H.R. 5459 — Introduced in House

I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5459 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 17, 2019Mr. Neguse introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to correct a land ownership error within the boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rocky Mountain National Park Ownership Correction Act. 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Federal land The term Federal land means the approximately 0.18 acres of land depicted as TR04–168–1 on the map. (2) Map The term map means the map entitled “Rocky Mountain National Park Proposed Forsyth Family Land Exchange”, numbered 121/154,326, and dated June 2019. (3) Non-Federal land The term non-Federal land means the approximately 0.18 acres of land depicted as TR04–169 on the map. (4) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. 3. Rocky Mountain National Park land exchange (a) Authorization of exchange To correct a longstanding land ownership error, if the owner of the non-Federal land offers to convey to the Secretary all right, title, and interest of the owner in and to the non-Federal land, the Secretary shall convey to the owner of the non-Federal land, subject to valid existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Federal land. (b) Valuation The value of the Federal land and the non-Federal land to be exchanged under this Act shall be considered to be of equal value. (c) Administration The non-Federal land acquired by the Secretary under this section shall be administered by the Secretary as part of Rocky Mountain National Park. (d) Availability of map The map shall be on file and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.