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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1829 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands within the |
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| 6 | 6 | | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH4, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | RANEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 11 | 11 | | on Natural Resources |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain |
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| 14 | 14 | | lands within the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, and |
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| 15 | 15 | | for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Apache County and 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Navajo County Conveyance Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN LAND WITHIN THE 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | APACHE-SITGREAVES NATIONAL FORESTS TO 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | NAVAJO COUNTY, ARIZONA. 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) D |
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| 25 | 25 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Nav-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ajo County, Arizona. 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) M |
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| 32 | 32 | | AP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | titled ‘‘Pinedale Cemetery Expansion’’ and dated 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | May 23, 2022. 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (3) S |
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| 36 | 36 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Chief of the Forest Service. 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (b) C |
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| 40 | 40 | | ONVEYANCEREQUIRED.—Subject to this sec-9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | tion, if the County submits to the Secretary a written re-10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | quest for conveyance of the property described in sub-11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | section (c)(1) not later than 180 days after the date of 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall convey to the 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | County all right, title, and interest of the United States 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | in and to the property described in subsection (c)(1). 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (c) P |
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| 48 | 48 | | ROPERTYDESCRIBED.— 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (1) I |
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| 50 | 50 | | N GENERAL.—The property referred to in 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | subsection (b) is— 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (A) the parcel of real property, including 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | all land and improvements, generally depicted 20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | as ‘‘Exist. Cemetery’’ on the map, consisting of 21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | approximately 2.5 acres of National Forest Sys-22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | tem land located in the Apache-Sitgreaves Na-23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | tional Forests in Arizona; and 24 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (B) the parcel of real property, including 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | all land and improvements, generally depicted 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | as ‘‘Proposed Expansion’’ on the map, con-3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | sisting of approximately 2.5 acres of National 4 |
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| 65 | 65 | | Forest System land located in the Apache- 5 |
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| 66 | 66 | | Sitgreaves National Forests in Arizona. 6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (2) M |
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| 68 | 68 | | AP.— 7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (A) M |
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| 70 | 70 | | INOR ERRORS.—The Secretary may 8 |
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| 71 | 71 | | correct minor errors in the map. 9 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (B) A |
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| 73 | 73 | | VAILABILITY.—A copy of the map 10 |
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| 74 | 74 | | shall be on file and available for public inspec-11 |
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| 75 | 75 | | tion in the appropriate offices of the Forest 12 |
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| 76 | 76 | | Service. 13 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (3) S |
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| 78 | 78 | | URVEY.—The exact acreage and legal de-14 |
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| 79 | 79 | | scription of the National Forest System land to be 15 |
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| 80 | 80 | | conveyed under subsection (b) shall be determined 16 |
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| 81 | 81 | | by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. 17 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (d) T |
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| 83 | 83 | | ERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The conveyance 18 |
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| 84 | 84 | | under subsection (b) shall— 19 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (1) be subject to valid existing rights; 20 |
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| 86 | 86 | | (2) be made without consideration; 21 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (3) be made by quitclaim deed; 22 |
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| 88 | 88 | | (4) not be subject to section 120(h) of the Com-23 |
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| 89 | 89 | | prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 24 |
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| 90 | 90 | | and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)); and 25 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (5) be subject to any other terms and condi-1 |
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| 95 | 95 | | tions as the Secretary considers appropriate to pro-2 |
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| 96 | 96 | | tect the interests of the United States. 3 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (e) C |
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| 98 | 98 | | OSTS OFCONVEYANCE.—As a condition of the 4 |
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| 99 | 99 | | conveyance under subsection (b), the County shall pay all 5 |
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| 100 | 100 | | costs associated with the conveyance, including the cost 6 |
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| 101 | 101 | | of— 7 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (1) a survey, if necessary, under subsection 8 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (c)(3); and 9 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (2) any environmental analysis and resource 10 |
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| 105 | 105 | | surveys required by Federal law. 11 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (f) R |
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| 107 | 107 | | EQUIREDUSE ASCEMETERY.—The property 12 |
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| 108 | 108 | | conveyed to the County under subsection (b) shall be used 13 |
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| 109 | 109 | | by the County as a cemetery. 14 |
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| 110 | 110 | | (g) R |
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| 111 | 111 | | EVERSION.—If the property conveyed under 15 |
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| 112 | 112 | | subsection (b) is used in a manner that is inconsistent 16 |
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| 113 | 113 | | with the requirement of subsection (f), all right, title, and 17 |
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| 114 | 114 | | interest in and to the property shall revert to the United 18 |
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| 115 | 115 | | States. 19 |
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| 116 | 116 | | SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN LAND WITHIN THE 20 |
