[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2876 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2876

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 17, 2008

  Mr. Inhofe introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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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. FINDING.

    Congress finds that it is in the public interest to provide for the 
conveyance of certain Federal land in the Ouachita National Forest in 
Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts of 
America, in exchange for consideration equal to the amount of the 
market value of the land.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Council.--The term ``Council'' means the Indian Nations 
        Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts of America.
            (2) Forest.--The term ``Forest'' means the Ouachita 
        National Forest in the State of Oklahoma.
            (3) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Boy 
        Scout Land Request-Ouachita NF''.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture.

SEC. 4. LAND CONVEYANCE, OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST, OKLAHOMA.

    (a) Conveyance Required.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
        Secretary shall convey to the Council, by quitclaim deed, all 
        right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the 
        National Forest System land described in subsection (b).
            (2) Exclusion.--The conveyance under paragraph (1) shall 
        exclude 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).
    (b) Description of Land.--The National Forest System land referred 
to in subsection (a) consists of the approximately 140 acres of land in 
the Forest, depending on the final measurement of the road set back and 
the actual size of the affected sections, as depicted on the map.
    (c) Availability of Map.--The map shall be on file and available 
for public inspection in the Forest Service regional office in Atlanta, 
Georgia.
    (d) Amount of Consideration.--As consideration for the land 
conveyed under subsection (a), the Council shall pay to the Secretary 
an amount equal to the fair market value of the land, as determined by 
an appraisal conducted in accordance with subsection (f)(2).
    (e) Use of Proceeds.--
            (1) In general.--Amounts 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).
            (2) Acquisition of land.--Amounts deposited under paragraph 
        (1) shall be available to the Secretary, without further 
        appropriation, to acquire land and interests in land in the 
        Forest.
    (f) Survey and Appraisals.--
            (1) Survey.--The exact acreage and legal description of the 
        land to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall be determined by 
        a survey that is satisfactory to the Secretary.
            (2) Appraisal.--The appraisal required under subsection (d) 
        shall be--
                    (A) conducted in accordance with--
                            (i) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 
                        Federal Land Acquisitions; and
                            (ii) section 206 of the Federal Land Policy 
                        and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716); 
                        and
                    (B) approved by the Secretary.
            (3) Costs.--The Council shall pay the reasonable costs of 
        any survey, appraisal, and administrative analyses required by 
        law for the conveyance.
    (g) Access.--
            (1) In general.--Access to the land conveyed under 
        subsection (a) shall be via the adjacent land of the Council or 
        a successor of the Council.
            (2) Limitation.--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 conveyance under 
subsection (b) shall be subject to any terms and conditions that the 
Secretary determines to be in the public interest, including the 
reservation of access rights to the conveyed land for administrative 
purposes.
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