A bill to provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Coconino National Forest land in the State of Arizona.

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2419 To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Coconino National Forest land in the State of Arizona. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AUGUST 1, 2019 Ms. MCSALLY (for herself and Ms. SINEMA) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Nat- ural Resources A BILL To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Coconino National Forest land in the State of Arizona. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST LAND CONVEY- 3 ANCE, ARIZONA. 4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 5 (1) ABOR.—The term ‘‘ABOR’’ means the Ar- 6 izona Board of Regents, on behalf of the University 7 of Arizona Experiment Station. 8 (2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 9 means the approximately 13.3 acres of land within 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:15 Aug 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2419.IS S2419 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 2419 IS the Coconino National Forest, in Yavapai County, 1 Arizona— 2 (A) located near 4005 N. Forest Road 3 618, Rimrock, Arizona; and 4 (B) generally depicted on the map entitled 5 ‘‘Act to Convey Certain NFS Land and non- 6 Federal Land in Arizona Winter Quarters’’ and 7 dated June 20, 2019. 8 (3) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed- 9 eral land’’ means the approximately 43 acres of land 10 generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Act to Con- 11 vey Certain NFS Land and non-Federal Land in Ar- 12 izona Summer Quarters’’ and dated June 20, 2019. 13 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 14 the Secretary of Agriculture. 15 (b) APPRAISALS OF FEDERAL LAND, NON-FEDERAL 16 LAND, AND EASEMENT.— 17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal land, the non- 18 Federal land, and the easement described in sub- 19 section (c)(5) shall be appraised by an independent, 20 qualified appraiser that is— 21 (A) selected from a list of appraisers in the 22 State of Arizona; and 23 (B) mutually agreed to by— 24 (i) the Secretary; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:15 Aug 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2419.IS S2419 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •S 2419 IS (ii) ABOR. 1 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each appraisal under 2 paragraph (1) shall be conducted in accordance 3 with— 4 (A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 5 Federal Land Acquisitions; and 6 (B) the Uniform Standards of Professional 7 Appraisal Practice. 8 (c) LAND EXCHANGE.— 9 (1) IDENTIFICATION OF OFFERED PORTION OF 10 NON-FEDERAL LAND.—Based on the relevant ap- 11 praisal conducted under subsection (b)(1), ABOR 12 may identify a portion of the non-Federal land 13 that— 14 (A) is equal in value to the Federal land; 15 and 16 (B) will be offered in exchange for the 17 Federal land under paragraph (2). 18 (2) OFFER BY ABOR.—On identification under 19 paragraph (1) of the portion of non-Federal land to 20 be offered in exchange for the Federal land (referred 21 to in this subsection as the ‘‘offered portion of the 22 non-Federal land’’), ABOR may submit to the Sec- 23 retary an offer to convey all right, title, and interest 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:15 Aug 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2419.IS S2419 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •S 2419 IS of ABOR in and to the offered portion of the non- 1 Federal land. 2 (3) ACTION BY SECRETARY.—Subject to para- 3 graph (4), on receipt of an offer under paragraph 4 (2), the Secretary shall— 5 (A) accept the offer; and 6 (B) on receipt of acceptable title to the of- 7 fered portion of the non-Federal land, convey to 8 ABOR— 9 (i) all right, title, and interest of the 10 United States in and to the Federal land; 11 and 12 (ii) the easement described in para- 13 graph (5) and depicted on the map re- 14 ferred to in subsection (a)(2)(B). 15 (4) REQUIREMENTS.— 16 (A) EQUAL VALUE.—The Secretary may 17 carry out paragraph (3) only if the Secretary 18 determines, based on the appraisals under sub- 19 section (b)(1), that the value of the Federal 20 land is equal to the value of the offered portion 21 of the non-Federal land. 22 (B) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDI- 23 TIONS.—The land exchange under this sub- 24 section shall be subject to the payment by 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:15 Aug 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2419.IS S2419 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •S 2419 IS ABOR of the reasonable cost of any survey, ap- 1 praisal, or any other administrative costs asso- 2 ciated with the exchange. 3 (5) DESCRIPTION OF EASEMENT.—The ease- 4 ment referred to in paragraph (3)(B)(ii) is an ease- 5 ment under which— 6 (A) ABOR is authorized to fully maintain 7 and use, at the expense of ABOR, Forest Serv- 8 ice Road 9201D from its junction with Forest 9 Service Road 0618 (commonly known as ‘‘Bea- 10 ver Creek’’), in accordance with the historic use 11 and maintenance patterns of ABOR; and 12 (B) the Forest Service retains all other 13 rights to Forest Service Road 9201D from its 14 junction with Forest Service Road 0618, includ- 15 ing full and continued administrative access to 16 the road in accordance with a Forest Service 17 travel management plan. 18 (6) MAPS, ESTIMATES, AND DESCRIPTIONS.— 19 (A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable 20 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec- 21 retary shall— 22 (i) finalize a map and legal descrip- 23 tion for each of the Federal land and the 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:15 Aug 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2419.IS S2419 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 6 •S 2419 IS offered portion of the non-Federal land to 1 be exchanged under this subsection; and 2 (ii) ensure that the maps and legal de- 3 scriptions are on file and available for pub- 4 lic inspection in the headquarters of the 5 Coconino National Forest. 6 (B) MINOR ADJUSTMENTS; ERRORS.—The 7 Secretary and ABOR may, by mutual agree- 8 ment— 9 (i) make minor boundary adjustments 10 to the Federal land and the offered portion 11 of the non-Federal land exchanged under 12 this subsection; and 13 (ii) correct any minor errors in any 14 map, acreage estimate, or description of 15 the Federal land and the offered portion of 16 the non-Federal land exchanged under this 17 subsection. 18 (d) CONVEYANCE TIMELINE.—It is the intent of Con- 19 gress that the land exchange under subsection (c) shall 20 be completed by not later than 3 years after the date of 21 enactment of this Act. 22 (e) MANAGEMENT AND STATUS OF ACQUIRED 23 LAND.—Any non-Federal land acquired by the Secretary 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:15 Aug 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2419.IS S2419 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 7 •S 2419 IS under subsection (c) shall be managed by the Secretary 1 in accordance with— 2 (1) the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known 3 as the ‘‘Weeks Law’’) (36 Stat. 961, chapter 186; 4 16 U.S.C. 480 et seq.); and 5 (2) any other laws (including regulations) appli- 6 cable to the National Forest System. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:15 Aug 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2419.IS S2419 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS