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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2252 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To authorize the relinquishment and in lieu selection of land and minerals |
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| 6 | 6 | | in the State of North Dakota, to restore land and minerals to Indian |
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| 7 | 7 | | Tribes within the State of North Dakota, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH21, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. F |
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| 11 | 11 | | EDORCHAKintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on Natural Resources |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To authorize the relinquishment and in lieu selection of land |
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| 15 | 15 | | and minerals in the State of North Dakota, to restore |
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| 16 | 16 | | land and minerals to Indian Tribes within the State |
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| 17 | 17 | | of North Dakota, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘North Dakota Trust 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Lands Completion Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | In this Act: 7 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) NORTH DAKOTA ENABLING ACT .—The term 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | ‘‘North Dakota Enabling Act’’ means the Act of 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | February 22, 1889 (25 Stat. 676, chapter 180). 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) R |
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| 32 | 32 | | ESERVATION.—The term ‘‘reservation’’ 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | means any Indian reservation located wholly or par-5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | tially within the State of North Dakota and recog-6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | nized under United States treaty, Executive order, 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | or Act of Congress. 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (3) S |
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| 38 | 38 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | the Secretary of the Interior. 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (4) S |
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| 41 | 41 | | TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | of North Dakota, acting through the North Dakota 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Board of University and School Lands and its agent, 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | the Department of Trust Lands. 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (5) S |
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| 46 | 46 | | TATE LAND GRANT PARCEL .—The term 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘State land grant parcel’’ means— 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (A) a parcel of land granted to the State 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | of North Dakota by Congress— 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (i) on statehood; or 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (ii) through a grant pursuant to the 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | North Dakota Enabling Act; 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (B) a section of land numbered 16 or 36 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | granted to the State of North Dakota by Con-23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | gress for school purposes; 24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (C) a parcel of land selected by the State 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | of North Dakota as indemnity for any section 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | of land numbered 16 or 36; and 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (D) a parcel of land other than a parcel of 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | land described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | obtained by the State after statehood. 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (6) U |
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| 66 | 66 | | NAPPROPRIATED FEDERAL LAND .— 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (A) I |
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| 68 | 68 | | N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘unappropri-8 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ated Federal land’’ means public land adminis-9 |
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| 70 | 70 | | tered by the Bureau of Land Management lo-10 |
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| 71 | 71 | | cated within the State of North Dakota, includ-11 |
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| 72 | 72 | | ing public land that is mineral in character. 12 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (B) E |
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| 74 | 74 | | XCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘unappropri-13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ated Federal land’’ does not include— 14 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (i) land (including an interest in land) 15 |
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| 77 | 77 | | acquired by the Bureau of Land Manage-16 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ment; 17 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (ii) any area of critical environmental 18 |
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| 80 | 80 | | concern established pursuant to section 19 |
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| 81 | 81 | | 202(c)(3) of the Federal Land Policy and 20 |
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| 82 | 82 | | Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 21 |
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| 83 | 83 | | 1712(c)(3)); or 22 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (iii) land that is— 23 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (I) withdrawn from— 24 |
