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S.184
One Hundred Third Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three
An Act
To provide for the exchange of certain lands within the State of Utah,
and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Utah Schools and Lands Improvement
Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. UTAH-NAVAJO LAND EXCHANGE.
(a) Additions to Reservation.--For the purpose of securing in trust
for the Navajo Nation certain lands belonging to the State of Utah,
which comprise approximately thirty-eight thousand five hundred acres of
surface and subsurface estate, and approximately an additional nine
thousand five hundred acres of subsurface estate, as generally depicted
on the map entitled ``Utah-Navajo Land Exchange'', dated May 18, 1992,
such lands are hereby declared to be part of the Navajo Indian
Reservation in the State of Utah effective upon the completion of
conveyance from the State of Utah and acceptance of title by the United
States.
(b) Authorization.--The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to
acquire through exchange those lands and interests in land described in
subsection (a) which are owned by the State of Utah, subject to valid
existing rights.
SEC. 3. STATE LANDS WITHIN THE GOSHUTE INDIAN RESERVATION.
(a) Additions to Reservation.--For the purpose of securing in trust
for the Goshute Indian Tribe certain lands belonging to the State of
Utah, which comprise approximately nine hundred eighty acres of surface
and subsurface estate, and an additional four hundred and eighty acres
of subsurface estate, as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Utah-
Goshute Land Exchange'', dated May 18, 1992, such lands are hereby
declared to be part of the Goshute Indian Reservation in the State of
Utah effective upon the completion of conveyance from the State of Utah
and acceptance of title by the United States.
(b) Authorization.--The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to
acquire through exchange those lands and interests in land described in
subsection (a) which are owned by the State of Utah, subject to valid
existing rights.
(c) Other Land.--(1) The following tract of Federal land located in
the State of Nevada, comprising approximately five acres more or less,
together with all improvements thereon, is hereby declared to be part of
the Goshute Indian Reservation, and shall be held in trust for the
Goshute Indian Tribe: Township 30 North, Range 69 East, lots 5, 6, 7, 9,
11, and 14 of section 34.
(2) No part of the lands referred to in paragraph (1) shall be used
for gaming or any related purpose.
SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION.
The exchanges authorized by sections 2 and 3 of this Act shall be
conducted without cost to the Navajo Nation and the Goshute Indian
Tribe.
SEC. 5. STATE LANDS WITHIN THE NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM.
(a) Authorization.--The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to
accept on behalf of the United States title to the school and
institutional trust lands by the State of Utah within units of the
National Forest System, comprising approximately seventy-six thousand
acres as depicted on a map entitled ``Utah Forest Land Exchange'', dated
May 18, 1992.
(b) Status.--Any lands acquired by the United States pursuant to
this section shall become a part of the national forest within which
such lands are located and shall be subject to all the laws and
regulations applicable to the National Forest System.
SEC. 6. STATE LANDS WITHIN THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.
(a) Authorization.--The Secretary of the Interior is hereby
authorized to accept on behalf of the United States title to all school
and institutional trust lands owned by the State of Utah located within
all units of the National Park System, comprising approximately eighty
thousand acres, located within the State of Utah on the date of
enactment of this Act.
(b) Status.--(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all
lands of the State of Utah within units of the National Park System that
are conveyed to the United States pursuant to this section shall become
a part of the appropriate unit of the National Park System, and shall be
subject to all laws and regulations applicable to that unit of the
National Park System.
(2) The Secretary of the Interior shall, as a part of the exchange
process of this Act, compensate the State of Utah for the fair market
value of five hundred eighty and sixty-four one-hundredths acres within
Capitol Reef National Park that were conveyed by the State of Utah to
the United States on July 2, 1971, for which the State has never been
compensated. The fair market value of these lands shall be established
pursuant to section 8 of this Act.
SEC. 7. OFFER TO STATE.
(a) Specific Offers.--Within thirty days after enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall transmit to the State of Utah a
list of lands, or interests in lands, within the State of Utah for
transfer to the State of Utah in exchange for the State lands and
interests described in sections 2, 3, 5, and 6 of this Act. Such list
shall include only the following Federal lands, or interests therein:
(1) Blue Mountain Telecommunications Site, fee estate,
approximately six hundred and forty acres.
