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[CITE: 16USC460nnn-101]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
 SUBCHAPTER CXXV--STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION 
                                  AREA
 
                         Part F--Land Exchanges
 
Sec. 460nnn-101. Land exchange, Roaring Springs Ranch


(a) Exchange authorized

    For the purpose of protecting and consolidating Federal lands within 
the Cooperative Management and Protection Area, the Secretary may carry 
out a land exchange with Roaring Springs Ranch, Incorporated, to convey 
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain 
parcels of land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management 
in the vicinity of Steens Mountain, Oregon, as depicted on the map 
referred to in section 460nnn-105(a) of this title, consisting of a 
total of approximately 76,374 acres in exchange for the private lands 
described in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Receipt of non-Federal lands

    As consideration for the conveyance of the Federal lands referred to 
in subsection (a) of this section and the disbursement referred to in 
subsection (d) of this section, Roaring Springs Ranch, Incorporated, 
shall convey to the Secretary parcels of land consisting of 
approximately 10,909 acres, as depicted on the map referred to in 
section 460nnn-105(a) of this title, for inclusion in the Wilderness 
Area, a wilderness study area, and the no livestock grazing area as 
appropriate.

(c) Treatment of grazing

    Paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 460nnn-23(e) of this title, 
relating to the effect of the cancellation in part of grazing permits 
for the South Steens allotment in the Wilderness Area and reassignment 
of use areas as described in paragraph (3)(C) of such section, shall 
apply to the land exchange authorized by this section.

(d) Disbursement

    Upon completion of the land exchange authorized by this section, the 
Secretary is authorized to make a disbursement to Roaring Springs Ranch, 
Incorporated, in the amount of $2,889,000.

(e) Completion of conveyance

    The Secretary shall complete the conveyance of the Federal lands 
under subsection (a) of this section within 70 days after the Secretary 
accepts the lands described in subsection (b) of this section.

(Pub. L. 106-399, title VI, Sec. 601, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1670.)