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| 89 | 89 | | (aa) entry, appropriation, or 1 |
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| 90 | 90 | | disposal under the public land 2 |
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| 91 | 91 | | laws; 3 |
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| 92 | 92 | | (bb) location, entry, and 4 |
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| 93 | 93 | | patent under the mining laws; or 5 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (cc) disposition under all 6 |
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| 95 | 95 | | laws pertaining to mineral and 7 |
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| 96 | 96 | | geothermal leasing or mineral 8 |
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| 97 | 97 | | materials; 9 |
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| 98 | 98 | | (II) located within a component 10 |
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| 99 | 99 | | of the National Landscape Conserva-11 |
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| 100 | 100 | | tion System; 12 |
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| 101 | 101 | | (III) designated as a Research 13 |
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| 102 | 102 | | Natural Area; 14 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (IV) located within any reserva-15 |
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| 104 | 104 | | tion; 16 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (V) located within— 17 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (aa) T. 147 N., R. 95 W.; 18 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (bb) T. 148 N., R. 95 W.; 19 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (cc) T. 148 N., R. 96 W.; or 20 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (dd) T. 149 N., R. 95 W.; 21 |
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| 110 | 110 | | (VI) located within a United 22 |
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| 111 | 111 | | States military reservation; or 23 |
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| 115 | 115 | | (VII) designated by Congress or 1 |
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| 116 | 116 | | the President for conservation pur-2 |
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| 117 | 117 | | poses. 3 |
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| 118 | 118 | | SEC. 3. RELINQUISHMENT AND SELECTION; CONVEYANCE. 4 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (a) R |
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| 120 | 120 | | ELINQUISHMENT AND SELECTION.— 5 |
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| 121 | 121 | | (1) I |
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| 122 | 122 | | N GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 6 |
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| 123 | 123 | | rights, if the State elects to relinquish all right, title, 7 |
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| 124 | 124 | | and interest of the State in and to a State land 8 |
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| 125 | 125 | | grant parcel located wholly or partially within the 9 |
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| 126 | 126 | | boundaries of any reservation, the Secretary shall 10 |
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| 127 | 127 | | authorize the State to select in accordance with this 11 |
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| 128 | 128 | | Act 1 or more parcels of unappropriated Federal 12 |
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| 129 | 129 | | land of substantially equivalent value. 13 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (2) A |
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| 131 | 131 | | PPROVAL.—Not later than 180 days after 14 |
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| 132 | 132 | | the date on which the State makes a selection under 15 |
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| 133 | 133 | | paragraph (1), the Secretary shall approve or reject, 16 |
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| 134 | 134 | | in whole or in part, the selection. 17 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (3) R |
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| 136 | 136 | | EVIEW.—Nothing in this subsection pre-18 |
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| 137 | 137 | | cludes the Secretary from conducting an environ-19 |
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| 138 | 138 | | mental review of any parcel proposed for relinquish-20 |
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| 139 | 139 | | ment under paragraph (1) if the Secretary deter-21 |
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| 140 | 140 | | mines that an environmental review is appropriate. 22 |
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| 141 | 141 | | (b) C |
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| 142 | 142 | | ONVEYANCE.— 23 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (1) C |
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| 144 | 144 | | ONVEYANCE BY SECRETARY .— 24 |
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| 148 | 148 | | (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 1 |
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| 149 | 149 | | after the date on which the Secretary approves 2 |
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| 150 | 150 | | a State selection of unappropriated Federal 3 |
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| 151 | 151 | | land under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary 4 |
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| 152 | 152 | | shall initiate the actions necessary to convey to 5 |
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| 153 | 153 | | the State the unappropriated Federal land. 6 |
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| 154 | 154 | | (B) R |
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| 155 | 155 | | EQUIREMENTS.—Conveyance of un-7 |
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| 156 | 156 | | appropriated Federal land by the Secretary 8 |
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| 157 | 157 | | under this Act— 9 |
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| 158 | 158 | | (i) shall be by patent or deed in a 10 |
