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

IB Union Calendar No. 534 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7099 [Report No. 116–650] To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Coconino National Forest land in the State of Arizona. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 4, 2020 Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself and Mr. O’HALLERAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources DECEMBER 15, 2020 Additional sponsor: Mr. GALLEGO DECEMBER 15, 2020 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 4, 2020] VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:52 Dec 15, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H7099.RH H7099 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7099 RH A BILL To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Coconino National Forest land in the State of Arizona. VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:52 Dec 15, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H7099.RH H7099 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7099 RH 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 Ari- 6 zona Board of Regents, on behalf of the University of 7 Arizona Experiment Station. 8 (2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land 9 and interests in land’’means— 10 (A) the approximately 13.3 acres of land 11 within the Coconino National Forest, in Yavapai 12 County, Arizona as generally depicted on the 13 map entitled ‘‘Act to Convey Certain NFS Land 14 and non-Federal Land in Arizona Winter Quar- 15 ters’’ and dated June 20, 2019; and 16 (B) an easement on Forest Service Road 17 9201D from its junction with Forest Service 18 Road 0618 (commonly known as ‘‘Beaver 19 Creek’’). 20 (3) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed- 21 eral land’’means the approximately 7.5 acres of land 22 generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Act to Convey 23 Certain NFS Land and non-Federal Land in Arizona 24 Summer Quarters’’ and dated June 20, 2019. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:52 Dec 15, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H7099.RH H7099 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 7099 RH (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 1 the Secretary of Agriculture. 2 (5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’means the State of 3 Arizona. 4 (b) LAND EXCHANGE.— 5 (1) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—Subject to the provi- 6 sions of this Act, if the ABOR offers to convey to the 7 United States all right, title, and interest of the 8 ABOR in and to the non-Federal land, the Secretary 9 shall, subject to valid existing rights, convey to the 10 ABOR all right, title, and interest of the United 11 States in and to the Federal land and interests in 12 land. 13 (2) COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING LAW.—Except 14 as otherwise provided in this Act, the Secretary shall 15 carry out the land exchange under this Act in accord- 16 ance with section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and 17 Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716). 18 (3) CONDITIONS ON ACCEPTANCE.— 19 (A) TITLE.—As a condition of the land ex- 20 change under this subsection, title to the non- 21 Federal land to be acquired by the Secretary 22 under this subsection shall be acceptable to the 23 Secretary. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:52 Dec 15, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H7099.RH H7099 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 7099 RH (B) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The convey- 1 ance of the Federal land and interests in land 2 and non-Federal land shall be subject to such 3 terms and conditions as the Secretary may re- 4 quire. 5 (4) SURVEYS.— 6 (A) IN GENERAL.—The exact acreage and 7 legal description of the Federal land and inter- 8 ests in land and non-Federal land shall be deter- 9 mined by surveys approved by the Secretary. 10 (B) COSTS.—The Arizona Board of Regents 11 shall be responsible for the costs of any surveys 12 carried out under subparagraph (A) and any 13 other administrative costs of carrying out the 14 land exchange. 15 (c) VALUATION AND APPRAISALS.— 16 (1) VALUATION.—The value of the Federal land 17 and interests in land and the non-Federal land— 18 (A) shall be equal, as determined by ap- 19 praisals conducted in accordance with para- 20 graph (2); or 21 (B) if the value is not equal, shall be equal- 22 ized in accordance with subsection (d)(2). 23 (2) APPRAISALS.— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:52 Dec 15, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H7099.RH H7099 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 7099 RH (A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable 1 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec- 2 retary shall select an appraiser to conduct an 3 appraisal of the Federal land and interests in 4 land and the non-Federal land. 5 (B) REQUIREMENTS.—An appraisal under 6 subparagraph (A) shall be conducted in accord- 7 ance with nationally recognized appraisal stand- 8 ards including— 9 (i) the Uniform Appraisal Standards 10 for Federal Land Acquisitions; and 11 (ii) the Uniform Standards of Profes- 12 sional Appraisal Practice. 13 (d) EQUAL VALUE AND CASH EQUALIZATION.— 14 (1) EQUAL VALUE LAND EXCHANGE.—The land 15 exchange under this section shall be for equal value, 16 or the values shall be equalized by a cash payment as 17 provided for under this subsection or an adjustment 18 in acreage. At the option of the ABOR, any excess 19 value of the non-Federal lands may be considered a 20 gift to the United States. 21 (2) EQUALIZATION.—If the value of the Federal 22 land and the non-Federal land to be conveyed in a 23 land exchange under this subsection is not equal, the 24 value may be equalized by— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:52 Dec 15, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H7099.RH H7099 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 7099 RH (A) making a cash equalization payment to 1 the Secretary or to the owner of the non-Federal 2 land, as appropriate, in accordance with section 3 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Manage- 4 ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)); or 5 (B) increasing or reducing the acreage of 6 the Federal land or the non-Federal land to be 7 exchanged, as appropriate. 8 (3) DEPOSIT AND USE OF FUNDS RECEIVED 9 FROM ABOR.—Any cash equalization payment re- 10 ceived by the Secretary under this subsection shall be 11 deposited in the fund established under Public Law 12 90–171 (16 U.S.C. 484a; commonly known as the 13 ‘‘Sisk Act’’). The funds so deposited shall remain 14 available to the Secretary, until expended, for the ac- 15 quisition of lands, waters, and interests in land for 16 the Coconino National Forest. 17 (e) TIMELINE.—It is the intent of Congress that the 18 land exchange under subsection (b) shall be completed by 19 not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this 20 Act. 21 (f) MANAGEMENT AND STATUS OF ACQUIRED LAND.— 22 Any non-Federal land acquired by the Secretary under sub- 23 section (b) shall be managed by the Secretary in accordance 24 with— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:52 Dec 15, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H7099.RH H7099 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 7099 RH (1) the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known 1 as the ‘‘Weeks Law’’) (36 Stat. 961, chapter 186; 16 2 U.S.C. 480 et seq.); and 3 (2) any other laws (including regulations) appli- 4 cable to the National Forest System. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:52 Dec 15, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H7099.RH H7099 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:52 Dec 15, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H7099.RH H7099 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS Union Calendar No. 534 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7099 [Report No. 116–650] A BILL To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Coconino National Forest land in the State of Arizona. DECEMBER 15, 2020 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com- mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:52 Dec 15, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H7099.RH H7099 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS