Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 4.djvu/451

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PUBLIC LAW 106-526—NOV. 22, 2000 114 STAT. 2513 (6) Tract G, Dale Administrative Site, consisting of approximately 37 acres, as depicted on site plan map entitled "Dale Compound, February 1999". (7) Tract H, Crescent Butte Site, consisting of approximately.8 acres, as depicted on site plan map entitled "Crescent Butte Communication Site, January 1, 2000". (b) CONSIDERATION. —Consideration for a sale or exchange of land under subsection (a) may include the acquisition of land, existing improvements, or improvements constructed to the specifications of the Secretary. (c) APPLICABLE LAW. — Except as otherwise provided in this Act, any sale or exchange of National Forest System land under subsection (a) shall be subject to the laws (including regulations) applicable to the conveyance and acquisition of land for the National Forest System. (d) CASH EQUALIZATION. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may accept a cash equalization payment in excess of 25 percent of the value of land exchanged under subsection (a). (e) SOLICITATIONS OF OFFERS.— (1) IN GENERAL. — Subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary may solicit offers for sale or exchange of land under this section on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe. (2) REJECTION OF OFFERS. —The Secretary may reject any offer made under this section if the Secretary determines that the offer is not adequate or not in the public interest. (3) RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL. — The Bend Metro Park and Recreation District in Deschutes County, Oregon, shall be given the right of first refusal to purchase the Bend Pine Nursery described in subsection (a)(1). (f) REVOCATIONS.— (1) IN GENERAL.— Any public land order withdrawing land described in subsection (a) from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws is revoked with respect to any portion of the land conveyed by the Secretary under this section. (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The effective date of any revocation under paragraph (1) shall be the date of the patent or deed conveying the land. SEC. 4. DISPOSITION OF FUNDS. (a) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.— The Secretary shall deposit the proceeds of a sale or exchange under section 3(a) in the fund established under Public Law 90-171 (16 U.S.C. 484a) (commonly known as the "Sisk Act"). (b) USE OF PROCEEDS.— Funds deposited under subsection (a) shall be available to the Secretary, without further Act of appropriation, for— (1) the acquisition, construction, or improvement of administrative and visitor facilities and associated land in connection with the Deschutes National Forest; (2) the construction of a bunkhouse facility in the Umatilla National Forest; and (3) to the extent the funds are not necessary to carry out paragraphs (1) and (2), the acquisition of land and interests in land in the State. (c) ADMINISTRATION.— Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall manage any land acquired by purchase or exchange