100 STAT. 4288
Indians.
PUBLIC LAW 99-663—NOV. 17, 1986
(B) are located in counties with land use ordinances in which the Secretary has concurred pursuant to section 8 of this Act, unless such lands are being used, or are in imminent danger of being used, in a manner incompatible with such ordinances; (C) are within the boundaries of the Dodson/Warrendale Special Purchase Unit; or ' (D) are owned by an Indian tribe, held in trust by the United States for an Indian tribe or member of an Indian tribe, or otherwise administered by the United States for the benefit of an Indian tribe or member of an Indian tribe. (c) HARDSHIP CASES.—In exercising authority to acquire lands pursuant to this section the Secretary shall give prompt and careful consideration to any offer made by any person or entity owning any land, or interest in land, within the boundaries of a special management area. In considering such offer, the Secretary shall take into consideration any hardship to the owner which might result from any undue delay in acquiring the property. (d) LAND EXCHANGES.—(1) The Secretary is authorized and di-
Forests and forest products.
Reports.
Forests and forest products.
Public lands.
rected, in conformance with the provisions of this subsection, to acquire by exchange any parcel of unimproved forest land at least forty acres in size within the boundaries of the special management areas which is owned by any private forest land owner if, after enactment of this Act but within one hundred and eighty days after final adoption of the management plan, such private forest land owner offers to the United States such parcel of forest land. (2) In exercising this authority to acquire forest lands pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary may accept title to such lands and convey to the owner federally owned lands deemed appropriate by the Secretary within the States of Oregon and Washington, regardless of the State in which the transferred lands are located. Forest lands exchanged pursuant to this subsection shall be of approximately equal value: Provided, That the Secretary may accept cash from or pay cash to the grantor in such an exchange in order to equalize minor differences in the values of the properties exchanged: Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve in any conveyance pursuant to this subsection such easements, subsurface rights, and any other interests in land deemed necessary or desirable: Provided further. That the valuation of lands exchanged shall be determined in terms of forest uses for timber. (3) It is the intention of Congress that land exchanges pursuant to this subsection shall be completed no later than five years after the date of enactment of this Act. No later than sixty days after the enactment of this Act, and every one hundred and eighty days thereafter, the Secretary shall report in writing to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committees on Agriculture and Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives, on the status of negotiations with owners of non-Federal lands to effect the exchanges authorized by this subsection. (4) In the event that exchanges authorized by this section leave any private forest land owner with ownership of an uneconomic remnant of forest land contiguous to a special management area, the Secretary is authorized to acquire such forest lands as if they were within the boundaries of a special management area. (5) The following-described Federal lands and interests therein are hereby identified as candidate lands for exchanges conducted pursu-
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