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| 159 | 159 | | form acceptable to the State and the Sec-11 |
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| 160 | 160 | | retary; and 12 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (ii) shall not be considered a sale, ex-13 |
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| 162 | 162 | | change, or conveyance for purposes of sec-14 |
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| 163 | 163 | | tion 203, 205, 206, or 209 of the Federal 15 |
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| 164 | 164 | | Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 16 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (43 U.S.C. 1713, 1715, 1716, 1719). 17 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (2) R |
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| 167 | 167 | | ELINQUISHMENT AND CONVEYANCE BY 18 |
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| 168 | 168 | | STATE.— 19 |
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| 169 | 169 | | (A) I |
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| 170 | 170 | | N GENERAL.—As consideration for 20 |
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| 171 | 171 | | the conveyance of unappropriated Federal land 21 |
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| 172 | 172 | | under paragraph (1), on the date on which the 22 |
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| 173 | 173 | | unappropriated Federal land is conveyed to the 23 |
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| 174 | 174 | | State, the State shall concurrently relinquish 24 |
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| 175 | 175 | | and convey to the Secretary all right, title, and 25 |
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| 179 | 179 | | interest of the State in and to the State land 1 |
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| 180 | 180 | | grant parcel identified for relinquishment under 2 |
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| 181 | 181 | | subsection (a)(1). 3 |
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| 182 | 182 | | (B) T |
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| 183 | 183 | | ITLE.—The State shall convey to the 4 |
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| 184 | 184 | | Secretary title, free of any financial claims, li-5 |
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| 185 | 185 | | abilities, or other financial encumbrances, to all 6 |
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| 186 | 186 | | parcels relinquished under subparagraph (A). 7 |
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| 187 | 187 | | (C) L |
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| 188 | 188 | | IMITATION.—Relinquishment and 8 |
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| 189 | 189 | | conveyance by the State of a State land grant 9 |
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| 190 | 190 | | parcel under this Act shall not be considered an 10 |
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| 191 | 191 | | exchange or acquisition for purposes of section 11 |
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| 192 | 192 | | 205 or 206 of the Federal Land Policy and 12 |
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| 193 | 193 | | Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1715, 13 |
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| 194 | 194 | | 1716). 14 |
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| 195 | 195 | | (c) S |
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| 196 | 196 | | UCCESSION TORIGHTS ANDOBLIGATIONS.— 15 |
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| 197 | 197 | | Each party to which land is conveyed under this Act shall, 16 |
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| 198 | 198 | | to the fullest extent allowable under Federal and State 17 |
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| 199 | 199 | | law, succeed to the rights and obligations of the conveying 18 |
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| 200 | 200 | | party with respect to any lease, right-of-way, permit, or 19 |
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| 201 | 201 | | other valid existing right to which the land is subject. 20 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (d) M |
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| 203 | 203 | | ANAGEMENTAFTERRELINQUISHMENT.— 21 |
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| 204 | 204 | | (1) R |
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| 205 | 205 | | ESERVATION.—If a State land grant par-22 |
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| 206 | 206 | | cel relinquished by the State and conveyed to the 23 |
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| 207 | 207 | | Secretary under this Act is located wholly or par-24 |
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| 208 | 208 | | tially within the boundaries of any reservation, on 25 |
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| 212 | 212 | | request of the applicable Indian Tribe, the portion of 1 |
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| 213 | 213 | | the State land grant parcel located within the 2 |
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| 214 | 214 | | boundaries of the reservation shall be— 3 |
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| 215 | 215 | | (A) taken into trust by the Secretary on 4 |
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| 216 | 216 | | behalf of, and for the benefit of, the Indian 5 |
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| 217 | 217 | | Tribe on the date of the conveyance; and 6 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (B) considered to be a part of the reserva-7 |
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| 219 | 219 | | tion of the Indian Tribe. 8 |
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| 220 | 220 | | (2) C |
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| 221 | 221 | | ONSULTATION REQUIRED .—Prior to the 9 |
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| 222 | 222 | | conveyance of a State land grant parcel located 10 |
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| 223 | 223 | | wholly or partially within the boundaries of any res-11 |
