---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460nnn–104"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460nnn–104"
heading: "Land exchange, Lowther (Clemens) Ranch"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460nnn-104"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter CXXV — Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area"
  - "Part F — Land Exchanges"
---

# §460nnn–104. Land exchange, Lowther (Clemens) Ranch

- (a) **Exchange authorized—** For the purpose of protecting and consolidating [Federal lands](/usc/16/620e.md?p=2) within the [Cooperative Management and Protection Area](/usc/16/460nnn.md?p=3), the [Secretary](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=1) may carry out a land exchange with the Lowther (Clemens) Ranch to convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain parcels of land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in the vicinity of Steens Mountain, Oregon, as depicted on the [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) referred to in [section 460nnn–105(a) of this title](/usc/16/460nnn–105.md?p=a), consisting of a total of approximately 11,796 acres in exchange for the [private lands](/usc/16/620e.md?p=6) described in [subsection (b)](#b).
- (b) **Receipt of non-Federal lands—** As consideration for the conveyance of the [Federal lands](/usc/16/620e.md?p=2) referred to in [subsection (a)](#a) and the disbursement referred to in [subsection (d)](#d), the Lowther (Clemens) Ranch shall convey to the [Secretary](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=1) a parcel of land consisting of approximately 1,078 acres, as depicted on the [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) referred to in [section 460nnn–105(a) of this title](/usc/16/460nnn–105.md?p=a), for inclusion in the [Cooperative Management and Protection Area](/usc/16/460nnn.md?p=3).
- (c) **Treatment of grazing—** Paragraphs (2) and (3) of [section 460nnn–23(e) of this title](/usc/16/460nnn–23.md?p=e), relating to the effect of the cancellation in whole of the grazing permit for the Fish Creek/Big Indian allotment in the [Wilderness Area](/usc/16/460nnn.md?p=10) and reassignment of use [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) as described in [paragraph (3)(D)](/usc/16/460nnn–23.md?p=e-3-D) of such section, shall apply to the land exchange authorized by this section.
- (d) **Disbursement—** Upon completion of the land exchange authorized by this section, the [Secretary](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=1) is authorized to make a disbursement to Lowther (Clemens) Ranch, in the amount of $148,000.
- (e) **Completion of conveyance—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=1) shall complete the conveyance of the [Federal lands](/usc/16/620e.md?p=2) under [subsection (a)](#a) within 70 days after the [Secretary](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=1) accepts the lands described in [subsection (b)](#b).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–399, title VI, § 604, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1672.)