Sec. 2. Conveyances to dickinson department of parks and recreation
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Subject to the management requirements of paragraph
(3)and the easements and reservations under section 4, not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall convey to the Department all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to— the recreation land; and the permitted cabin land. Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall convey the land described in paragraph
(1)at no cost. As a condition of the conveyances under paragraph (1), the Department shall agree to pay all survey and other administrative costs necessary for the preparation and completion of any patents for, and transfers of title to, the land described in paragraph (1). The Department shall manage the recreation land conveyed under paragraph (1)— for recreation and public purposes consistent with the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the Recreation and Public Purposes Act ) (44 Stat. 741, chapter 578; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.); for public access; for fish and wildlife habitat; or to preserve the natural character of the recreation land. The Department shall manage the permitted cabin land conveyed under paragraph (1)— for cabins or recreational residences in existence as of the date of enactment of this Act; or for any of the recreation land management purposes described in subparagraph (A). With respect to recreation land conveyed under paragraph
(1)that is used for haying or grazing authorized by the Management Agreement as of the date of enactment of this Act, the Department may continue to permit haying and grazing in a manner that is permissible under the 1 or more haying or grazing contracts in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act. If a parcel of land conveyed under subparagraph
(A)or
(B)of subsection (a)(1) is used in a manner that is inconsistent with the requirements described in subparagraph
(A)or (B), respectively, of subsection (a)(3), the parcel of land shall, at the discretion of the Secretary, revert to the United States. If the Department sells any parcel of permitted cabin land conveyed under subsection (a)(1)(B), the parcel shall be sold at fair market value, as determined by a third-party appraiser in accordance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, subject to paragraph (2). For purposes of an appraisal conducted under paragraph (1), any improvements on the permitted cabin land made by the permit holder shall not be included in the appraised value of the land. If the Department sells a parcel of permitted cabin land conveyed under subsection (a)(1)(B), the Department shall pay to the Secretary the amount of any proceeds of the sale that exceed the costs of preparing the sale by the Department. Any amounts paid to the Secretary for land conveyed by the Secretary under this Act shall be made available to the Secretary, without further appropriation, for activities relating to the operation of the Dickinson Dam and Reservoir.
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