[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1631 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1631

 To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain National 
  Forest System land in the State of Arizona to the Arizona Board of 
                    Regents, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 13, 2021

 Mr. Kelly (for himself and Ms. Sinema) 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 authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain National 
  Forest System land in the State of Arizona to the Arizona Board of 
                    Regents, 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 ``Arizona Experiment Station Land 
Conveyance Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Easement.--The term ``easement'' means an easement to 
        access and use Forest Service Road 9201D from its junction with 
        Forest Service Road 0618 (commonly known as ``Beaver Creek'').
            (2) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means the 
        approximately 13.3 acres of National Forest System land within 
        the Coconino National Forest in the State of Arizona, as 
        generally depicted on the map entitled ``Act to Convey Certain 
        NFS Land and non-Federal Land in Arizona Winter Quarters'' and 
        dated June 20, 2019.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture.
            (4) University.--The term ``University'' means the Arizona 
        Board of Regents, acting on behalf of the University of Arizona 
        Experiment Station.

SEC. 3. COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST LAND CONVEYANCE.

    (a) Conveyance Authorized.--Subject to this section, if the 
University submits to the Secretary not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act a written request for the conveyance of 
the Federal land, the Secretary shall, not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, convey to the University all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to that land, including 
related infrastructure, improvements, and easements on that land.
    (b) Terms and Conditions.--The conveyance authorized under 
subsection (a) shall be--
            (1) subject to valid existing rights;
            (2) notwithstanding any other provision of law; and
            (3) subject to any other terms and conditions as considered 
        appropriate by the Secretary.
    (c) Forest Service Access.--The Secretary shall retain all other 
rights not included in the conveyance authorized under subsection (a) 
to Forest Service Road 9201D from its junction with Forest Service Road 
0618 (commonly known as ``Beaver Creek''), including the maintenance 
of, and continued administrative access to, that road.
    (d) Use of Conveyed Land.--
            (1) In general.--As a condition of the conveyance under 
        subsection (a), the Federal land shall be--
                    (A) maintained by the University; and
                    (B) used for the purposes of land-grant colleges 
                and universities in accordance with--
                            (i) the Act of July 2, 1862 (commonly known 
                        as the ``First Morrill Act'') (12 Stat. 503, 
                        chapter 130; 7 U.S.C. 301 et seq.);
                            (ii) the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 341 et 
                        seq.); and
                            (iii) the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a 
                        et seq.).
            (2) Reversion.--If any portion of the Federal land conveyed 
        under subsection (a) is used in a manner inconsistent with 
        paragraph (1), the Federal land shall, at the discretion of the 
        Secretary, revert to the United States.
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