To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest System land in Los Padres National Forest in California, and for other purposes.

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on December 16, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), if the White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara, California, offers to convey to the Secretary a parcel of non-federal land that is acceptable to the Secretary and the Secretary accepts the offer, to convey approximately five acres of certain identified National Forest System land in Santa Barbara County to the Foundation.

Subjects the land exchange to provisions under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 related to exchanges of public lands and interests therein within the National Forest System.

Expresses the intent of Congress that the land exchange be completed within two years of enactment of this Act. Allows the Secretary to offer to sell to the White Lotus Foundation the federal land for fair market value if such exchange is not completed by such time.

Makes the land exchange and any such sale subject to specified additional terms and conditions, including to valid existing rights and the White Lotus Foundation paying the reasonable costs of surveys, appraisals, and other administrative costs associated with the exchange or sale.

Requires land conveyed by exchange or sale under this Act to be appraised by an independent appraiser selected by the Secretary and such an appraisal to be conducted in accordance with nationally recognized appraisal standards.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3008 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3008

  To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest 
System land in Los Padres National Forest in California, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2013

  Mrs. Capps introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest 
System land in Los Padres National Forest in California, 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. LAND CONVEYANCE, LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST, CALIFORNIA.

    (a) Conveyance Required.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall convey 
to the White Lotus Foundation all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to a parcel of real property within Los Padres 
National Forest in Santa Barbara County, California, consisting of 
approximately five acres, as shown on the map titled ``San Marcos Pass 
Encroachment for Consideration of Legislative Remedy'' and dated June 
1, 2009.
    (b) Costs.--As a condition of the conveyance of the Federal land 
under subsection (a), the White Lotus Foundation shall pay--
            (1) an amount equal to the appraised value of the Federal 
        land determined in accordance with subsection (c); and
            (2) all costs related to the conveyance, including all 
        surveys, appraisals, and other administrative costs associated 
        with the conveyance of the Federal land.
    (c) Appraisal To Determine Fair Market Value.--The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall determine the fair market value of the Federal land 
to be conveyed under subsection (a)--
            (1) in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and 
        Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
            (2) based on an appraisal that is conducted in accordance 
        with--
                    (A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal 
                Land Acquisition; and
                    (B) the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal 
                Practice.
    (d) Survey.--The exact acreage and legal description of the Federal 
land to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall be determined by a 
survey satisfactory to the Secretary of Agriculture.
    (e) Treatment of Existing Rights.--As an additional condition of 
the conveyance under subsection (a), the White Lotus Foundation shall 
agree to continue to allow access, to the same extent as permitted 
during 2012, to the roadway in existence on the Federal land to be 
conveyed under such subsection.
    (f) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with the 
conveyance under subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate 
to protect the interests of the United States.
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