[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2471 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2471

  To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest 
   System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah to 
           Brigham Young University, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 26, 2012

  Mr. Hatch (for himself and Mr. Lee) 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 a small parcel of National Forest 
   System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah to 
           Brigham Young University, 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 ``Y Mountain Access Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. LAND CONVEYANCE, UINTA-WASATCH-CACHE NATIONAL FOREST, UTAH.

    (a) Conveyance Required.--On the request of Brigham Young 
University submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
convey, not later than one year after receiving the request, to Brigham 
Young University all right, title, and interest of the United States in 
and to an approximately 80-acre parcel of National Forest System land 
in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in the State of Utah 
consisting of the SE\1/4\SE\1/4\ of section 32, T. 6 S., R. 3 E., and 
the NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ of section 5, T. 7 S., R. 3 E., Salt Lake Base & 
Meridian. The conveyance shall be subject to valid existing rights and 
shall be made by quitclaim deed.
    (b) Consideration.--
            (1) Consideration required.--As consideration for the land 
        conveyed under subsection (a), Brigham Young University shall 
        pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the fair market value 
        of the land, as determined by an appraisal approved by the 
        Secretary and conducted in conformity with the Uniform 
        Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and section 
        206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
        U.S.C. 1716).
            (2) Deposit.--The consideration received by the Secretary 
        under paragraph (1) shall be deposited in the general fund of 
        the Treasury to reduce the Federal deficit.
    (c) Guaranteed Public Access to Y Mountain Trail.--After the 
conveyance under subsection (a), Brigham Young University represents 
that it will--
            (1) continue to allow the same reasonable public access to 
        the trailhead and portion of the Y Mountain Trail already owned 
        by Brigham Young University as of the date of the enactment of 
        this Act that Brigham Young University has historically 
        allowed; and
            (2) allow that same reasonable public access to the portion 
        of the Y Mountain Trail and the ``Y'' symbol located on the 
        land described in subsection (a).
    (d) Survey and Administrative Costs.--The exact acreage and legal 
description of the land to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall be 
determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. Brigham Young 
University shall pay the reasonable costs of survey, appraisal, and any 
administrative analyses required by law.
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