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110 STAT. 4128 PUBLIC LAW 104-333 —NOV. 12, 1996 (5) the private use of the lands the United States will convey to Weyerhaeuser will not conflict with established management objectives on adjacent Federal lands; (6) the lands the United States will convey to Weyerhaeuser as part of the exchange described in paragraph (1) do not contain comparable fish, wildlife, or wetland values; (7) the values of all lands, mineral interests, and oil and gas interests to be exchanged between the United States and Weyerhaeuser are approximately equal in value; and (8) the exchange of lands, mineral interests, and oil and gas interests between Weyerhaeuser and the United States is in the public interest. (b) PURPOSE,—The purpose of this section is to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, subject to the terms of this title, to complete, as expeditiously as possible, an exchange of lands, mineral interests, and oil and gas interests with Weyerhaeuser that will provide environmental, land management, recreational, and economic benefits to the States of Arkansas and Oklahoma and to the United States. (c) DEFINITIONS.— As used in this section: (1) LAND.— The terms "land" or "lands" mean the surface estate and any other interests therein except for mineral interests and oil and gas interests. (2) MINERAL INTERESTS. —The term "mineral interests" means geothermal steam and heat and all metals, ores, and minerals of any nature whatsoever, except oil and gas interests, in or upon lands subject to this title including, but not limited to, coal, lignite, peat, rock, sand, gravel, and quartz. (3) OIL AND GAS INTERESTS. — The term "oil and gas interests" means all oil and gas of any nature, including carbon dioxide, helium, and gas taken from coal seams (collectively "oil and gas"). (4) SECRETARIES. — The term "Secretaries" means the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture. (5) WEYERHAEUSER. —The term "Weyerhaeuser" means Weyerhaeuser Company, a company incorporated in the State of Washington. (d) EXCHANGE OF LANDS AND MINERAL INTEREST. — (1) IN GENERAL.— Subject to psiragraph (2) and notwithstanding any other provision of law, within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey to Weyerhaeuser, subject to any valid existing rights, approximately 20,000 acres of Federal lands and mineral interests in the State of Arkansas and approximately 28,000 acres of Federal lands and mineral interests in the State of Oklahoma as depicted on maps entitled "Arkansas-Oklahoma Land Exchange—Federal Arkansas and Oklahoma Lands," dated February 1996 and available for public inspection in appropriate offices of the Secretaries. (2) OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE OF LANDS. — The Secretary of Agriculture shall make the conveyance to Weyerhaeuser if Weyerhaeuser conveys deeds of title to the United States, subject to limitations and the reservation described in subsection (e) and which are acceptable to and approved by the Secretary of Agriculture to the following— (A) approximately 115,000 acres of lands and mineral interests in the State of Oklahoma, as depicted on a map