US Congress Senate Bill 280 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 2 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-05-09 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 58.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Crags, Colorado Land Exchange Act (Sec. 4) This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA), if the Broadmoor Hotel, Inc., (BHI) offers to convey to the USDA 320 acres of specified nonfederal land in the Pike National Forest in Teller County, Colorado, and a permanent trail easement for the Barr Trail in El Paso County, Colorado, to accept the offer and convey to BHI 83 acres of specified federal land within the Forest, together with a nonexclusive perpetual access easement for BHI to and from such land on Forest Service Road 371. The nonexclusive perpetual access easement granted to BHI shall allow: (1) BHI to fully maintain, at its own expense, and use Forest Service Road 371 from its junction with Forest Service Road 368 in accordance with historic BHI use and maintenance patterns; and (2) full and continued public and administrative access and use of FSR 371 in accordance with the existing Forest Service travel management plan, or as it may be revised by USDA. (Sec. 5) The USDA shall determine the values of the lands to be exchanged through appraisals following specified requirements. The values shall be equal, or if they are not equal, equalized as prescribed by this bill. The Barr Trail easement donation shall not be appraised for purposes of this bill. (Sec. 6) The land acquired by the USDA under this bill shall become part of the Pike-San Isabel National Forest. It is the intent of Congress that the land exchange directed by this bill be completed within one year of this bill's enactment.

Crags, Colorado Land Exchange Act

Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]

Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-09	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 58.
2017-05-09	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-45.
2017-03-30	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2017-02-02	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB618 (Related) 2017-05-09 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 69.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/280/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s280/BILLS-115s280is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s280/BILLS-115s280rs.pdf