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| 224 | 224 | | ervation, the State and the Secretary shall consult 12 |
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| 225 | 225 | | with affected Indian Tribes, including the Indian 13 |
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| 226 | 226 | | Tribe the land of which is subject to conveyance in 14 |
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| 227 | 227 | | accordance with Executive Order 13175 (25 U.S.C. 15 |
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| 228 | 228 | | 5301 note; relating to consultation and coordination 16 |
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| 229 | 229 | | with Indian tribal governments) and other applicable 17 |
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| 230 | 230 | | laws. 18 |
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| 231 | 231 | | (e) W |
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| 232 | 232 | | ITHDRAWAL.— 19 |
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| 233 | 233 | | (1) I |
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| 234 | 234 | | N GENERAL.—Subject to valid rights in ex-20 |
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| 235 | 235 | | istence on the date of enactment of this Act, all un-21 |
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| 236 | 236 | | appropriated Federal land selected by the State for 22 |
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| 237 | 237 | | conveyance under this Act, effective beginning on 23 |
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| 238 | 238 | | the date on which the State makes the selection and 24 |
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| 242 | 242 | | ending on the date described in paragraph (2), is 1 |
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| 243 | 243 | | withdrawn from all forms of— 2 |
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| 244 | 244 | | (A) entry, appropriation, or disposal under 3 |
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| 245 | 245 | | the public land laws; 4 |
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| 246 | 246 | | (B) location, entry, and patent under the 5 |
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| 247 | 247 | | mining laws; and 6 |
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| 248 | 248 | | (C) disposition under all laws pertaining to 7 |
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| 249 | 249 | | mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral ma-8 |
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| 250 | 250 | | terials. 9 |
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| 251 | 251 | | (2) D |
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| 252 | 252 | | ATE DESCRIBED.—The date referred to in 10 |
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| 253 | 253 | | paragraph (1) is the date on which, as applicable— 11 |
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| 254 | 254 | | (A) the unappropriated Federal land is 12 |
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| 255 | 255 | | conveyed by the Secretary to the State; 13 |
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| 256 | 256 | | (B) the Secretary rejects the selection 14 |
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| 257 | 257 | | under subsection (a)(2); or 15 |
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| 258 | 258 | | (C) the State withdraws the selection. 16 |
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| 259 | 259 | | SEC. 4. VALUATION. 17 |
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| 260 | 260 | | (a) E |
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| 261 | 261 | | QUALVALUE.—With respect to a State land 18 |
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| 262 | 262 | | grant parcel conveyed under this Act in consideration for 19 |
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| 263 | 263 | | a parcel of unappropriated Federal land selected in ac-20 |
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| 264 | 264 | | cordance with this Act— 21 |
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| 265 | 265 | | (1) the overall value of the State land grant 22 |
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| 266 | 266 | | parcel and the overall value of the parcel of unap-23 |
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| 267 | 267 | | propriated Federal land shall be substantially equal; 24 |
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| 272 | 272 | | (2) subject to subsection (c), if the overall value 1 |
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| 273 | 273 | | of the parcels is not equal, the party conveying the 2 |
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| 274 | 274 | | parcel of lesser value shall— 3 |
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| 275 | 275 | | (A) equalize the value by the payment of 4 |
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| 276 | 276 | | funds to the other party; or 5 |
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| 277 | 277 | | (B) enter the imbalance in value on a ledg-6 |
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| 278 | 278 | | er account in accordance with subsection (e). 7 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (b) A |
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| 280 | 280 | | PPRAISALREQUIRED.— 8 |
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| 281 | 281 | | (1) I |
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| 282 | 282 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-9 |
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| 283 | 283 | | section (d), the value of the unappropriated Federal 10 |
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| 284 | 284 | | land selected in accordance with this Act and the 11 |
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| 285 | 285 | | value of a State land grant parcel conveyed under 12 |
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| 286 | 286 | | this Act shall be determined by appraisals conducted 13 |
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| 287 | 287 | | by 1 or more independent appraisers selected jointly 14 |
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| 288 | 288 | | by the Secretary and the State. 15 |