(2) Beaver Mountain Ski Resort site, fee estate, approximately
three thousand acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled
``Beaver Mountain Ski Resort'' dated September 16, 1992.
(3) The unleased coal located in the Winter Quarters Tract.
(4) The unleased coal located in the Crandall Canyon Tract.
(5) All royalties receivable by the United States with respect
to coal leases in the Quitchupah (Convulsion Canyon) Tract.
(6) The unleased coal located in the Cottonwood Canyon Tract.
(7) The unleased coal located in the Soldier Creek Tract.
(b) Additional Offers.--(1) In addition to the lands and interests
specified in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior shall offer
to the State of Utah a portion of the royalties receivable by the United
States with respect to Federal geothermal, oil, gas, or other mineral
interests in Utah which on December 31, 1992, were under lease and
covered by an approved permit to drill or plan of development and plan
of reclamation, were in production, and were not under administrative or
judicial appeal.
(2) No offer under this subsection shall be for royalties
aggregating more than 50 per centum of the total appraised value of the
State lands described in sections 2, 3, 5, and 6.
(3) The Secretary shall make no offer under this subsection which
would enable the State of Utah to receive royalties under this section
exceeding $50,000,000.
(4) If the total value of lands and interests therein and royalties
offered to the State pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) is less than
the total value of the State lands described in sections 2, 3, 5, and 6,
the Secretary shall provide the State a list of all public lands in Utah
that as of December 31, 1992, the Secretary, in resource management
plans prepared pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976, had identified as suitable for disposal by exchange or otherwise,
and shall offer to transfer to the State any or all of such lands, as
selected by the State, in partial exchange for such State lands, to the
extent consistent with other applicable laws and regulations.
SEC. 8. APPRAISAL OF LANDS TO BE EXCHANGED.
(a) Equal Value.--All exchanges authorized under this Act shall be
for equal value. No later than ninety days after enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agricultur
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Governor of the State of Utah shall provide for an appraisal of the
lands or interests therein involved in the exchanges authorized by this
Act. A detailed appraisal report shall utilize nationally recognized
appraisal standards including, to the extent appropriate, the uniform
appraisal standards for Federal land acquisition.
(b) Deadline and Dispute Resolution.--(1) If after two years from
the date of enactment of this Act, the parties have not agreed upon the
final terms of some or all of the exchanges authorized by this Act,
including the value of the lands involved in some or all of such
exchanges, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, any appropriate
United States District Court, including but not limited to the United
States District Court for the District of Utah, Central Division, shall
have jurisdiction to hear, determine, and render judgment on the value
of any and all lands, or interests therein, involved in the exchange.
(2) No action provided for in this subsection may be filed with the
Court sooner than two years and later than five years after the date of
enactment of this Act. Any decision of a District Court under this Act
may be appealed in accordance with the applicable laws and rules.
(c) Adjustment.--If the State shares revenue from the selected
Federal properties, the value of such properties shall be the value
otherwise established under this section, less the percentage which
represents the Federal revenue sharing obligation, but such adjustment
shall not be considered as reflecting a property right of the State of
Utah.
(d) Interest.--Any royalty offer by the Secretary pursuant to
subsection 7(b) shall be adjusted to reflect net present value as of the
effective date of the exchange. The State shall be entitled to receive a
reasonable rate of interest at a rate equivalent to a five-year Treasury
note on the balance of the value owed by the United States from the
effective date of the exchange until full value is received by the State
and mineral rights revert to the United States as prescribed by
subsection 9(a)(3).
SEC. 9. TRANSFER OF TITLE.
(a) Terms.--(1) The State of Utah shall be entitled to receive so
much of those lands or interests in lands and additional royalties
described in section 7 that are offered by the Secretary of the Interior
and accepted by the State as are equal in value to the State lands and
interests described in sections 2, 3, 5, and 6.
