[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 151 (Tuesday, November 15, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H10171-H10172]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           LAND EXCHANGES, TAHOE NATIONAL FOREST, CALIFORNIA

  Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill (H.R. 3981) to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out 
certain land exchanges involving small parcels of National Forest 
System land in the Tahoe National Forest in the State of California, 
and for other purposes.
  The Clerk read as follows:

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                               H.R. 3981

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

     SECTION 1. LAND EXCHANGES, TAHOE NATIONAL FOREST, CALIFORNIA.

       (a) Christensen Exchange.--Notwithstanding section 3 of 
     Public Law 97-465 (16 U.S.C. 521e; commonly known as the 
     Small Tracts Act), the Secretary of Agriculture may use the 
     authority of such Act to acquire land from Irving N. 
     Christensen in that portion of the SW\1/4\NW\1/4\ of section 
     16, township 19 north, range 9 east, Mount Diablo meridian, 
     lying southwest of California State Highway 49 and that 
     portion of the S\1/2\NE\1/4\ of section 17 of the same 
     township and range lying southwest of California State 
     Highway 49 and northeast of the North Fork Yuba River, 
     through an exchange of all right, title, and interest of the 
     United States in and to a parcel National Forest System land 
     in Tahoe National Forest, California, lying north of 
     California State Highway 49 within the N\1/2\N\1/2\ of such 
     section 17.
       (b) McCreary Exchange.--The Secretary of Agriculture may 
     use the authority of provided by Public Law 97-465 (16 U.S.C. 
     521c et seq.; commonly known as the Small Tracts Act) to 
     acquire land from Dennis W. McCreary and Cindy M. McCreary in 
     lot 19 of section 35, township 20 north, range 10 east, Mount 
     Diablo meridian, through an exchange of all right, title, and 
     interest of the United States in and to a parcel National 
     Forest System land in Tahoe National Forest, California, in 
     lot 121 of such section 35. For purposes of Public Law 97-
     465, this land exchange is deemed to involve a mineral survey 
     fraction.
       (c) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, all 
     lands to be exchanged under this section are withdrawn from 
     location, entry, and patent under the mining laws of the 
     United States.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from 
Colorado (Mrs. Musgrave) and the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands 
(Mrs. Christensen) each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Colorado (Mrs. Musgrave).


                             General Leave

  Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members 
may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and 
include extraneous material on the bill under consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from Colorado?
  There was no objection.
  Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  H.R. 3981, authored by the gentleman from California (Mr. Doolittle), 
would facilitate the exchange of two small tracts of land under the 
Small Tracts Act in the Tahoe National Forest in California.
  The first would exchange 3 acres of mineral rights from the Forest 
Service to the owner of the surface in exchange for 7 acres of land 
adjacent to a Forest Service campground. The second would provide for 
the exchange of less than 1 acre owned by the Forest Service and 
located in the backyard of the property owner with a parcel of less 
than 1 acre near a Forest Service trailhead. The Forest Service has 
indicated its interest and support for these exchanges in 
correspondence to the landowners.
  I urge you to support this important measure.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. CHRISTENSEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3981 directs the Secretary of Agriculture to 
exchange two small parcels of National Forest System land in the Tahoe 
National Forest in California. We do not object to the two land 
exchanges included in H.R. 3981.
  We had concerns with an earlier version of this legislation, H.R. 
1905, that included generic amendments to the Small Tracts Act, but 
those are not included in this bill, and we have no objection to H.R. 
3981.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentlewoman from Colorado (Mrs. Musgrave) that the House suspend the 
rules and pass the bill, H.R. 3981.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor 
thereof) the rules were suspended and the bill was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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