABC6B594E32294">
<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
streamgauging station to the city of Camp Verde at United States Geological
Survey Stream Gauge 09506000;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2844065F59A84E8B8C4347A10A34F008">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>with respect to the portion of the Middle Verde River described
in subparagraph (A), estimates of—</text>
<clause id="ID34ED7197502441C19309C6B6669C9D75">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the inflow and outflow of surface water and groundwater;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDFD252B6DF3094339BAFFA9CEAE8CEB35">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>annual consumptive water use; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0AA38E933DBC435181DE6989866804DA">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>changes in groundwater storage; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD874DE2919C144BE8CDA1D5DA9DC0EC8">
<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="IDCFA9E6AF4BF44B1F80E6F1BDC880FBED">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Preliminary report and recommendations</header>
<text>.</text>
<paragraph id="ID8658C6A7B8AA40D5B257E00FA4F70472">
<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="IDD93748F374D14B92835066B54AA6FE8F">
<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="IDC489B804F98847ADA4A22517BF481EDB">
<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="IDAF8C454727B44AEE8C1C64AB8A197B0E">
<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="ID73B20792F8AC495D9CF6C0B819C76691">
<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="IDD6467946819A4D7C9DE5C3F62FA02181">
<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="IDC2591A5413454FD395B382D3931E2433">
<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="ID67073B09F6D146B89F2601F2C36D9111">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>identifies water resource analyses and monitoring needed to
support the implementation of management options.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDFEB39116541341D38EABC65C09D12F87">
<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="IDE3AF6E81C1184117BE905159670A35AF">
<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>