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| 117 | 117 | | APACHE-SITGREAVES NATIONAL FORESTS TO 21 |
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| 118 | 118 | | APACHE COUNTY, ARIZONA. 22 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (a) D |
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| 120 | 120 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 23 |
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| 121 | 121 | | (1) C |
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| 122 | 122 | | OUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means 24 |
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| 123 | 123 | | Apache County, Arizona. 25 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-1 |
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| 128 | 128 | | titled ‘‘Exhibit, Alpine Cemetery Townsite’’ and 2 |
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| 129 | 129 | | dated October, 2019. 3 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (3) S |
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| 131 | 131 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 4 |
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| 132 | 132 | | the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 5 |
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| 133 | 133 | | Chief of the Forest Service. 6 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (b) C |
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| 135 | 135 | | ONVEYANCEREQUIRED.—Subject to this sec-7 |
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| 136 | 136 | | tion, if the County submits to the Secretary a written re-8 |
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| 137 | 137 | | quest for conveyance of the property described in sub-9 |
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| 138 | 138 | | section (c)(1) not later than 365 days after the date of 10 |
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| 139 | 139 | | enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall convey to the 11 |
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| 140 | 140 | | County all right, title, and interest of the United States 12 |
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| 141 | 141 | | in and to the property described in subsection (c)(1). 13 |
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| 142 | 142 | | (c) P |
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| 143 | 143 | | ROPERTYDESCRIBED.— 14 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (1) I |
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| 145 | 145 | | N GENERAL.—The property referred to in 15 |
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| 146 | 146 | | subsection (b) is— 16 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (A) the parcel of real property, including 17 |
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| 148 | 148 | | all land and improvements, generally depicted 18 |
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| 149 | 149 | | as the ‘‘Existing Alpine Cemetery’’ on the map, 19 |
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| 150 | 150 | | consisting of approximately 2.56 acres of Na-20 |
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| 151 | 151 | | tional Forest System land located in the 21 |
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| 152 | 152 | | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests in Arizona; 22 |
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| 153 | 153 | | and 23 |
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| 154 | 154 | | (B) the parcel of real property, including 24 |
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| 155 | 155 | | all land and improvements, generally depicted 25 |
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| 159 | 159 | | as the ‘‘Proposed Townsite Tract’’ on the map, 1 |
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| 160 | 160 | | consisting of approximately 8.06 acres of Na-2 |
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| 161 | 161 | | tional Forest System land located in the 3 |
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| 162 | 162 | | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests in Arizona. 4 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (2) M |
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| 164 | 164 | | AP.— 5 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (A) M |
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| 166 | 166 | | INOR ERRORS.—The Secretary may 6 |
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| 167 | 167 | | correct minor errors in the map. 7 |
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| 168 | 168 | | (B) A |
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| 169 | 169 | | VAILABILITY.—A copy of the map 8 |
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| 170 | 170 | | shall be on file and available for public inspec-9 |
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| 171 | 171 | | tion in the appropriate offices of the Forest 10 |
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| 172 | 172 | | Service. 11 |
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| 173 | 173 | | (3) S |
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| 174 | 174 | | URVEY.—The exact acreage and legal de-12 |
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| 175 | 175 | | scription of the National Forest System land to be 13 |
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| 176 | 176 | | conveyed under subsection (b) shall be determined 14 |
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| 177 | 177 | | by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. 15 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (d) T |
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| 179 | 179 | | ERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The conveyance 16 |
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| 180 | 180 | | under subsection (b) shall— 17 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (1) be subject to valid existing rights; 18 |
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| 182 | 182 | | (2) be made without consideration; 19 |
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| 183 | 183 | | (3) be made by quitclaim deed; 20 |
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| 184 | 184 | | (4) not be subject to section 120(h) of the Com-21 |
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| 185 | 185 | | prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 22 |
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| 186 | 186 | | and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)); and 23 |
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| 190 | 190 | | (5) be subject to any other terms and condi-1 |
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| 191 | 191 | | tions as the Secretary considers appropriate to pro-2 |
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| 192 | 192 | | tect the interests of the United States. 3 |
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| 193 | 193 | | (e) C |
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| 194 | 194 | | OSTS OFCONVEYANCE.—As a condition of the 4 |
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| 195 | 195 | | conveyance under subsection (b), the County shall pay all 5 |
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| 196 | 196 | | costs associated with the conveyance, including the cost 6 |
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| 197 | 197 | | of— 7 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (1) a survey, if necessary, under subsection 8 |
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| 199 | 199 | | (c)(3); and 9 |
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| 200 | 200 | | (2) any environmental analysis and resource 10 |
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| 201 | 201 | | surveys required by Federal law. 11 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (f) R |
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| 203 | 203 | | EQUIREDUSE ASCEMETERY.—The property 12 |
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| 204 | 204 | | conveyed to the County under subsection (b) shall be used 13 |
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| 205 | 205 | | by the County as a cemetery. 14 |
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| 206 | 206 | | (g) R |
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| 207 | 207 | | EVERSION.—If the property conveyed under 15 |
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| 208 | 208 | | subsection (b) is used in a manner that is inconsistent 16 |
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| 209 | 209 | | with the requirement of subsection (f), all right, title, and 17 |
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| 210 | 210 | | interest in and to the property shall revert to the United 18 |
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| 211 | 211 | | States. 19 |
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