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[CITE: 16USC460uu-44]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
   SUBCHAPTER CVI--EL MALPAIS NATIONAL MONUMENT AND CONSERVATION AREA
 
                       Part E--General Provisions
 
Sec. 460uu-44. Mineral exchanges


(a) Authorization; matters considered

    The Secretary is authorized and directed to exchange the Federal 
mineral interests in the lands described in subsection (b) of this 
section for the private mineral interests in the lands described in 
subsection (c) of this section, if--
        (1) the owner of such private mineral interests has made 
    available to the Secretary all information requested by the 
    Secretary as to the respective values of the private and Federal 
    mineral interests to be exchanged; and
        (2) on the basis of information obtained pursuant to paragraph 
    (1) and any other information available, the Secretary has 
    determined that the mineral interests to be exchanged are of 
    approximately equal value; and
        (3) the Secretary has determined--
            (A) that except insofar as otherwise provided in this 
        section, the exchange is not inconsistent with the Federal Land 
        Policy and Management Act of 1976 [43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.]; and
            (B) that the exchange is in the public interest.

(b) Location of Federal mineral interests

    The Federal mineral interests to be exchanged under this section 
underlie the lands, comprising approximately 15,008 acres, depicted as 
``Proposed for transfer to Santa Fe Pacific'' on the map referenced in 
subsection (d) of this section.

(c) Location of private mineral interests

    The private mineral interests to be exchanged pursuant to this 
section underlie the lands, comprising approximately 15,141 acres, 
depicted as ``Proposed for transfer to U.S.'' on the map referenced in 
subsection (d) of this section.

(d) Identification of mineral interests; legal description

    (1) The mineral interests identified in this section underlie those 
lands depicted as ``Proposed for transfer to Santa Fe Pacific'' and as 
``Proposed for transfer to U.S.'' on a map entitled ``El Malpais Leg. 
Boundary, HR3684/S56'', revised 5-8-87.
    (2) As soon as practicable after December 31, 1987, the Secretary 
shall file a legal description of the mineral interest areas designated 
under this section with the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of 
the United States House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the United States Senate. Such legal 
description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this 
subchapter, except that the Secretary may correct clerical and 
typographical errors in such legal description. The legal description 
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of 
the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the 
Interior.

(e) Time of completion of exchanges

    It is the sense of the Congress that all exchanges pursuant to this 
section shall be completed no later than three years after December 31, 
1987.

(Pub. L. 100-225, title V, Sec. 504, Dec. 31, 1987, 101 Stat. 1545.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, referred to in 
subsec. (a)(3)(A), is Pub. L. 94-579, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2743, as 
amended, which is classified principally to chapter 35 (Sec. 1701 et 
seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act 
to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1701 of Title 43 
and Tables.

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of 
Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One 
Hundred Third Congress. Committee on Natural Resources of House of 
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Resources of House 
of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note 
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
