[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1939 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1939

To provide for the conveyance of certain land in the Santa Fe National 
                          Forest, New Mexico.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 2, 2007

 Mr. Bingaman (for himself and Mr. Domenici) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the conveyance of certain land in the Santa Fe National 
                          Forest, New Mexico.

    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 ``Santa Fe National Forest Title Claim 
Resolution Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Claim.--The term ``Claim'' means a claim of the 
        Claimants against the United States under--
                    (A) the administrative adjudication of Ramona and 
                Boyd Lawson, IBLA 97-459, NMNM-96160, 159 IBLA 184 
                (June 4, 2003); or
                    (B) section 316 of the Federal Land Policy and 
                Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1746).
            (2) Claimants.--The term ``Claimants'' means Ramona Lawson 
        and Boyd Lawson.
            (3) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means a parcel 
        of National Forest System land in the Santa Fe National Forest, 
        New Mexico, that is--
                    (A) a portion of the land occupied by improvements 
                that is referred to in the administrative adjudication 
                described in paragraph (1)(A);
                    (B) comprised of approximately 6.20 acres of land;
                    (C) in lot 10, sec. 22, T. 18 N., R. 12 E., New 
                Mexico Principal Meridian, San Miguel County, New 
                Mexico; and
                    (D) described and delineated in the survey.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture, acting through the Forest Service Regional 
        Forester, Southwestern Region.
            (5) Survey.--The term ``survey'' means the survey plat 
        entitled ``Boundary Survey and Conservation Easement Plat'', 
        prepared by Chris A. Chavez, Land Surveyor, Forest Service, 
        NMPLS#12793, and recorded on February 27, 2007, at book 55, 
        page 93, of the land records of San Miguel County, New Mexico.

SEC. 3. SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST LAND CONVEYANCE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall, except as provided in 
paragraph (1) and subject to valid existing rights, convey and 
quitclaim to the Claimants all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to the Federal land in exchange for--
            (1) the grant by the Claimants to the United States of a 
        scenic easement to the Federal land that--
                    (A) protects the purposes for which the Federal 
                land was designated under the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
                Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.); and
                    (B) is determined to be acceptable by the 
                Secretary; and
            (2) a release of the United States by the Claimants of--
                    (A) the Claim; and
                    (B) any additional related claims of the Claimants 
                against the United States.
    (b) Survey.--The Secretary, with the approval of the Claimants, may 
make minor corrections to the survey and legal description of the 
Federal land to correct clerical, typographical, and surveying errors.
    (c) Satisfaction of Claim.--The conveyance of Federal land under 
subsection (a) shall constitute a full satisfaction of the Claim.
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