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118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-665
LAKE WINNIBIGOSHISH LAND EXCHANGE ACT OF 2024
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 1657]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1657) to provide for a land exchange in the Chippewa Na-
tional Forest, Minnesota, and for other purposes, having considered
the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Lake Winnibigoshish Land Exchange Act of 2024.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) BWLT.-The term BWLT means Big Winnie Land and Timber, LLC, a
Minnesota Limited Liability Corporation.
(2) MAP.-The term Map means the map entitled Heig Land Exchange
and dated December 14, 2023.
(3) FEDERAL LAND.-The term Federal land means the approximately 17.5
acres of Federal land in Itasca County, Minnesota, generally depicted as the
Federal Parcel on the Map.
(4) NON-FEDERAL LAND.-The term non-Federal land means the approxi-
mately 36.7 acres of non-Federal land in Itasca County, Minnesota, generally
depicted as the Non-Federal Parcel on the Map.
(5) SECRETARY.-The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture,
acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.
SEC. 3. EXCHANGE OF LAND.
(a) EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED.-Subject to the provisions of this Act, if BWLT offers
to convey the non-Federal land to the United States, the Secretary shall, not later
than 1 year after the date on which such offer is made-
(1) accept the offer;
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