Black Mountain Range and Bullhead City Land Exchange Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 755 To authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land exchange in Bullhead City, Arizona, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 24, 2019 Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. GALLEGO, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mrs. LESKO, and Mr. SCHWEIKERT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land exchange in Bullhead City, Arizona, and for other purposes. 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 ‘‘Black Mountain Range 4 and Bullhead City Land Exchange Act of 2019’’. 5 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6 In this Act: 7 (1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means Bullhead 8 City, Arizona. 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:04 Feb 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H755.IH H755 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 755 IH (2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 1 means the approximately 345.2 acres of land in 2 Bullhead City, Arizona, generally depicted as ‘‘Fed- 3 eral Land to be exchanged to Bullhead City’’ on the 4 Map. 5 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en- 6 titled ‘‘Bullhead City Land Exchange’’ and dated 7 August 24, 2018. 8 (4) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed- 9 eral land’’ means the approximately 1,100 acres of 10 land owned by Bullhead City in the Black Mountain 11 Range generally depicted as ‘‘Bullhead City Land to 12 be Exchanged to BLM’’ on the Map. 13 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 14 the Secretary of the Interior. 15 SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGE. 16 (a) IN GENERAL.—If after December 15, 2020, the 17 City offers to convey to the Secretary all right, title, and 18 interest of the City in and to the non-Federal land, the 19 Secretary shall accept the offer and simultaneously convey 20 to the City all right, title, and interest of the United States 21 in and to the Federal land. 22 (b) LAND TITLE.—Title to the non-Federal land con- 23 veyed to the Secretary under this Act shall be in a form 24 acceptable to the Secretary and shall conform to the title 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:04 Feb 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H755.IH H755 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 755 IH approval standards of the Attorney General of the United 1 States applicable to land acquisitions by the Federal Gov- 2 ernment. 3 (c) EXCHANGE COSTS.—The City shall pay for all 4 land survey, appraisal, and other costs to the Secretary 5 as may be necessary to process and consummate the ex- 6 change under this Act. 7 SEC. 4. EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE AND APPRAISALS. 8 (a) APPRAISALS.—The values of the lands to be ex- 9 changed under this Act shall be determined by the Sec- 10 retary through appraisals performed— 11 (1) in accordance with— 12 (A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 13 Federal Land Acquisitions; 14 (B) the Uniform Standards of Professional 15 Appraisal Practice; and 16 (C) appraisal instructions issued by the 17 Secretary; and 18 (2) by an appraiser mutually agreed to by the 19 Secretary and the City. 20 (b) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE.—The values of the 21 Federal and non-Federal land parcels exchanged shall be 22 equal, or if they are not equal, shall be equalized as fol- 23 lows: 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:04 Feb 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H755.IH H755 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 755 IH (1) SURPLUS OF FEDERAL LAND VALUE.—If 1 the final appraised value of the Federal land exceeds 2 the final appraised value of the non-Federal land, 3 the City shall reduce the amount of land it is re- 4 questing from the Federal Government in order to 5 create an equal value in accordance with section 6 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 7 Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)). Land that is not 8 exchanged because of equalization under this para- 9 graph shall remain subject to lease under the Act of 10 June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the ‘‘Recreation 11 and Public Purposes Act’’) (44 Stat. 741, chapter 12 578; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 13 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—Any cash equalization 14 moneys received by the Secretary under paragraph 15 (1) shall be— 16 (A) deposited in the Federal Land Dis- 17 posal Account established by section 206(a) of 18 the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act 19 (43 U.S.C. 2305(a)); and 20 (B) used in accordance with that Act (43 21 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.). 22 (3) SURPLUS OF NON-FEDERAL LAND VALUE.— 23 If the final appraised value of the non-Federal land 24 exceeds the final appraised value of the Federal 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:04 Feb 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H755.IH H755 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •HR 755 IH land, the United States shall not make a cash 1 equalization payment to the City, and surplus value 2 of the non-Federal land shall be considered a dona- 3 tion by the City to the United States for all pur- 4 poses of law. 5 SEC. 5. WITHDRAWAL PROVISIONS. 6 Lands acquired by the Secretary under this Act are, 7 upon such acquisition, automatically and permanently 8 withdrawn from all forms of appropriation and disposal 9 under the public land laws (including the mining and min- 10 eral leasing laws) and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1930 11 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 12 SEC. 6. MAPS, ESTIMATES, AND DESCRIPTIONS. 13 (a) MINOR ERRORS.—The Secretary and the City 14 may, by mutual agreement— 15 (1) make minor boundary adjustments to the 16 Federal and non-Federal lands involved in the ex- 17 change; and 18 (2) correct any minor errors in any map, acre- 19 age estimate, or description of any land to be ex- 20 changed. 21 (b) CONFLICT.—If there is a conflict between a map, 22 an acreage estimate, or a description of land under this 23 Act, the map shall control unless the Secretary and the 24 City mutually agree otherwise. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:04 Feb 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H755.IH H755 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 6 •HR 755 IH (c) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall file and 1 make available for public inspection in the Arizona head- 2 quarters of the Bureau of Land Management a copy of 3 all maps referred to in this Act. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:04 Feb 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H755.IH H755 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS