An original bill to release a federal reversionary interest in Chester County, Tennessee, to manage certain Federal land in Bath County, Virginia, and for other purposes.

116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3076 AN ACT To release a federal reversionary interest in Chester County, Tennessee, to manage certain Federal land in Bath County, Virginia, 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 2 † S 3076 ES SECTION 1. CHESTER COUNTY REVERSIONARY INTEREST 1 RELEASE. 2 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 3 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 4 the Secretary of Agriculture. 5 (2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 6 of Tennessee. 7 (3) STATE FOREST LAND.—The term ‘‘State 8 forest land’’ means the approximately 0.62-acre par- 9 cel of land in Chickasaw State Forest that is identi- 10 fied as ‘‘State Forest Land’’ on the map prepared 11 by the Forest Service entitled ‘‘State Forest Land 12 Detail Map’’ and dated December 13, 2019. 13 (4) WEBB PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘Webb prop- 14 erty’’ means the approximately 0.90-acre parcel of 15 land owned by Kirby and Leta Webb identified as 16 ‘‘Webb Property Lot 1’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Webb 17 Property Detail Map’’ and dated December 13, 18 2019. 19 (b) RELEASE OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST.— 20 (1) RELEASE.—On the transfer of ownership of 21 the Webb property to the State for inclusion in the 22 Chickasaw State Forest and the transfer of the 23 State forest land to the State or a non-State entity, 24 by request of the State, the Secretary shall release 25 to the State, without consideration, the reversionary 26 3 † S 3076 ES interest of the United States in and to the State for- 1 est land described in paragraph (2). 2 (2) DESCRIPTION OF REVERSIONARY INTER- 3 EST.—The reversionary interest referred to in para- 4 graph (1) is the reversionary interest of the United 5 States in and to the State forest land that— 6 (A) requires that the State forest land be 7 used for public purposes; and 8 (B) is contained in a deed— 9 (i) granting from the United States to 10 the State the State forest land; 11 (ii) dated August 12, 1955; and 12 (iii) registered on pages 588 through 13 591 of book 48 of the record of deeds for 14 Chester County, Tennessee. 15 (c) SALE OF MINERAL RIGHTS.— 16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to any valid existing 17 rights of third parties, as soon as practicable after 18 the date on which all actions described in subsection 19 (b)(1) have been carried out, the Secretary shall 20 offer to sell to the State the undivided mineral inter- 21 ests of the United States in and to the State forest 22 land. 23 (2) TERMS OF SALE.— 24 4 † S 3076 ES (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 1 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 2 the Secretary shall determine— 3 (i) the mineral character of the State 4 forest land; and 5 (ii) the market value of the mineral 6 interests referred to in paragraph (1), as 7 determined by an appraisal conducted in 8 accordance with subparagraph (C). 9 (B) PAYMENT OF COSTS.—As a condition 10 of any sale under this subsection, the State 11 shall pay to the United States— 12 (i) any administrative costs incurred 13 by the United States in selling to the State 14 the mineral interests referred to in para- 15 graph (1), including the costs incurred by 16 the Secretary in making the determina- 17 tions required under subparagraph (A); 18 and 19 (ii) an amount equal to the market 20 value of the mineral interests referred to in 21 paragraph (1), as determined under sub- 22 paragraph (A)(ii). 23 5 † S 3076 ES (C) APPRAISAL REQUIREMENTS.—An ap- 1 praisal conducted under subparagraph (A)(ii) 2 shall be— 3 (i) consistent with the Uniform Ap- 4 praisal Standards for Federal Land Acqui- 5 sitions and the Uniform Standards of Pro- 6 fessional Appraisal Practice; and 7 (ii) subject to the approval of the Sec- 8 retary. 9 SEC. 2. ADDITIONS TO ROUGH MOUNTAIN AND RICH HOLE 10 WILDERNESSES. 11 (a) ROUGH MOUNTAIN ADDITION.—Section 1 of 12 Public Law 100–326 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 102 Stat. 13 584; 114 Stat. 2057; 123 Stat. 1002) is amended by add- 14 ing at the end the following: 15 ‘‘(21) ROUGH MOUNTAIN ADDITION.—Certain 16 land in the George Washington National Forest 17 comprising approximately 1,000 acres, as generally 18 depicted as the ‘Rough Mountain Addition’ on the 19 map entitled ‘GEORGE WASHINGTON NA- 20 TIONAL FOREST – South half – Alternative I – 21 Selected Alternative Management Prescriptions – 22 Land and Resources Management Plan Final Envi- 23 ronmental Impact Statement’ and dated March 4, 24 6 † S 3076 ES 2014, which is incorporated in the Rough Mountain 1 Wilderness Area designated by paragraph (1).’’. 2 (b) RICH HOLE ADDITION.— 3 (1) POTENTIAL WILDERNESS DESIGNATION.— 4 In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act 5 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain land in the George 6 Washington National Forest comprising approxi- 7 mately 4,600 acres, as generally depicted as the 8 ‘‘Rich Hole Addition’’ on the map entitled 9 ‘‘GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL FOREST 10 – South half – Alternative I – Selected Alternative 11 Management Prescriptions – Land and Resources 12 Management Plan Final Environmental Impact 13 Statement’’ and dated March 4, 2014, is designated 14 as a potential wilderness area for incorporation in 15 the Rich Hole Wilderness Area designated by section 16 1(2) of Public Law 100–326 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 17 102 Stat. 584; 114 Stat. 2057; 123 Stat. 1002). 18 (2) WILDERNESS DESIGNATION.—The potential 19 wilderness area designated by paragraph (1) shall be 20 designated as wilderness and incorporated in the 21 Rich Hole Wilderness Area designated by section 22 1(2) of Public Law 100–326 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 23 102 Stat. 584; 114 Stat. 2057; 123 Stat. 1002) on 24 the earlier of— 25 7 † S 3076 ES (A) the date on which the Secretary pub- 1 lishes in the Federal Register notice that the 2 activities permitted under paragraph (4) have 3 been completed; or 4 (B) the date that is 5 years after the date 5 of enactment of this Act. 6 (3) MANAGEMENT.—Except as provided in 7 paragraph (4), the Secretary shall manage the po- 8 tential wilderness area designated by paragraph (1) 9 in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 10 1131 et seq.). 11 (4) WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ACTIVI- 12 TIES.— 13 (A) IN GENERAL.—To enhance natural 14 ecosystems within the potential wilderness area 15 designated by paragraph (1) by implementing 16 certain activities to improve water quality and 17 aquatic passage, as set forth in the Forest 18 Service document entitled ‘‘Decision Notice for 19 the Lower Cowpasture Restoration and Man- 20 agement Project’’ and dated December 2015, 21 the Secretary may use motorized equipment 22 and mechanized transport in the potential wil- 23 derness area until the date on which the poten- 24 tial wilderness area is incorporated into the 25 8 † S 3076 ES Rich Hole Wilderness Area under paragraph 1 (2). 2 (B) REQUIREMENT.—In carrying out sub- 3 paragraph (A), the Secretary, to the maximum 4 extent practicable, shall use the minimum tool 5 or administrative practice necessary to carry 6 out that subparagraph with the least amount of 7 adverse impact on wilderness character and re- 8 sources. 9 Passed the Senate January 6, 2020. Attest: Secretary. 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3076 AN ACT To release a federal reversionary interest in Chester County, Tennessee, to manage certain Federal land in Bath County, Virginia, and for other pur- poses.