Custer County Airport Conveyance Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 100 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain National Forest System land to Custer County, South Dakota. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 10, 2019 Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. ROUNDS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain National Forest System land to Custer County, South Dakota. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Custer County Airport 4 Conveyance Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6 In this Act: 7 (1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Cus- 8 ter County, South Dakota. 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:57 Jan 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S100.IS S100 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 100 IS (2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 1 means all right, title, and interest of the United 2 States in and to approximately 65.7 acres of Na- 3 tional Forest System land, as generally depicted on 4 the map. 5 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en- 6 titled ‘‘Custer County Airport Conveyance’’ and 7 dated October 19, 2017. 8 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 9 the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 10 Chief of the Forest Service. 11 SEC. 3. LAND CONVEYANCE. 12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the terms and condi- 13 tions described in subsection (b), if the County submits 14 to the Secretary an offer to acquire the Federal land for 15 the market value, as determined by the appraisal under 16 subsection (c), the Secretary shall convey the Federal land 17 to the County. 18 (b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The conveyance 19 under subsection (a) shall be— 20 (1) subject to valid existing rights; 21 (2) made by quitclaim deed; and 22 (3) subject to any other terms and conditions 23 as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the 24 interests of the United States. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:57 Jan 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S100.IS S100 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •S 100 IS (c) APPRAISAL.— 1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 2 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 3 shall complete an appraisal to determine the market 4 value of the Federal land. 5 (2) STANDARDS.—The appraisal under para- 6 graph (1) shall be conducted in accordance with— 7 (A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 8 Federal Land Acquisitions; and 9 (B) the Uniform Standards of Professional 10 Appraisal Practice. 11 (d) MAP.— 12 (1) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be 13 kept on file and available for public inspection in the 14 appropriate office of the Forest Service. 15 (2) CORRECTION OF ERRORS.—The Secretary 16 may correct any errors in the map. 17 (e) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the con- 18 veyance under subsection (a), the County shall pay to the 19 Secretary an amount equal to the market value of the Fed- 20 eral land, as determined by the appraisal under subsection 21 (c). 22 (f) SURVEY.—The exact acreage and legal description 23 of the Federal land to be conveyed under subsection (a) 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:57 Jan 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S100.IS S100 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •S 100 IS shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Sec- 1 retary. 2 (g) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—As a condition on the 3 conveyance under subsection (a), the County shall pay to 4 the Secretary all costs associated with the conveyance, in- 5 cluding the cost of— 6 (1) the appraisal under subsection (c); and 7 (2) the survey under subsection (f). 8 (h) PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF LAND.—Any pro- 9 ceeds received by the Secretary from the conveyance under 10 subsection (a) shall be— 11 (1) deposited in the fund established under 12 Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as the ‘‘Sisk 13 Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 484a); and 14 (2) available to the Secretary until expended, 15 without further appropriation, for the acquisition of 16 inholdings in units of the National Forest System in 17 the State of South Dakota. 18 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:57 Jan 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S100.IS S100 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS