[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 165 (Friday, November 19, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S15181]
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             BLACK HILLS NATIONAL FOREST PROPERTY EXCHANGE

  The bill (S. 1599) to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell 
or exchange all or part of certain administrative sites and other land 
in the Black Hills National Forest and to use funds derived from the 
sale or exchange to acquire replacement sites and to acquire or 
construct administrative improvements in connection with the Black 
Hills National Forest, was considered, ordered and engrossed for a 
third reading, read the third time, and passed; as follows:

                                S. 1599

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SALE OR EXCHANGE OF LAND.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to 
     in this Act as the ``Secretary'') may, under such terms and 
     conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, sell or exchange 
     any right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
     the approximately 367 acres contained in the following 
     parcels of land in the State of South Dakota:
       (1) Tract BLKH-1 ``Spearfish Dwelling'' (approximately 0.24 
     acres); N\1/2\ lots 8 and 9 of block 16, sec. 10, T6N, R2E.
       (2) Tract BLKH-2 ``Deadwood Garage'' (approximately 0.12 
     acres); lots 9 and 11 of block 34, sec. 26, T5N, R3E.
       (3) Tract BLKH-3 ``Deadwood Dwellings'' (approximately 0.32 
     acres); lots 12 through 16 of Block 44, sec. 26, T5N, R3E.
       (4) Tract BLKH-4 ``Hardy Work Center'' (approximately 150 
     acres); E\1/2\, SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\; SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\; sec. 19; 
     NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\; E\1/2\, NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\; E\1/2\, 
     SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\; NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\; sec. 30, T3N, R1E.
       (5) Tract BLKH-6 ``Pactola Work Center'' (approximately 100 
     acres); W\1/2\, SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\; W\1/2\, NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\; 
     W\1/2\, SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\; SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\; sec. 25; 
     E\1/2\, E\1/4\, SE\1/4\; SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\; sec. 26; 
     T2N, R5E.
       (6) Tract BLKH-7 ``Pactola Ranger District Office'' 
     (approximately 8.25 acres); lot 1 of Ranger Station 
     Subdivision, sec. 4, T1N, R7E.
       (7) Tract BLKH-8 ``Reder Administrative Site'' 
     (approximately 82 acres); lots 6 and 7, sec. 29; lot A of 
     Reder Placer, lot 19, NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\, sec. 30, 
     T1S, R5E.
       (8) Tract BLKH-9 ``Allen Gulch Properties'' (approximately 
     20.60 acres); lot 14, sec. 25, T1S, R4E.
       (9) Tract BLKH-10 ``Custer Ranger District Office'' 
     (approximately 0.39 acres); lots 4 and 9 of block 125 plus 
     the east 15 feet of the vacated north/south alley adjacent to 
     lot 4, city of Custer, sec. 26, T3S, R4E.
       (b) Applicable Authorities.--Except as otherwise provided 
     in this Act, any sale or exchange of land described in 
     subsection (a) shall be subject to laws (including 
     regulations) applicable to the conveyance and acquisition of 
     land for National Forest System purposes.
       (c) Cash Equalization.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, the Secretary may accept cash equalization payments 
     in excess of 25 percent of the total value of the land 
     described in subsection (a) from any exchange under 
     subsection (a).
       (d) Solicitations of Offers.--
       (1) In general.--In carrying out this Act, the Secretary 
     may use solicitations of offers for sale or exchange under 
     this Act on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 
     prescribe.
       (2) Rejection of offers.--The Secretary may reject any 
     offer under this Act if the Secretary determines that the 
     offer is not adequate or not in the public interest.

     SEC. 2. DISPOSITION OF FUNDS.

       Any funds received by the Secretary through sale or by cash 
     equalization from an exchange--
       (1) shall be deposited into the fund established by Public 
     Law 90-171 (commonly known as the ``Sisk Act'') (16 U.S.C. 
     484a); and
       (2) shall be available for expenditure, on appropriation, 
     for--
       (A) the acquisition of land and interests in land in the 
     State of South Dakota; and
       (B) the acquisition or construction of administrative 
     improvements in connection with the Black Hills National 
     Forest.

     SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are 
     necessary to carry out this Act.

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