[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 47 (Thursday, April 13, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S2807]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               CASTLE ROCK RANCH ACQUISITION ACT OF 1999

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 1705) to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to enter into land exchange to acquire from 
the private owner and to convey to the State of Idaho approximately 
1,240 acres of land near the City of Rocks National Reserve, Idaho, and 
for other purposes.
  The bill (S. 1705), was passed, as follows:
       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 ``Castle Rock Ranch 
     Acquisition Act of 1999''.

     SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act:
       (1) Monument.--The term ``Monument'' means the Hagerman 
     Fossil Beds National Monument, Idaho, depicted on the 
     National Park Service map numbered 300/80,000, C.O. No. 161, 
     and dated January 7, 1998.
       (2) Ranch.--The term ``Ranch'' means the land comprising 
     approximately 1,240 acres situated outside the boundary of 
     the Reserve, known as the ``Castle Rock Ranch''.
       (3) Reserve.--The term ``Reserve'' means the City of Rocks 
     National Reserve, located near Almo, Idaho, depicted on the 
     National Park Service map numbered 003/80,018, C.O. No. 169, 
     and dated March 25, 1999.
       (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.

     SEC. 3. ACQUISITION OF CASTLE ROCK RANCH.

       (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary 
     shall acquire, by donation or by purchase with donated or 
     appropriated funds, the Ranch.
       (b) Consent of Landowner.--The Secretary shall acquire land 
     under subsection (a) only with the consent of the owner of 
     the land.

     SEC. 4. LAND EXCHANGE.

       (a) In General.--
       (1) Federal and state exchange.--Subject to subsection (b), 
     on completion of the acquisition under section 3(a), the 
     Secretary shall convey the Ranch to the State of Idaho in 
     exchange for approximately 492.87 acres of land near 
     Hagerman, Idaho, located within the boundary of the Monument.
       (2) State and private landowner exchange.--On completion of 
     the exchange under paragraph (1), the State of Idaho may 
     exchange portions of the Ranch for private land within the 
     boundaries of the Reserve, with the consent of the owners of 
     the private land.
       (b) Condition of Exchange.--As a condition of the land 
     exchange under subsection (a)(1), the State of Idaho shall 
     administer all private land acquired within the Reserve 
     through an exchange under this Act in accordance with title 
     II of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 
     460yy et seq.).
       (c) Administration.--State land acquired by the United 
     States in the land exchange under subsection (a)(1) shall be 
     administered by the Secretary as part of the Monument.
       (d) No Expansion of Reserve.--Acquisition of the Ranch by a 
     Federal or State agency shall not constitute any expansion of 
     the Reserve.
       (e) No Effect on Easements.--Nothing in this Act affects 
     any easement in existence on the date of enactment of this 
     Act.

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