[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2675 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2675

To provide for the conveyance of approximately 140 acres of land in the 
  Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, 
      Inc., of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 12, 2007

  Mr. Boren introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the conveyance of approximately 140 acres of land in the 
  Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, 
      Inc., of the Boy Scouts of America, 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 ``Help to Access Land for the 
Education of Scouts'' or ``HALE Scouts Act''.

SEC. 2. LAND CONVEYANCE, OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST, OKLAHOMA.

    (a) Finding.--Congress finds that it is in the public interest to 
provide for the sale of certain federally owned land in the Ouachita 
National Forest in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the 
Boy Scouts of America, for market value consideration.
    (b) Conveyance Required.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall convey, by quitclaim deed, to the Indian 
Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts of America (in this section 
referred to as the ``Council'') all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to certain National Forest System land in the 
Ouachita National Forest in the State of Oklahoma consisting of 
approximately 140 acres, depending on the final measurement of the road 
set back and the actual size of the affected sections, as more fully 
described in subsection (c). The conveyance may not include any land 
located within the Indian Nations National Scenic and Wildlife Area 
designated by section 10 of the Winding Stair Mountain National 
Recreation and Wilderness Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460vv-8).
    (c) Description of Lands.--The National Forest System land to be 
conveyed under subsection (b) consists of the following parcels:
            (1) A parcel of approximately 20 acres consisting of the 
        West Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter 
        west of K07A road of section 10 of Township 3 North, Range 23 
        East, Indian meridian.
            (2) A parcel of approximately 120 acres consisting of the 
        North Half of the Northwest Quarter and the North Half of the 
        South Half of the Northwest Quarter of section 15 of Township 3 
        North, Range 23 East, Indian meridian.
    (d) Consideration.--As consideration for the land conveyed under 
subsection (b), the Council shall pay to the Secretary an amount equal 
to the fair market value of the land, as determined by an appraisal 
approved by the Secretary and done in conformity with the Uniform 
Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions. The appraiser shall 
determine the value of the land as a separate tract or tracts, and not 
as part of a larger parcel.
    (e) Use of Proceeds.--The consideration received under subsection 
(d) shall be deposited in the fund established by Public Law 90-171 
(commonly known as the ``Sisk Act''; 16 U.S.C. 484a). The amount so 
deposited shall be available to the Secretary, without further 
appropriation, for expenditure for the acquisition of land and 
interests in land in the Ouachita National Forest.
    (f) Survey and Administrative Costs.--The exact acreage and legal 
description of the land to be conveyed under subsection (b) shall be 
determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. The Council shall 
pay the reasonable costs of survey, appraisal, and any administrative 
analyses required by law.
    (g) Access.--Access to the land conveyed under subsection (b) shall 
be from the adjacent land of the Council or its successor. 
Notwithstanding section 1323(a) of the Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3210(a)), the Secretary shall not be 
required to provide additional access to the conveyed land.
    (h) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may prescribe 
such terms and conditions on the conveyance under subsection (b) as the 
Secretary considers in the public interest, including the reservation 
of access rights to the conveyed land for administrative purposes.
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