(2) For those properties where fee simple title is to be conveyed to
the State of Utah, the Secretary of the Interior shall convey, subject
to valid existing rights, all right, title, and interest, subject to the
provisions of subsection (b). For those properties where less than fee
simple is to be conveyed to the State of Utah, the Secretary shall
reserve to the United States all remaining right, title, and interest of
the United States.
(3) All right, title, and interest in any mineral rights described
in section 7 that are conveyed to the State of Utah pursuant to this Act
shall revert to the United States upon removal of minerals equal in
value to the value attributed to such rights in connection with an
exchange under this Act.
(4) If the State of Utah accepts the offers provided for in this
Act, the State shall convey to the United States, subject to valid
existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the State to all
school and institutional trust lands described in sections 2, 3, 5, and
6 of this Act. Except as provided in section 7(b), conveyance of all
lands or interests in lands shall take place within sixty days following
agreement by the Secretary of the Interior and the Governor of the State
of Utah, or entry of an appropriate order of judgment by the District
Court.
(b) Inspections.--Both parties shall inspect all pertinent records
and shall conduct a physical inspection of the lands to be exchanged
pursuant to this Act for the presence of any hazardous materials as
presently defined by applicable law. The results of those inspections
shall be made available to the parties. Responsibility for costs of
remedial action related to materials identified by such inspections
shall be borne by those entities responsible under existing law.
(c) Conditions.--(1) With respect to the lands and interests
described in section 7(a), enactment of this Act shall be construed as
satisfying the provisions of section 206(a) of the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976 requiring that exchanges of lands be in the
public interest.
(2) Development of any mineral interest transferred to the State of
Utah pursuant to this Act shall be subject to all laws, rules, and
regulations applicable to development of non-Federal mineral interests,
including, where appropriate, laws, rules, and regulations applicable to
such development within National Forests. Extraction of any coal
resources described in section 7(a) shall occur only through underground
coal mining operations.
(3) Transfer of any mineral interests to the State of Utah shall be
subject to such conditions as the Secretary shall prescribe to ensure
due diligence on the part of the State of Utah to achieve the timely
development of such resources.
SEC. 10. LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.
(a) In General.--As soon as practicable after the date of enactment
of this Act, a map and legal description of the lands added to the
Navajo and Goshute Indian Reservations and all lands exchanged under
this Act shall be filed by the appropriate Secretary with the Committee
on Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives and
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States
Senate, and each such map and description shall have the same force and
effect as if included in this Act, except that the appropriate Secretary
may correct clerical and typographical errors in each such legal
description and map. Each such map and legal description shall be on
file and available for public inspection in the offices of the Secretary
of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior and the Utah offices of
the appropriate agencies of the Department of the Interior and
Department of Agriculture.
(b) Pilt.--Section 6902(b) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``acquisition.'' and inserting in lieu thereof
``acquisition, nor does this subsection apply to payments for lands in
Utah acquired by the United States if at the time of such acquisition
units, under applicable State law, were entitled to receive payments
from the State for such lands, but in such case no payment under this
chapter with respect to such acquired lands shall exceed the payment
that would have been made under State law if such lands had not been
acquired.''.
(c) Intent.--The lands and interests described in section 7 are an
offer related only to the State lands and interests described in this
Act, and nothing in this Act shall be construed as precluding conveyance
of other lands or interests to the State of Utah pursuant to other
exchanges under applicable existing law or subsequent act of Congress.
It is the intent of Congress that the State should establish a funding
mechanism, or some other mechanism, to assure that counties within the
State are treated equitably as a result of this exchange.
(d) Costs.--The United States and the State of Utah shall each bear
its own respective costs incurred in the implementation of this Act.
(e) Definition.--As used in this Act, the term (1) ``School and
Institutional Trust Lands'' means those properties granted by the United
States in the Utah Enabling Act to the State of Utah in trust and other
lands which under State law must be managed for the benefit of the
public school system or the institutions of the State which are
designated by the Utah Enabling Act; and (2) ``Secretary'' means the
Secretary of the Interior; unless specifically defined otherwise.
SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary
to carry out this Ac
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Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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