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| 289 | 289 | | (2) R |
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| 290 | 290 | | EQUIREMENTS.—An appraisal under para-16 |
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| 291 | 291 | | graph (1) shall be completed in accordance with— 17 |
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| 292 | 292 | | (A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 18 |
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| 293 | 293 | | Federal Land Acquisitions; or 19 |
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| 294 | 294 | | (B) subject to subsection (d)(1), the Uni-20 |
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| 295 | 295 | | form Standards for Professional Appraisal 21 |
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| 296 | 296 | | Practice. 22 |
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| 297 | 297 | | (c) E |
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| 298 | 298 | | QUALIZATION.—With respect to a conveyance to 23 |
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| 299 | 299 | | the Secretary of a State land grant parcel of lesser value 24 |
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| 300 | 300 | | than the parcel of unappropriated Federal land to be con-25 |
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| 304 | 304 | | veyed to the State under this Act, the total value of the 1 |
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| 305 | 305 | | equalization payment described in subsection (a)(2)(A) or 2 |
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| 306 | 306 | | the ledger entry described in subsection (e), as applicable, 3 |
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| 307 | 307 | | may not exceed 25 percent of the total value of the parcel 4 |
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| 308 | 308 | | of unappropriated Federal land. 5 |
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| 309 | 309 | | (d) L |
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| 310 | 310 | | OWVALUEPARCELS.— 6 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (1) I |
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| 312 | 312 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary, with the con-7 |
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| 313 | 313 | | sent of the State, may use mass appraisals, a sum-8 |
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| 314 | 314 | | mary appraisal, or a statement of value made by a 9 |
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| 315 | 315 | | qualified appraiser carried out in accordance with 10 |
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| 316 | 316 | | the Uniform Standards for Professional Appraisal 11 |
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| 317 | 317 | | Practice to determine the value of a State land 12 |
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| 318 | 318 | | grant parcel or a parcel of unappropriated Federal 13 |
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| 319 | 319 | | land to be conveyed under this Act instead of an ap-14 |
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| 320 | 320 | | praisal that complies with the Uniform Appraisal 15 |
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| 321 | 321 | | Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions if the 16 |
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| 322 | 322 | | State and the Secretary agree that market value of 17 |
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| 323 | 323 | | the State land grant parcel or parcel of unappropri-18 |
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| 324 | 324 | | ated Federal land, as applicable, is— 19 |
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| 325 | 325 | | (A) less than $500,000; and 20 |
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| 326 | 326 | | (B) less than $500 per acre. 21 |
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| 327 | 327 | | (2) D |
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| 328 | 328 | | IVISION.—A State land grant parcel or a 22 |
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| 329 | 329 | | parcel of unappropriated Federal land may not be 23 |
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| 330 | 330 | | artificially divided in order to qualify for a summary 24 |
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| 334 | 334 | | appraisal, mass appraisal, or statement of value 1 |
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| 336 | 336 | | (e) L |
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| 337 | 337 | | EDGERACCOUNTS.— 3 |
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| 338 | 338 | | (1) I |
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| 339 | 339 | | N GENERAL.—With respect to a State land 4 |
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| 340 | 340 | | grant parcel conveyed under this Act in consider-5 |
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| 341 | 341 | | ation for a parcel of unappropriated Federal land, if 6 |
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| 342 | 342 | | the overall value of the parcels is not equal, the Sec-7 |
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| 343 | 343 | | retary and the State may agree to use a ledger ac-8 |
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| 344 | 344 | | count to make equal the value. 9 |
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| 345 | 345 | | (2) I |
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| 346 | 346 | | MBALANCES.—A ledger account described 10 |
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| 347 | 347 | | in paragraph (1) shall reflect imbalances in value to 11 |
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| 348 | 348 | | be reconciled in a subsequent transaction. 12 |
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| 349 | 349 | | (3) A |
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| 350 | 350 | | CCOUNT BALANCING .—Each ledger ac-13 |
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| 351 | 351 | | count described in paragraph (1) shall be— 14 |
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| 352 | 352 | | (A) balanced not later than 3 years after 15 |
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| 353 | 353 | | the date on which the ledger account is estab-16 |
