,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hehc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bh1 #bjbb,mr4 
,stauber 7for himself and ,mr4 ,huffman7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
direct the ,secretary of ,agriculture to
 exchange certain public lands in       
,chippewa ,national ,forest1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,lake          
,winnibigoshish ,land ,exchange ,act of 
#bjbb4  #b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 
7#a7 ,,bwlt ,the term ,,bwlt means ,big 
,winnie ,land and ,timber1 ,,llc1 a     
,minnesota ,limited ,liability          
,corporation4  7#b7 ,federal land ,the  
term ,federal land means the            
approximately #g4f acres of ,federal    
land generally depicted as the ,federal 
,parcel for ,exchange on the ,map4  7#c7
 ,map ,the term ,map means sheets #b and
 #c of the map entitled ,proposed ,land 
,exchange - ,bowen ,lodge ,inc4 and     

,chippewa ,national ,forest and dated   
,march #cj1 #bjbb4  7#d7 ,non-,federal  
land ,the term non-,federal land means  
the approximately #cg4e acres generally 
depicted as the non-,federal ,parcel for
 ,exchange on the ,map4  7#e7 ,secretary
 ,the term ,secretary means the         
,secretary of ,agriculture4  #c4        
,exchange of land  7a7 ,exchange        
authorized ,subject to the provisions of
 this ,act1 not later than #cj days     
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 if ,,bwlt offers to convey the    
non-,federal land to the ,united        
,states1 the ,secretary shall--  7#a7   
accept the offer and convey to ,,bwlt   
all right1 title1 and interest of the   
,united ,states in and to the ,federal  
land2 and  7#b7 accept from ,,bwlt all  
right1 title1 and interest of ,,bwlt in 
and to the non-,federal land4  7b7      
,requirements ,the exchange under       
subsection 7a7 shall be-- 7#a7 subject  
to valid existing rights2 and  7#b7 if1 
under the appraisals conducted in       

accordance with this ,act1 it is        
determined that the value of the        
,federal land exceeds the value of the  
non-,federal land1 conditioned on a cash
 equalization payment made by ,,bwlt to 
the ,united ,states in accordance with  
subsection 7c74  7c7 ,equal value and   
cash equalization  7#a7 ,in general     
,except as provided in paragraph 7#b71  
the exchange under subsection 7a7 shall 
be for equal value or the values shall  
be equalized by a cash payment4  7#b7   
,exception ,if the appraised value of   
the non-,federal land conveyed to the   
,secretary exceeds the appraised value  
of the ,federal land1 a cash            
equalization payment by the ,united     
,states to ,,bwlt is waived and the     
amount of such waived payment shall be  
considered a donation by ,,bwlt to the  
,united ,states for all purposes of law4
  7d7 ,appraisals  7#a7 ,in general ,the
 value of the land to be exchanged under
 this ,act shall be determined by       
appraisals conducted by one or more     

independent and qualified appraisers    
mutually agreed to by the ,secretary and
 ,,bwlt4  7#b7 ,appraisal standards ,the
 ,secretary shall complete an appraisal 
of the land to be exchanged under this  
,act in accordance with-- 7,a7 the      
,uniform ,appraisal ,standards for      
,federal ,land ,acquisitions2 and  7,b7 
the ,uniform ,standards of ,professional
 ,appraisal ,practice4  7e7 ,format     
,title to the non-,federal land to be   
conveyed to the ,secretary under this   
,act shall be in a format acceptable to 
the ,secretary4  7f7 ,management of     
acquired land ,the land acquired by the 
,secretary under subsection 7a7 shall   
be-- 7#a7 added to1 and managed as part 
of1 the ,chippewa ,national ,forest2 and
  7#b7 managed in accordance with the   
laws1 rules1 and regulations pertaining 
to ,national ,forest ,system lands4  7g7
 ,map and legal descriptions  7#a7 ,in  
general ,as soon as practicable after   
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,secretary shall finalize a ,map and    

legal descriptions of all land to be    
conveyed under this ,act4  7#b7         
,controlling document ,in the case of a 
discrepancy between the ,map and a legal
 description1 the ,map shall control4   
7#c7 ,corrections ,the ,secretary and   
,,bwlt1 by mutual agreement1 may correct
 any minor errors in the ,map or in the 
legal descriptions4  7#d7 ,map on file  
,the ,map and legal descriptions shall  
be on file and available for public     
inspection in appropriate offices of the
 ,forest ,service4