Sec. 4. Relinquishment of State land grant parcels and selection of replacement lands
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In accordance with this Act, upon approval by the Secretary of an application under section 5 a western State may relinquish to the United States State land grant parcels wholly or primarily within Federal conservation areas and select in exchange unappropriated public land within the western State. Land conveyed under this Act shall be subject to valid existing rights and each party to which land is conveyed shall succeed to the rights and obligations of the conveying party with respect to any lease, right-of-way, permit, or other valid existing right to which the land is subject.
Any portion of a State land grant parcel acquired by the United States under this Act that is located within a Federal conservation area shall— be incorporated in, and be managed as part of, the Federal conservation area in which the land is located; and if located within the National Forest System, be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with— the Act of March 1, 1911 ( 16 U.S.C. 480 et seq. ; commonly known as the Weeks Law ); or any laws (including regulations) applicable to the National Forest System and the Federal conservation area in which it is located.
Except as provided in paragraph (2), until a western State has relinquished and conveyed to the United States substantially all of the State land grant parcels located in priority conservation units in that State, the State may not apply to relinquish State land grant parcels in other Federal conservation areas in that State. The Secretary may waive the limitation in paragraph
(1)upon a determination that— a western State has relinquished and conveyed to the United States at least 75 percent, measured by land area, of the State land grant parcels that were located in priority conservation units in that State on the date of the enactment of this Act and not identified for conveyance pursuant to an exchange agreement or other statutory authority; and the relinquishment and conveyance to the United States of substantially all State land grant parcels located in priority conservation units in that State is impractical or infeasible.
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Relinquishment of State land grant parcels and selection of replacement lands
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