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| 354 | 354 | | lished; and 17 |
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| 355 | 355 | | (B) closed not later than 5 years after the 18 |
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| 356 | 356 | | date of the last conveyance of land under this 19 |
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| 357 | 357 | | Act. 20 |
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| 358 | 358 | | (4) C |
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| 359 | 359 | | OSTS.— 21 |
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| 360 | 360 | | (A) I |
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| 361 | 361 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary or the 22 |
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| 362 | 362 | | State may assume costs or other responsibilities 23 |
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| 363 | 363 | | or requirements for conveying land under this 24 |
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| 367 | 367 | | Act that ordinarily are borne by the other 1 |
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| 368 | 368 | | party. 2 |
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| 369 | 369 | | (B) A |
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| 370 | 370 | | DJUSTMENT.—If the Secretary or the 3 |
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| 371 | 371 | | State assume costs or other responsibilities 4 |
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| 372 | 372 | | under subparagraph (A), the Secretary or the 5 |
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| 373 | 373 | | State shall make adjustments to the value of 6 |
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| 374 | 374 | | the unappropriated Federal land conveyed to 7 |
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| 375 | 375 | | the State to compensate the Secretary or the 8 |
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| 376 | 376 | | State, as applicable, for assuming the costs or 9 |
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| 377 | 377 | | other responsibilities. 10 |
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| 378 | 378 | | (5) M |
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| 379 | 379 | | INERAL LAND.—If value is attributed to 11 |
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| 380 | 380 | | any parcel of unappropriated Federal land that has 12 |
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| 381 | 381 | | been selected by the State because of the presence 13 |
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| 382 | 382 | | of minerals under a lease entered into under the 14 |
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| 383 | 383 | | Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) that is 15 |
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| 384 | 384 | | in a producing or producible status, and the lease is 16 |
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| 385 | 385 | | to be conveyed under this Act, the value of the par-17 |
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| 386 | 386 | | cel shall be reduced by the amount that represents 18 |
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| 387 | 387 | | the likely Federal revenue sharing obligation under 19 |
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| 388 | 388 | | the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) 20 |
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| 389 | 389 | | with the State, but the adjustment shall not be con-21 |
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| 390 | 390 | | sidered as reflecting a property right of the State. 22 |
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| 395 | 395 | | (a) I |
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| 396 | 396 | | NGENERAL.—Land or minerals conveyed under 2 |
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| 397 | 397 | | this Act shall be subject to all applicable Federal, State, 3 |
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| 398 | 398 | | and Tribal law. 4 |
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| 399 | 399 | | (b) P |
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| 400 | 400 | | ROTECTION OFINDIANRIGHTS.— 5 |
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| 401 | 401 | | (1) T |
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| 402 | 402 | | REATY RIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act 6 |
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| 403 | 403 | | modifies, limits, expands, or otherwise affects any 7 |
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| 404 | 404 | | treaty-reserved right or other right of any Indian 8 |
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| 405 | 405 | | Tribe recognized by any other means, including trea-9 |
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| 406 | 406 | | ties or agreements with the United States, Executive 10 |
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| 407 | 407 | | orders, statutes, regulations, or case law. 11 |
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| 408 | 408 | | (2) L |
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| 409 | 409 | | AND OR MINERALS HELD IN TRUST .— 12 |
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| 410 | 410 | | Nothing in this Act affects— 13 |
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| 411 | 411 | | (A) land or minerals held in trust by the 14 |
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| 412 | 412 | | United States as of the date of enactment of 15 |
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| 413 | 413 | | this Act on behalf of, and for the benefit of, any 16 |
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| 414 | 414 | | Indian Tribe; or 17 |
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| 415 | 415 | | (B) any individual Indian allotment. 18 |
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| 416 | 416 | | (c) H |
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| 417 | 417 | | AZARDOUSMATERIALS.— 19 |
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| 418 | 418 | | (1) I |
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| 419 | 419 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary and the State 20 |
