Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Rocky Mountain National Park Boundary Modification and Land Exchange Act”.
Rocky Mountain National Park Boundary Modification and Land Exchange Act
A BILL
To modify the boundary of the Rocky Mountain National Park, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Rocky Mountain National Park Boundary Modification
Definitions— In this section:
Map— The term map means the map entitled “Rocky Mountain National Park Proposed Boundary Revision”, numbered 121/154,327, and dated June 2019.
Non-Federal land— The term non-Federal land means the approximately 40 acres of non-Federal land depicted as “TR 05–133” on the map.
Secretary— The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
Land acquisition— The Secretary may acquire, by donation, the non-Federal land for inclusion in the Rocky Mountain National Park.
Boundary modification— On acquisition of the non-Federal land under subsection (b), the Secretary shall—
modify the boundary of the Rocky Mountain National Park to include the acquisition; and
administer the acquired land as part of the Rocky Mountain National Park, in accordance with applicable laws.
Availability of map— The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
Sec. 3 Rocky Mountain National Park land exchange
Definitions— In this section:
Federal land— The term Federal land means the approximately 0.18 acres of land depicted as “TR04–168–1” on the map.
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.
Non-Federal land— The term non-Federal land means the approximately 0.18 acres of land depicted as “TR04–169” on the map.
Secretary— The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
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.
Valuation— The value of the Federal land and the non-Federal land to be exchanged under subsection (b) shall be considered to be of equal value.
Administration— The non-Federal land acquired by the Secretary under subsection (b) shall be administered by the Secretary as part of Rocky Mountain National Park.
Availability of map— The map shall be on file and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.