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 114 STAT. 650 PUBLIC LAW 106-257—AUG. 8, 2000 Public Law 106-257 106th Congress An Act Aug. 8, 2000 To provide for the exchange of certain land in the State of Oregon. [S. 1629] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Oregon Land the United States of America in Congress assembled. Exchange Act of 2000. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Oregon Land Exchange Act of 2000". SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that— (1) certain parcels of private land located in northeast Oregon are intermingled with land owned by the United States and administered— (A) by the Secretary of the Interior as part of the Central Oregon Resource Area in the Prineville Bureau of Land Management District and the Baker Resource Area in the Vale Bureau of Land Management District; and (B) by the Secretary of Agriculture as part of the Malheur National Forest, the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, and the Umatilla National Forest; (2) the surface estate of the private land described in paragraph (1) is intermingled with parcels of land that are owned by the United States or contain valuable fisheries and wildlife habitat desired by the United States; (3) the consolidation of land ownerships will facilitate sound and efficient management for both public and private lands; (4) the improvement of management efficiency through the land tenure adjustment program of the Department of the Interior, which disposes of small isolated tracts having low public resource values within larger blocks of contiguous parcels of land, would serve important public objectives, including— (A) the enhancement of public access, aesthetics, and recreation opportunities within or adjacent to designated wild and scenic river corridors; (B) the protection and enhancement of habitat for threatened, endangered, and sensitive species within unified landscapes under Federal management; and (C) the consolidation of holdings of the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service— (i) to facilitate more efficient administration, including a reduction in administrative costs to the United States; and

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