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| 420 | 420 | | shall make available for review and inspection any 21 |
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| 421 | 421 | | record relating to hazardous materials on land to be 22 |
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| 422 | 422 | | conveyed under this Act. 23 |
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| 423 | 423 | | (2) C |
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| 424 | 424 | | ERTIFICATION.— 24 |
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| 425 | 425 | | (A) I |
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| 426 | 426 | | N GENERAL.—Prior to completing a 25 |
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| 427 | 427 | | conveyance of unappropriated Federal land 26 |
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| 432 | 432 | | inspection and a hazardous materials certifi-2 |
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| 433 | 433 | | cation of the land to be conveyed. 3 |
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| 434 | 434 | | (B) S |
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| 435 | 435 | | TATE LAND GRANT PARCELS .—Prior 4 |
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| 436 | 436 | | to completing a conveyance of a State land 5 |
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| 437 | 437 | | grant parcel under this Act, the State shall 6 |
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| 438 | 438 | | complete an inspection and a hazardous mate-7 |
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| 439 | 439 | | rials certification of the land to be conveyed. 8 |
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| 440 | 440 | | (d) G |
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| 441 | 441 | | RAZINGPERMITS.— 9 |
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| 442 | 442 | | (1) I |
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| 443 | 443 | | N GENERAL.—If land conveyed under this 10 |
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| 444 | 444 | | Act is subject to a lease, permit, or contract for the 11 |
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| 445 | 445 | | grazing of domestic livestock in effect on the date of 12 |
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| 446 | 446 | | the conveyance, the Secretary or the State, as appli-13 |
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| 447 | 447 | | cable, shall allow the grazing to continue for the re-14 |
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| 448 | 448 | | mainder of the term of the lease, permit, or con-15 |
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| 449 | 449 | | tract, subject to the related terms and conditions of 16 |
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| 450 | 450 | | the user agreements, including permitted stocking 17 |
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| 451 | 451 | | rates, grazing fee levels, access, and ownership and 18 |
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| 452 | 452 | | use of range improvements. 19 |
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| 453 | 453 | | (2) C |
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| 454 | 454 | | ANCELLATION.— 20 |
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| 455 | 455 | | (A) I |
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| 456 | 456 | | N GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act 21 |
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| 457 | 457 | | prevents the Secretary or the State from can-22 |
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| 458 | 458 | | celing or modifying a grazing permit, lease, or 23 |
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| 459 | 459 | | contract if the land subject to the permit, lease, 24 |
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| 464 | 464 | | leased for nongrazing purposes. 2 |
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| 465 | 465 | | (B) B |
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| 466 | 466 | | ASE PROPERTIES.—If land conveyed 3 |
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| 467 | 467 | | by the State under this Act is used by a grazing 4 |
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| 468 | 468 | | permittee or lessee to meet the base property 5 |
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| 469 | 469 | | requirements for a Federal grazing permit or 6 |
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| 470 | 470 | | lease, the land shall continue to qualify as a 7 |
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| 471 | 471 | | base property for the remaining term of the 8 |
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| 472 | 472 | | lease or permit and the term of any renewal or 9 |
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| 473 | 473 | | extension of the lease or permit. 10 |
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| 474 | 474 | | (C) R |
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| 475 | 475 | | ANGE IMPROVEMENTS .—Nothing in 11 |
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| 476 | 476 | | this Act prohibits a holder of a grazing lease, 12 |
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| 477 | 477 | | permit, or contract from being compensated for 13 |
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| 478 | 478 | | range improvements pursuant to the terms of 14 |
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| 479 | 479 | | the lease, permit, or contract under existing 15 |
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| 480 | 480 | | Federal or State laws. 16 |
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| 481 | 481 | | SEC. 6. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 17 |
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| 482 | 482 | | Nothing in this Act applies to or affects litigation or 18 |
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| 483 | 483 | | disputes pending on the date of enactment of this Act re-19 |
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| 484 | 484 | | garding the ownership of any land or mineral resources 20 |
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| 485 | 485 | | located within the State of North Dakota. 21 |
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