[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3069 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
<DOC>
116th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3069
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to correct a land ownership
error within the boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park, and for
other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 17, 2019
Mr. Gardner introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to correct a land ownership
error within the boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rocky Mountain National Park
Ownership Correction Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means the
approximately 0.18 acres of land depicted as ``TR04-168-1'' on
the map.
(2) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Rocky
Mountain National Park Proposed Forsyth Family Land Exchange'',
numbered 121/154,326, and dated June 2019.
(3) Non-federal land.--The term ``non-Federal land'' means
the approximately 0.18 acres of land depicted as ``TR04-169''
on the map.
(4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
SEC. 3. ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK LAND EXCHANGE.
(a) Authorization of Exchange.--To correct a longstanding land
ownership error, if the owner of the non-Federal land offers to convey
to the Secretary all right, title, and interest of the owner in and to
the non-Federal land, the Secretary shall convey to the owner of the
non-Federal land, subject to valid existing rights, all right, title,
and interest of the United States in and to the Federal land.
(b) Valuation.--The value of the Federal land and the non-Federal
land to be exchanged under this Act shall be considered to be of equal
value.
(c) Administration.--The non-Federal land acquired by the Secretary
under this section shall be administered by the Secretary as part of
Rocky Mountain National Park
(d) Availability of Map.--The map shall be on file and available
for inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
<all>