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[CITE: 16USC460uu-45]

 
                         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-45. Acoma Pueblo exchanges


(a) Lands to be exchanged

    (1) Upon the request of the Pueblo of Acoma, the Secretary shall 
acquire by exchange any lands held in trust for the Pueblo of Acoma 
(hereinafter referred to as ``trust lands'') located within the boundary 
of the conservation area which the Pueblo wishes to exchange pursuant to 
this section. Such trust lands shall be exchanged either for--
        (A) lands described in subsection (c) of this section (with 
    respect to trust lands west of New Mexico Highway 117); or
        (B) public lands of approximately equal value located outside 
    the monument and outside the conservation area but within the 
    boundaries of the State of New Mexico which are selected by the 
    Pueblo of Acoma, so long as such exchange is consistent with 
    applicable law and Bureau of Land Management resource management 
    plans developed pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management 
    Act of 1976 [43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.].

    (2) All lands selected by and transferred to the Pueblo of Acoma at 
its request pursuant to this section shall thereafter be held in trust 
by the Secretary for the Pueblo of Acoma in the same manner as the lands 
for which they were exchanged.
    (3) Any lands west of New Mexico Highway 117 which are acquired by 
the Secretary pursuant to this section shall be incorporated into the 
monument and managed accordingly, and section 460uu-3 of this title and 
all other provisions of this subchapter and other law applicable to 
lands designated by this subchapter as part of the monument shall apply 
to such incorporated lands.

(b) Public lands available for exchange

    For purposes of acquiring lands pursuant to subsection (a) of this 
section, the Secretary, consistent with applicable law and Bureau of 
Land Management resource management plans described in subsection (a) of 
this section, shall make public lands within the boundaries of the State 
of New Mexico available for exchange. Nothing in this subchapter shall 
be construed as authorizing or requiring revocation of any existing 
withdrawal or classification of public land except in a manner 
consistent with applicable law.

(c) Public lands available for transfer; management of lands not 
        exchanged or transferred

    (1) The Secretary shall make the lands within the areas identified 
as ``Acoma Potential Exchange Areas'' on the map referenced in section 
460uu-21 of this title available for transfer to the Pueblo of Acoma 
pursuant to this subsection.
    (2) Upon a request of the Pueblo of Acoma submitted to the Secretary 
no later than one year after December 31, 1987, lands within the areas 
described in paragraph (1) shall be transferred to the Pueblo of Acoma 
in exchange for trust lands of approximately equal value within that 
portion of the conservation area west of New Mexico Highway 117. The 
Secretary may require exchanges of land under this subsection to be on 
the basis of compact and contiguous parcels.
    (3) Any lands within the areas described in paragraph (1) not 
proposed for exchange by a request submitted to the Secretary by the 
Pueblo of Acoma within the period specified in paragraph (2), and any 
lands in such areas not ultimately transferred pursuant to this 
subsection, shall be incorporated within the conservation area and 
managed accordingly. In addition, any lands in that portion of the areas 
described in paragraph (1) lying in section 1, township 7N, range 9W, 
New Mexico Principal Meridian, not transferred to the Pueblo of Acoma 
pursuant to this subsection shall be added to and incorporated within 
the Cebolla Wilderness and managed accordingly.

(Pub. L. 100-225, title V, Sec. 505, Dec. 31, 1987, 101 Stat. 1545.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, referred to in 
subsec. (a)(1)(B), 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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 460uu-46 of this title.
