[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1008 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1008

To authorize the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest System 
land in the Cherokee National Forest and to authorize the Secretary of 
   Agriculture to use the proceeds from that conveyance to acquire a 
  parcel of land for inclusion in that national forest, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2011

   Mr. Duncan of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest System 
land in the Cherokee National Forest and to authorize the Secretary of 
   Agriculture to use the proceeds from that conveyance to acquire a 
  parcel of land for inclusion in that national forest, 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 ``Benton MacKaye Cherokee National 
Forest Land Consolidation Act''.

SEC. 2. LAND CONVEYANCES, CHEROKEE NATIONAL FOREST, TENNESSEE.

    (a) Conveyance Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture (in this 
section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall convey and quitclaim to 
the Towee Falls Baptist Church all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to a parcel of National Forest System land in 
Cherokee National Forest consisting of approximately 66.5 acres 
surrounding the Towee Falls Baptist Church, as generally depicted on 
the map titled ``Legislative Map H.R. 4658'' and dated June 1, 2010 (in 
this section referred to as the ``parcel'').
    (b) Consideration.--
            (1) Consideration required.--As consideration for the 
        conveyance of the parcel, the Towee Falls Baptist Church shall 
        pay to the Secretary an amount of cash equal to the market 
        value of the parcel based on an appraisal approved by the 
        Secretary.
            (2) Deposit of consideration.--The consideration received 
        under paragraph (1) shall be deposited into the account in the 
        Treasury established by Public Law 90-171 (commonly known as 
        the Sisk Act; 16 U.S.C. 484a).
            (3) Use of consideration.--
                    (A) In general.--Monies deposited pursuant to 
                paragraph (1) shall be available to the Secretary, 
                until expended and without further appropriation, for 
                the acquisition of lands and interests in land in the 
                Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee.
                    (B) Acquisition of doc rogers tract.--Congress 
                finds that it is in the public interest that the 
                Secretary acquire from the Monroe County Tennessee 
                Board of Education all right, title, and interest of 
                the Board of Education in and to a tract of land in 
                Monroe County, Tennessee, consisting of approximately 
                102 acres and known as the ``Doc Rogers tract''. The 
                Secretary may apply the monies deposited pursuant to 
                paragraph (1) to acquire the Doc Rogers tract if the 
                Secretary and the Monroe County Tennessee Board of 
                Education reach agreement on the terms of a Federal 
                acquisition.
    (c) Valuation.--The parcel will be appraised in accordance with 
appraisal specifications prescribed by the Secretary, and such 
specifications shall include that the parcel be valued as a free 
standing lot unconnected with any larger tract, and unencumbered with 
any Forest Service special use authorization held by the Church.
    (d) Condition of Conveyance.--The conveyance of the parcel shall be 
subject to the condition that the Towee Falls Baptist Church accept the 
parcel in its condition at the time of conveyance (commonly known as a 
conveyance ``as is'').
    (e) Survey and Costs.--The exact acreage and legal description of 
the parcel shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the 
Secretary of Agriculture. The cost of the survey and all other costs 
incurred by the Secretary to convey the parcel shall be borne by the 
Towee Falls Baptist Church.
    (f) Additional Terms.--The Secretary may require such additional 
terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance of the parcel as 
the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the 
United States.

SEC. 3. STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO LANGUAGE.

    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.
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