114 STAT. 2704 PUBLIC LAW 106-541—DEC. 11, 2000 willing seller to facilitate the acquisition of the land in accordance with section 807. (4) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. — The Secretary of the Interior shall hold public hearings, and provide all interested parties with notice and an opportunity to comment, on the activities carried out under this section. SEC. 805. RIGHTS OF NONPARTICIPATING LESSEES. (a) CONTINUATION OF LEASE. — (1) IN GENERAL.—A lessee that does not provide the Secretary with an offer to acquire the cabin site of the lessee under section 804 (including a lessee who declines an offer of a comparable cabin site under section 804(a)(3)) may elect to continue to lease the cabin site for the remainder of the current term of the lease, which, except as provided in paragraph (2), shall not be renewed or otherwise extended. (2) EXPIRATION BEFORE 2010.— If the current term of a lessee described in paragraph (1) expires or is scheduled to expire before 2010, the Secretary shall offer to extend or renew the lease through 2010. (b) IMPROVEMENTS.—Any improvements and personal property of the lessee that are not removed from the cabin site before the termination of the lease shall be considered property of the United States in accordance with the provisions of the lease. (c) OPTION TO PURCHASE.—Subject to subsections (d) and (e) and section 808(b), if at any time before termination of the lease, a lessee described in subsection (a)(1)— (1) notifies the Secretary of the intent of the lessee to purchase the cabin site of the lessee; and (2) pays for an updated appraisal of the cabin site in accordance with section 804(c)(6); the Secretary or, if necessary, the Secretary of the Interior shall convey the cabin site to the lessee, by individual patent or deed, on receipt of payment from the lessee for the cabin site of an amount equal to the sum of the appraised fair market value of the cabin site, as determined by the updated appraisal, and the administrative costs required to be reimbursed under section 808. (d) EASEMENTS AND DEED RESTRICTIONS. —Before conveying any cabin site under subsection (c), the Secretary, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior, shall ensure that the deed of conveyance— (1) includes such easements and deed restrictions as are determined, under section 804(c), to be necessary; and (2) makes the easements and deed restrictions binding on all subsequent purchasers of the cabin site. (e) No CONVEYANCE OF UNSUITABLE CABIN SITES.— ^A cabin site that is determined to be unsuitable for conveyance under subsection 804(a)(2)(A) shall not be conveyed by the Secretary or the Secretary of the Interior under this section. Deadline. (f) REPORT.— Not later than July 1, 2003, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that— (1) describes progress made in implementing this title; and (2) identifies cabin owners that have filed a notice of interest under section 804(b) and have declined an opportunity to acquire a comparable cabin site under section 804(a)(3).
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