[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 8, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E50-E51]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST LAND EXCHANGE ACT OF 2003

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, January 8, 2003

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, to facilitate a Forest Service land 
exchange that will eliminate a private in-holding in the Sierra 
National Forest in the State of California and provide for the 
permanent enjoyment by the Boy Scouts of America of a parcel of 
National Forest System land currently used under a special use permit, 
and for other purposes.


                    in the house of representatives

       Mr. RADANOVICH (for himself, Mr. Nunes and Mr. Dooley) 
     introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
     Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL

       To facilitate a Forest Service land exchange that will 
     eliminate a private in-holding in the Sierra National Forest 
     in the State of California and provide for the permanent 
     enjoyment by the Boy Scouts of America of a parcel of 
     National Forest System land currently used under a special 
     use permit, 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 `Sierra National Forest Land 
     Exchange Act of 2003'.

     SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST, CALIFORNIA.

       (a) Receipt of Private Lands--In exchange for the land 
     described in subsection (b), the owners of a parcel of 
     private land consisting of the north \1/2\ of the northwest 
     \1/4\ of section 29, township 8 south, range 26 east, Mount 
     Diablo base and meridian, California, shall convey all of 
     their right, title, and interest in and to the parcel to the 
     Secretary of Agriculture.
       (b) Conveyance of Forest Service Property--Upon receipt of 
     the land conveyed under subsection (a), the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall convey to the persons making such 
     conveyance all right, title, and interest of the United 
     States in and to a parcel of National Forest System land 
     consisting of the east \1/2\ of the southwest \1/4\ and the 
     west \1/2\ of the southeast \1/4\ of section 30, township 9 
     south, range 25 east, Mount Diablo meridian, California.
       (c) Reconveyance--The Conveyance under subsection (b) shall 
     be subject to the condition that the recipients of the land 
     agree to convey the land, within a time period agreed to by 
     the Secretary of Agriculture and the recipient, to the 
     Sequoia Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
       (d) Equal Value of Parcels--The value of the two parcels of 
     real property to be exchanged under this section are deemed 
     to be equal.

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