[House Report 106-748]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-748

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                JACKSON MULTI-AGENCY CAMPUS ACT OF 1999

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 July 17, 2000.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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  Mr. Young of Alaska, from the Committee on Resources, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                         [To accompany S. 1374]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

  The Committee on Resources, to whom was referred the bill (S. 
1374) to authorize the development and maintenance of a 
multiagency campus project in the town of Jackson, Wyoming, 
having considered the same, report favorably thereon without 
amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.

                          PURPOSE OF THE BILL

    The purpose of S. 1374 is to authorize the development and 
maintenance of a multi-agency campus project in the town of 
Jackson, Wyoming.

                  BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

    Local, State and federal officials have identified an 
opportunity to develop a multi-agency campus in Jackson, 
Wyoming, that will offer visitors a ``one stop shopping'' 
service for wildlife, tourism and resource issues. The proposed 
multi-agency campus includes a wildlife interpretive center, 
facilities for public programs, walkways, bike paths, museum 
space, and office locations for the Wyoming Department of Game 
and Fish, the U.S. Forest Service, and the local Chamber of 
Commerce. There are several entities involved in this effort, 
including the U.S. Forest Service, Wyoming Department of Game 
and Fish, the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Teton County, the Town of Jackson, the Jackson Chamber 
of Commerce, and the Jackson Hole Historical Society. 
Legislation is required to allow the land exchanges which will 
provide for the building site and construction.
    S. 1374 will improve communications among the federal 
agencies and related entities, and reduce costs to federal, 
State and local governments as they address public needs. To 
accomplish this, the Forest Service has reached an agreement 
with the State of Wyoming and Town of Jackson to trade two 
small parcels of land for a building site and building. This 
will be an equal value exchange between willing partners, and 
requires Congressional action to permit the conveyance of 
public lands.
    The House companion measure to S. 1374 is H.R. 2577, 
introduced by Congresswoman Barbara Cubin (R-WY).

                            COMMITTEE ACTION

    S. 1374 was introduced by Senator Craig Thomas (R-WY) on 
July 15, 1999. On November 19, 1999, the Senate passed the bill 
with amendments by unanimous consent. The bill was referred to 
the Committee on Resources and within the Committee to the 
Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health. On May 3, 2000, the 
Subcommittee held a hearing on the bill. On May 16, 2000, the 
Subcommittee met to mark up the bill. No amendments were 
offered and the bill was then ordered favorably reported to the 
Full Committee by voice vote. On June 7, 2000, the Full 
Resources Committee met to consider the bill. No amendments 
were offered and the bill was then ordered favorably reported 
to the House of Representatives by voice vote.

                      SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS

Section 1. Short title
    The short title of the bill is the Jackson Multi-Agency 
Campus Act of 1999.

Section 2. Findings and purposes

    This section contains the congressional findings and 
purposes.

Section 3. Definitions

    This section defines key terms used in the bill.

Section 4. Multi-agency campus project, Jackson, Wyoming

    Section 4(a) requires that the Secretary of Agriculture 
convey a parcel of land to Jackson, Wyoming if the town offers 
to construct an administrative facility for the Bridger-Teton 
National Forest, as part of a multi-agency campus, within five 
years after the date of enactment of this bill.
    Subsection (b) requires that the Secretary of Agriculture 
convey a parcel of land to the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission 
if it offers to convey a parcel of land for the construction of 
an administrative facility for the Bridger-Teton National 
Forest within five years after the date of enactment of this 
bill.

Section 5. Conveyance of Federal land

    Section 5(a) describes the parcels of federal land to be 
conveyed under the bill.
    Subsection (b) provides that the United States will 
relinquish all reversionary interests in the parcel conveyed to 
the Wyoming Fish and Game Commission.

Section 6. Equal value of interests exchanged

    Section 6(a) states that the lands to be exchanged shall be 
of equal value, as provided in section 206 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act (FLPMA).
    Subsection (b) authorizes the Secretary to reduce the 
federal acreage conveyed if the value of the federal land to be 
conveyed is greater than the construction costs of the project.
    Subsection (c) states that the value of any federal land 
conveyed to the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission shall be equal 
to the value of land conveyed by the Commission to the United 
States.
    Subsection (d) provides for cash equalization payments, if 
necessary, as authorized under section 206 of FLPMA.

