Sec. 4. Relinquishment of State land grant parcels and selection of replacement land
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In accordance with this Act and in order to facilitate the fulfillment of the mandates of State land grant parcels and Federal land described in subparagraphs
(A)through
(G)of section 3(2), on 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 eligible areas and select in exchange public land within the western State. Land conveyed under this Act shall be subject to valid existing rights. Any portion of a State land grant parcel acquired by the United States under this Act that is located within an eligible area shall— be incorporated in, and be managed as part of, the applicable unit described in subparagraphs
(A)through
(G)of section 3(2) in which the land is located without further action by the Secretary with jurisdiction over the unit; and if located within the National Forest System, be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with— the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the Weeks Law ) ( 16 U.S.C. 552 et seq.); and any laws (including regulations) applicable to the National Forest System and the unit of the National Forest System in which the land is located. Except as provided in paragraphs
(2)and (3), until a western State has relinquished and conveyed to the United States substantially all of the State land grant parcels located in priority areas in the western State, the western State may not apply to relinquish State land grant parcels in other eligible areas in the western State. The Secretary may waive the limitation in paragraph
(1)on a determination that the relinquishment and conveyance to the United States of substantially all State land grant parcels located in priority areas in the western State is impractical or infeasible. The Secretary may accept an application from a western State to relinquish State land grant parcels within an eligible area in the western State if— the application is limited to relinquishing one or more State land grant parcels within a single eligible area; the western State submitting the application is, as determined by the Secretary, making substantial progress in relinquishing State land grant parcels within priority areas in the western State; and the Secretary has not accepted any other applications from the western State under this paragraph during the 5-year period ending on the date of the application.
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Relinquishment of State land grant parcels and selection of replacement land
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