[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1043 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1043


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 9, 2009

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
To provide for a land exchange involving certain National Forest System 
lands in the Mendocino National Forest in the State of California, 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 ``Deafy Glade Land Exchange Act''.

SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST, CALIFORNIA.

    (a) Land Exchange Required.--If Solano County, California (in this 
section referred to as the ``County'') conveys to the Secretary of 
Agriculture all right, title, and interest of the County in and to four 
parcels of land consisting of a total of approximately 160 acres 
identified on the map entitled ``Fouts Springs-Deafy Glade Federal and 
Non-Federal Lands'' and dated July 17, 2008, the Secretary shall convey 
to the County, in exchange, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the parcel of land in the Mendocino National 
Forest in the State of California (including any improvements on the 
land) comprising approximately 82 acres and known as the Fouts Springs 
Ranch, as also depicted on the map.
    (b) Availability of Map.--The map referred to in subsection (a) 
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of 
the Chief of the Forest Service. With the agreement of the County, the 
Secretary may make technical corrections to the map and the legal 
descriptions of the land to be exchanged under this section.
    (c) Land Exchange Process.--Section 206 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716) shall apply to the land 
exchange under this section.
    (d) Survey and Administrative Costs.--The exact acreage and legal 
description of the land to be exchanged under subsection (a) shall be 
determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. The costs of the 
survey and any administrative costs related to the land exchange shall 
be borne by the County.
    (e) Condition on Use of Conveyed Land.--As a condition of the 
conveyance to the County under subsection (a), the County shall agree 
to continue to use the land acquired by the County under such 
subsection for purposes consistent with the purposes listed in the 
special use authorization for the Fouts Springs Ranch in effect as of 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (f) Easement Authority.--The Secretary may grant an easement to 
provide continued access to, and maintenance and use of, the facilities 
covered by the special use authorization referred to in subsection (e) 
as necessary for the continued operation of the Fouts Springs Ranch 
conveyed under subsection (a).
    (g) Management of Acquired Land.--The lands acquired by the 
Secretary under subsection (a) shall be added to and administered as 
part of the Mendocino National Forest and managed in accordance with 
the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the Weeks Act; 16 U.S.C. 
480 et seq.) and the laws and regulations applicable to the National 
Forest System.
    (h) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The land exchange under 
subsection (a) shall be subject to such additional terms and conditions 
as the Secretary and the County may agree upon.
    (i) Cancellation of Portion of Unobligated Balance in FLREA Special 
Account.--The amount available for obligation as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act from the unobligated balance in the special 
account established for the Forest Service under section 807 of the 
Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6806) is reduced by 
a total of $60,000, and the amount so reduced is hereby cancelled.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 8, 2009.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.