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[CITE: 16USC460nnn-104]

 
                         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-104. Land exchange, Lowther (Clemens) 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 the Lowther (Clemens) Ranch 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 11,796 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, the Lowther (Clemens) Ranch shall convey 
to the Secretary a parcel of land consisting of approximately 1,078 
acres, as depicted on the map referred to in section 460nnn-105(a) of 
this title, for inclusion in the Cooperative Management and Protection 
Area.

(c) Treatment of grazing

    Paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 460nnn-23(e) of this title, 
relating to the effect of the cancellation in whole of the grazing 
permit for the Fish Creek/Big Indian allotment in the Wilderness Area 
and reassignment of use areas as described in paragraph (3)(D) 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 Lowther (Clemens) 
Ranch, in the amount of $148,000.

(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. 604, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1672.)
