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        H.R.699

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen


                                 An Act


 
   To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to modify 
provisions relating to certain land exchanges in the Mt. Hood Wilderness 
                         in the State of Oregon.

    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 ``Mount Hood Cooper Spur Land Exchange 
Clarification Act''.
SEC. 2. COOPER SPUR LAND EXCHANGE CLARIFICATION AMENDMENTS.
    Section 1206(a) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 
(Public Law 111-11; 123 Stat. 1018) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1)--
            (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``120 acres'' and 
        inserting ``107 acres''; and
            (B) in subparagraph (E)(ii), by inserting ``improvements,'' 
        after ``buildings,''; and
        (2) in paragraph (2)--
            (A) in subparagraph (D)--
                (i) in clause (i), by striking ``As soon as practicable 
            after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and 
            Mt. Hood Meadows shall select'' and inserting ``Not later 
            than 120 days after the date of the enactment of the Mount 
            Hood Cooper Spur Land Exchange Clarification Act, the 
            Secretary and Mt. Hood Meadows shall jointly select'';
                (ii) in clause (ii), in the matter preceding subclause 
            (I), by striking ``An appraisal under clause (i) shall'' 
            and inserting ``Except as provided under clause (iii), an 
            appraisal under clause (i) shall assign a separate value to 
            each tax lot to allow for the equalization of values and''; 
            and
                (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                ``(iii) Final appraised value.--

                    ``(I) In general.--Subject to subclause (II), after 
                the final appraised value of the Federal land and the 
                non-Federal land are determined and approved by the 
                Secretary, the Secretary shall not be required to 
                reappraise or update the final appraised value for a 
                period of up to 3 years, beginning on the date of the 
                approval by the Secretary of the final appraised value.
                    ``(II) Exception.--Subclause (I) shall not apply if 
                the condition of either the Federal land or the non-
                Federal land referred to in subclause (I) is 
                significantly and substantially altered by fire, 
                windstorm, or other events.

                ``(iv) Public review.--Before completing the land 
            exchange under this Act, the Secretary shall make available 
            for public review the complete appraisals of the land to be 
            exchanged.''; and
            (B) by striking subparagraph (G) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(G) Required conveyance conditions.--Prior to the 
        exchange of the Federal and non-Federal land--
                ``(i) the Secretary and Mt. Hood Meadows may mutually 
            agree for the Secretary to reserve a conservation easement 
            to protect the identified wetland in accordance with 
            applicable law, subject to the requirements that--

                    ``(I) the conservation easement shall be consistent 
                with the terms of the September 30, 2015, mediation 
                between the Secretary and Mt. Hood Meadows; and
                    ``(II) in order to take effect, the conservation 
                easement shall be finalized not later than 120 days 
                after the date of enactment of the Mount Hood Cooper 
                Spur Land Exchange Clarification Act; and

                ``(ii) the Secretary shall reserve a 24-foot-wide 
            nonexclusive trail easement at the existing trail locations 
            on the Federal land that retains for the United States 
            existing rights to construct, reconstruct, maintain, and 
            permit nonmotorized use by the public of existing trails 
            subject to the right of the owner of the Federal land--

                    ``(I) to cross the trails with roads, utilities, 
                and infrastructure facilities; and
                    ``(II) to improve or relocate the trails to 
                accommodate development of the Federal land.

            ``(H) Equalization of values.--
                ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in 
            addition to or in lieu of monetary compensation, a lesser 
            area of Federal land or non-Federal land may be conveyed if 
            necessary to equalize appraised values of the exchange 
            properties, without limitation, consistent with the 
            requirements of this Act and subject to the approval of the 
            Secretary and Mt. Hood Meadows.
                ``(ii) Treatment of certain compensation or conveyances 
            as donation.--If, after payment of compensation or 
            adjustment of land area subject to exchange under this Act, 
            the amount by which the appraised value of the land and 
            other property conveyed by Mt. Hood Meadows under 
            subparagraph (A) exceeds the appraised value of the land 
            conveyed by the Secretary under subparagraph (A) shall be 
            considered a donation by Mt. Hood Meadows to the United 
            States.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.