Section 7. Additional provisions

    Section 7(a) pertains to the construction of facilities on 
federal land for the multi-agency campus.
    Subsection (b) ensures that the town shall have access to 
the federal land until the construction of the project is 
completed.
    Subsection (c) states that land acquired by the United 
States shall be governed by all laws applicable to the 
administration of national forest sites.
    Subsection (d) states that no part of the construction can 
occur on land designated as a wetland.

            COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

    Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of 
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the 
Committee on Resources' oversight findings and recommendations 
are reflected in the body of this report.

                   CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

    Article I, section 8, and Article IV, section 3 of the 
Constitution of the United States grant Congress the authority 
to enact this bill.

                    COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII

    1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(2) of rule XIII of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives requires an estimate and 
a comparison by the Committee of the costs which would be 
incurred in carrying out this bill. However, clause 3(d)(3)(B) 
of that rule provides that this requirement does not apply when 
the Committee has included in its report a timely submitted 
cost estimate of the bill prepared by the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    2. Congressional Budget Act. As required by clause 3(c)(2) 
of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 
section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this 
bill does not contain any new budget authority, spending 
authority, credit authority, or an increase or decrease 
inrevenues or tax expenditures.
    3. Government Reform Oversight Findings. Under clause 
3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee has received no report of 
oversight findings and recommendations from the Committee on 
Government Reform on this bill.
    4. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate. Under clause 
3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives and section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, the Committee has received the following cost estimate 
for this bill from the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office:

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                     Washington, DC, June 14, 2000.
Hon. Don Young,
Chairman, Committee on Resources,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
prepared the enclosed cost estimate for S. 1374, the Jackson 
Multi-Agency Campus Act of 1999.
    If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contacts are Megan 
Carroll (for federal costs) and Marjorie Miller (for the state 
and local impact).
            Sincerely,
                                          Barry B. Anderson
                                    (For Dan L. Crippen, Director).
    Enclosure.

S. 1374--Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act of 1999

    CBO estimates that implementing S. 1374 would have no 
impact on the federal budget. Because S. 1374 would not affect 
direct spending or receipts, pay-as-you-go procedures would not 
apply. S. 1374 would authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to 
convey up to 90 acres of federal land to the town of Jackson, 
Wyoming, and to relinquish to the state of Wyoming the federal 
government's reversionary interest in about 3 acres of state 
land. The conveyance and relinquishment of interest in land 
would be made in exchange for the construction of an 
administrative facility by the town for the Forest Service. If 
the value of federal land conveyed to the town is greater than 
the facility construction costs to be paid by the town, the act 
would direct the Secretary to reduce the acreage of federal 
land conveyed so that the exchange is of equal value. The act 
would authorize the Secretary to convey to Wyoming about 3 
acres of federal land in exchange for 1.35 acres of state land 
that would be the site of the new administrative facility.
    Although the act provides that the barter of federal land 
for the construction of a new facility be of equal value, it 
would allow for cash payments (subject to the availability of 
appropriated funds) to ensure an equal exchange between the 
federal government and the town of Jackson. Based on 
information from the Forest Service, we expect that enacting S. 
1374 would not affect federal spending or receipts because the 
exchanges would be of equal value without need for cash 
equalization payments by either party.
    S. 1374 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. The 
exchanges authorized by S. 1374 would be voluntary on the part 
of the town of Jackson and the state of Wyoming and any costs 
incurred by these parties would be voluntary as well. further, 
the legislation would impose no costs on any other state, 
local, or tribal government.
    On October 27, 1999, CBO transmitted a cost estimate for S. 
1374 as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources. The two versions of the legislation are 
nearly identical, and the cost estimates are the same.
    The CBO staff contacts are Megan Carroll and Ali Aslam (for 
federal costs) and Marjorie Miller (for the state and local 
impact). This estimate was approved by Peter H. Fontaine, 
Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

                    COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104-4

    This bill contains no unfunded mandates.

                PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW

    This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or 
tribal law.

                        CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

    If enacted, this bill would make no changes in existing 
law.

                                
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