Volume 100 · 3520
Public Law 99–632
To provide for the transfer of certain lands in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes.
Approved November 7, 1986
Statutory text
An Act
To provide for the transfer of certain lands in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to convey, without consideration except for administrative costs associated with the preparation of title and legal description, to the Town of Payson, Arizona, a parcel of land comprising approximately 30.96 acres, known as North Rumsey Park, in the Town of Payson, County of Gila, Arizona.
Sec. 2.
Title to any real property acquired by the Town of Payson pursuant to this Act shall revert to the United States if the town attempts to convey or otherwise transfer ownership of any portion of such property to any other party or attempts to encumber such title, or if the town permits the use of any portion of such property for any purpose incompatible with the purposes specified in section 3 of this Act.
Sec. 3.
Real property conveyed to the Town of Payson pursuant to this Act be used for public open space, park and recreational purposes.
Sec. 4.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management, is authorized and directed to transfer title to certain land in Arizona in accordance with the terms of the Memorandum of Agreement Regarding the Disposal of Federal Lands at Lake Havasu City among the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, the Arizona State Land Department, the Arizona State Parks Board and Lake Havasu City, dated November 25, 1985. The transfer of title to land along the shoreline of Lake Havasu shall be to elevation 450 feet above sea level: Provided, That the United States shall reserve unto itself the right to maintain the shoreline and to flood up to elevation 455 feet above sea level.
The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to process an application by the County of Santa Cruz, Arizona,
43 USC 869 note.
pursuant to the Recreation and Public Purposes Act for the following described lands: Provided, That the processing shall be in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding among the United States Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management and Santa Cruz County, dated September 17, 1986: S½NW¼ Section 5, and Lots 10 and 11, Section 6, T. 24 S., R. 14 E., G&SM. Executive Order No. 1398, dated August 15, 1911, which temporarily withdrew the above described land for use by the United States Forest Service for administrative purposes, is hereby revoked in its entirety, effective on the date of patent of the above described lands pursuant to the Recreation and Public Purposes Act to the County of Santa Cruz, Arizona.
Sec. 5.
Section 205 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1715(c)) is amended—
in the first sentence of subsection (c) by striking out “Lands and interests” and inserting in lieu thereof “Except as provided in subsection (e), lands and interests”; and
by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:
“(e) Lands acquired by the Secretary pursuant to this section or section 206 in exchange for lands which were revested in the United
States pursuant to the provisions of the Act of June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218) or reconveyed to the United States pursuant to the provisions of the Act of February 26, 1919 (40 Stat. 1179), shall be considered for
all purposes to have the same status as, and shall be administered in accordance with the same provisions of law applicable to, the revested or reconveyed lands exchanged for the lands acquired by the Secretary.”.
Sec. 6.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior, if he determines it necessary and appropriate for the purpose of consummating an exchange of lands or interests therein under applicable law, is hereby authorized and directed to revoke the withdrawal under the First Form by Order of the Secretary of the Interior dated December 14, 1904, and as interpreted by Order of Interpretation of the Secretary of the Interior dated May 19, 1964, insofar as said withdrawal applies to Section 31 (Lots 1,2,3, W½E½, E½NW¼, SE¼SE¼) T. 5 N., R. 7 E., Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona.
Sec. 7.
Notwithstanding any provision of law or order based
Idaho.
thereon, the Secretary of the Interior, at the request of the Secretary of Agriculture, is authorized to take such actions (including but not limited to the revocation of withdrawals and the issuance of patents) as may be necessary to facilitate and consummate a land exchange in Idaho known as the Mesa Falls Exchange, as described in a Land Exchange Notice by the Department of Agriculture published in the Post-Register newspaper published in Idaho Falls, Idaho on November 12, 1985 (p. B–5), if the Secretary of Agriculture decides to proceed with such exchange.
Approved November 7, 1986.