[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1858 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1858
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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 boundary adjustment and land conveyances involving
Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado, to correct the effects of an
erroneous land survey that resulted in approximately 7 acres of the
Crystal Lakes Subdivision, Ninth Filing, encroaching on National Forest
System land, 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. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT AND LAND CONVEYANCES, ROOSEVELT NATIONAL
FOREST, COLORADO.
(a) Boundary Adjustment.--The boundaries of Roosevelt National
Forest, Colorado, are hereby modified to exclude from the national
forest a parcel of real property consisting of approximately 7 acres
within the Crystal Lakes Subdivision as depicted on the map entitled
``Crystal Lakes Encroachment, HR 3299'' and dated July 15, 2008.
(b) Conveyance of Land Removed From National Forest.--The Secretary
of Agriculture shall use the authority provided by Public Law 97-465
(commonly known as the Small Tracts Act; 16 U.S.C. 521c-521i) to convey
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the real
property excluded from the boundaries of Roosevelt National Forest
under subsection (a) to the landowners whose real property adjoins the
excluded land and who, as of the date of the enactment of this Act,
occupy the excluded land.
(c) Consideration.--The conveyances required by subsection (b)
shall be made without consideration.
(d) Description of Real Property.--The exact acreage and legal
description of the land excluded from the boundaries of Roosevelt
National Forest under subsection (a) and conveyed under subsection (b)
shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary.
(e) 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 $200,000, and the amount so reduced is hereby cancelled.
Passed the House of Representatives September 8, 2009.
Attest:
LORRAINE C. MILLER,
Clerk.