[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[S. 1484 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1484

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 1, 2013

 Mr. Reid (for Ms. Landrieu (for herself, Mr. Vitter, and Mr. Cornyn)) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
           Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for an exchange of land between the Secretary 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 mineral estate and 
                including the wilderness area, located within the 
                Sabine National Forest and the Toledo Bend Project 
                boundary in Texas, as generally depicted on the map 
                entitled ``Sabine National Forest Toledo Bend Project 
                Strip Lands''; and
                    (B) certain additional Federal land 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 entitled ``Sabine 
                National Forest Campgrounds, Toledo Bend Project''.
            (3) Non-federal land.--The term ``non-Federal land'' means 
        the surface estate of a parcel or parcels of private land 
        adjacent to Sabine National Forest that is--
                    (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 the 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 
        (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 98-574).
            (7) Wilderness candidate land.--The term ``wilderness 
        candidate land'' means the surface estate of land adjacent to 
        the wilderness area, to be mutually agreed upon by the 
        Authority and the Secretary, that is owned or to be acquired by 
        the Authority.

SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGE, SABINE NATIONAL FOREST.

    (a) In General.--In exchange for the non-Federal land, wilderness 
candidate land, and any cash equalization payment authorized under 
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 enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
                complete an appraisal of the surface estate of the 
                Federal land, non-Federal land, and wilderness 
                candidate 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 under subsection (e)(3).
            (2) Survey.--The exact acreage and legal description of the 
        Federal land, non-Federal land, and wilderness candidate land 
        to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall be determined by 
        surveys or other means of identifying and describing the 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 between 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 land 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--
                    (A) deposited into the fund established under 
                Public Law 90-171 (commonly known as the ``Sisk Act'') 
                (16 U.S.C. 484a); and
                    (B) 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--
                    (A) be acceptable to the Secretary; and
                    (B) conform to the title approval standards of the 
                Attorney General applicable to land acquisitions by the 
                Federal Government.
            (2) Reservation of mineral estate.--The deed of conveyance 
        that conveys the Federal land to the Authority shall reserve 
        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) Effect.--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) shall be completed not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act.

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

    (a) Boundary Adjustment.--On 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 
        date of the exchange, was located within the Toledo Bend 
        Project, with the land excluded under this paragraph to be 
        removed from wilderness designation and ceasing 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 
        section 3(a), with the land included under this paragraph to 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 the date of 
        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 legal 
        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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