Sec. 9. Land conveyances to improve management efficiencies of State and Federal lands
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Section 3(b) of Public Law 96–586 (94 Stat. 3384; commonly known as the Santini-Burton Act) is amended— by striking
(b)Lands and inserting the following: Land ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: If the State of California (acting through the California Tahoe Conservancy and the California Department of Parks and Recreation) offers to donate to the United States acceptable title to the non-Federal land described in subparagraph (B)(i), the Secretary of Agriculture— may accept the offer; and not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary receives acceptable title to the non-Federal land described in subparagraph (B)(i), convey to the State of California, subject to valid existing rights and for no consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Federal land that is acceptable to the State of California. The non-Federal land referred to in subparagraph
(A)includes— the approximately 1,981 acres of land administered by the California Tahoe Conservancy and identified on the Maps as Conservancy to the United States Forest Service ; and the approximately 187 acres of land administered by California State Parks and identified on the Maps as State Parks to the U.S. Forest Service . The Federal land referred to in subparagraph
(A)includes the approximately 1,995 acres of Forest Service land identified on the Maps as U.S. Forest Service to Conservancy and State Parks . The land conveyance authorized under this paragraph shall— be for the purpose of consolidating Federal and State ownerships and improving management efficiencies; and not result in any substantial reduction in public access or reduction in availability of existing and traditional public recreation uses. The land conveyance authorized under this paragraph shall be subject to the condition that the State of California accept all special use permits applicable, as of the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, to the National Forest System land described in subparagraph (B)(ii) for the duration of such permits, and subject to the terms and conditions of such permits. . Section 3(b) of Public Law 96–586 (94 Stat. 3384; commonly known as the Santini-Burton Act) is further amended by inserting after paragraph (2), as added by subsection (a)(2), the following new paragraph: At the request of the State of Nevada, the Secretary of Agriculture may convey, without consideration, the land or interests in land described in subparagraph
(B)to the State, subject to appropriate deed restrictions to protect public access and existing or traditional public recreational uses of the conveyed land. The land referred to in subparagraph
(A)includes the approximately 39 acres of National Forest System land identified on the map entitled State of Nevada Conveyances as Van Sickle Unit USFS Inholding . The land conveyance authorized under this paragraph shall— be for the purpose of consolidating Federal and State ownerships and improving management efficiencies; and not result in any substantial reduction in public access or reduction in availability of existing and traditional public recreation uses. The land conveyance authorized under this paragraph shall be subject to the condition that the State of Nevada accept all special use permits applicable, as of the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, to the National Forest System land described in subparagraph
(B)for the duration of such permits, and subject to the terms and conditions of such permits. . The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to convey all urban lots within the Lake Tahoe Basin under the administrative jurisdiction of the Forest Service. A conveyance under the authority of paragraph
(1)shall require consideration in an amount equal to the fair-market value of the conveyed lot. The proceeds from conveyances under paragraph
(1)shall be retained by the Secretary of Agriculture and used for the purpose of— purchasing inholdings throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin; or providing additional funds to carry out the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act ( Public Law 106–506 ) in excess of amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 12 of such Act, as amended by section 8 of this Act. The obligation and expenditure of proceeds retained under this subsection shall be subject to such fiscal-year limitation as may be specified in an Act making appropriations for the Forest Service for a fiscal year. In paragraph (3)(A), the term inholding means a parcel of land that is surrounded on all sides by Federal land.
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Sec. 9
Land conveyances to improve management efficiencies of State and Federal lands
Pub. L.Pub. L. 96-586
Stat.94 Stat. 3384
Pub. L.Pub. L. 106-506
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