[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3411 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3411

To provide for an exchange of land between the United States Department 
        of Agriculture and the Sabine River Authority of Texas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 30, 2013

   Mr. Gohmert (for himself, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Stockman, Mr. Brady of 
Texas, and Mr. Hall) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
 to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Natural Resources, 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 provide for an exchange of land between the United States Department 
        of Agriculture and the Sabine River Authority of Texas.

    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 ``Sabine National Forest Land Exchange 
Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Authority.--The term ``Authority'' means the Sabine 
        River Authority of Texas.
            (2) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means--
                    (A) the approximately 4,000 acres of National 
                Forest System land, excluding the subsurface mineral 
                estate and including certain land in the wilderness 
                area, located in Texas within Sabine National Forest 
                and the Toledo Bend Project boundary, as generally 
                depicted on a map titled ``Sabine National Forest 
                Toledo Bend Project Strip Lands''; and
                    (B) certain additional Federal land, excluding the 
                subsurface mineral estate, occupied by Forest Service 
                campgrounds, including all structures, buildings, 
                fixtures, roads, and other improvements on the land, 
                adjacent to the Toledo Bend Project, as mutually agreed 
                by the Secretary and the Authority, and as generally 
                depicted on the map titled ``Sabine National Forest 
                Campgrounds, Toledo Bend Project''.
            (3) Non-federal land.--The term ``non-Federal land'' means 
        the parcel or parcels of private land, excluding the subsurface 
        mineral estate, adjacent to Sabine National Forest--
                    (A) owned or to be acquired by the Authority; and
                    (B) mutually agreed upon by the Authority and the 
                Secretary.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.
            (5) Toledo bend project.--The term ``Toledo Bend Project'' 
        means Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Project numbered 
        2305.
            (6) Wilderness area.--The term ``wilderness area'' means 
        the Indian Mounds Wilderness Area, Sabine National Forest, as 
        designated by section 2(4) of the Texas Wilderness Act of 1984 
        (Public Law 98-574; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note).
            (7) Wilderness candidate land.--The term ``wilderness 
        candidate land'' means certain non-Federal land adjacent to the 
        wilderness area that is intended for inclusion as part of the 
        wilderness area upon acquisition by the Secretary.

SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGE, SABINE NATIONAL FOREST.

    (a) Land Exchange Authorized and Directed.--In exchange for the 
non-Federal land and any cash equalization payment authorized in 
subsection (d), the Secretary shall convey to the Authority all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the Federal land.
    (b) Existing Rights.--The conveyance of the Federal land under 
subsection (a) shall be subject to valid existing rights.
    (c) Implementation.--
            (1) Appraisal.--
                    (A) Deadline.--Not later than 180 days after the 
                date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
                complete an appraisal of the surface estate of the 
                Federal land and non-Federal land.
                    (B) Standards.--The appraisal under this paragraph 
                shall be performed in accordance with--
                            (i) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 
                        Federal Land Acquisitions;
                            (ii) the Uniform Standards of Professional 
                        Appraisal Practice; and
                            (iii) appraisal instructions issued by the 
                        Secretary.
                    (C) Effect of restrictive covenant.--In determining 
                the value of the Federal land, the Secretary shall 
                account for the limitations on the use of the Federal 
                land after conveyance imposed by the restrictive 
                covenant required by subsection (e)(3).
            (2) Survey.--The exact acreage and legal description of the 
        Federal land and non-Federal land, including a separate 
        accounting of the wilderness candidate land, to be conveyed 
        under subsection (a) shall be determined by surveys or other 
        means identifying and describing such land mutually agreed to 
        by the Secretary and the Authority.
            (3) Costs.--The costs of conducting the land exchange under 
        subsection (a) shall be shared equally by the Authority and the 
        Secretary.
    (d) Cash Equalization.--
            (1) Equal value exchange.--The land exchange under 
        subsection (a) shall be conducted on an equal value basis.
            (2) Limits waived.--The values of the lands to be exchanged 
        under subsection (a) may be equalized through the use of a cash 
        equalization payment in an amount in excess of the statutory 
        limit specified in section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and 
        Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716).
            (3) Disposition and use of funds.--Any cash equalization 
        payment received by the Secretary under this subsection shall 
        be deposited into the fund established by Public Law 90-171 
        (commonly known as the Sisk Act; 16 U.S.C. 484a). The payment 
        shall be available to the Secretary for expenditure, without 
        further appropriation and until expended, for the acquisition 
        of land or interests in land for addition to the National 
        Forest System.
    (e) Title.--
            (1) In general.--Title to the non-Federal land conveyed to 
        the Secretary under this section shall be acceptable to the 
        Secretary and shall conform to the title approval standards of 
        the Attorney General of the United States applicable to land 
        acquisitions by the Federal Government.
            (2) Reservation of mineral estate.--The Secretary shall 
        ensure that the deed of conveyance to convey the Federal land 
        to the Authority reserves for the United States any subsurface 
        mineral estate owned by the United States in the Federal land, 
        including oil, gas, rock, sand, and gravel.
            (3) Restrictive covenant.--
                    (A) In general.--In the deed of conveyance that 
                conveys the Federal land to the Authority, the 
                Secretary shall include a covenant, running with the 
                land, providing that the Federal land conveyed shall--
                            (i) be used in a manner consistent with the 
                        management of adjacent National Forest System 
                        land or wilderness area land;
                            (ii) remain unsubdivided; and
                            (iii) not be used for commercial, 
                        residential, or industrial development.
                    (B) Prohibition.--The restrictive covenant 
                described in subparagraph (A) shall not create any 
                property interest of the United States.
    (f) Continued Campground Operation.--The Authority may continue to 
operate and maintain the Forest Service campgrounds described in 
section 2(2)(B) and conveyed under subsection (a) consistent with the 
authorization granted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    (g) Time for Completion.--It is the intent of Congress that the 
land exchange under subsection (a) be completed not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, INDIAN MOUNDS WILDERNESS AREA, SABINE 
              NATIONAL FOREST.

    (a) Boundary Adjustment.--Upon completion of the land exchange 
under section 3(a), the Secretary shall modify the boundaries of the 
wilderness area--
            (1) to exclude all wilderness area land that, before the 
        exchange, was located within the Toledo Bend Project, and such 
        land shall be removed from wilderness designation and shall 
        cease to be part of the wilderness area and the National 
        Wilderness Preservation System under the Wilderness Act (16 
        U.S.C. 1131 et seq.); and
            (2) to include as part of the wilderness area all 
        wilderness candidate land acquired by the Secretary under such 
        section, and such land shall be designated as wilderness and as 
        a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
    (b) Map and Legal Description.--
            (1) Required.--As soon as practicable after completion of 
        the land exchange under section 3(a), the Secretary shall file 
        with the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
        Resources of the Senate a map and legal description of the 
        changes made to the boundaries of the wilderness area as a 
        result of the land exchange.
            (2) Force and effect.--The map and legal description filed 
        under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if 
        included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct 
        clerical and typographical errors in the map and description.
            (3) Public inspection.--The map and legal description also 
        shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
        appropriate offices of the Forest Service.
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