H.R. 3473, The Bountiful City Land Consolidation Act

• This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
• This bill, or a similar bill, was reintroduced in the current Congress as H.R. 604, The Bountiful City Land Consolidation Act.

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H.R. 3473 would provide for a land exchange with the City of Bountiful, Utah, involving National Forest System land in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest and to further land ownership consolidation in that national forest.

Detailed Summary

Bountiful City Land Consolidation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, if the city of Bountiful, Utah, conveys three parcels of land consisting of a total of approximately 1,680 acres to the Secretary, to convey to the city, in exchange for such land, certain National Forest System land in Wasatch-Cache National Forest.

Requires the value of land acquired by the Secretary to be: (1) equal to the value of the federal land conveyed; and (2) added to and administered as part of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest.

Instructs the Secretary, in making such land exchange, to ensure that an easement of not less than 60 feet in width is reserved for the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. Permits the Secretary and the city to reserve such other rights-of-way for utilities, roads, and trails as they may agree upon and which they consider to be in the public interest.

Sets forth requirements for the treatment of any remaining National Forest System land identified for possible conveyance under this Act's provisions and not exchanged under this Act.

Status of the Legislation

Latest Major Action: 7/16/2008: Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Date of scheduled hearing. SD-366. 2:30 p.m.

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