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 PUBLIC LAW 106-291—OCT. 11, 2000 114 STAT. 999 (c) PERMANENT CLOSURE. —For the purposes of subsection (a), an aircraft landing strip shall be considered to be closed permanently if the intended duration of the closure is more than 180 days in any calendar year. SEC. 346. COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE NATIONAL SCENIC AREA. (a) LAND ACQUISITION.— Section 9 of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act (16 U.S.C. 544g) is amended: (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (g); and (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following: "(e) APPRAISALS. — "(1) DEFINITION OF LANDOWNER. — In this subsection, the term 'landowner' means the owner of legal or equitable title as of September 1, 2000. "(2) APPRAISAL STANDARDS.— Except as provided in paragraph (3), land acquired or conveyed by purchase or exchange under this section shall be appraised in conformity with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions. "(3) SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS.— "(A) BEFORE APRIL i, 2001. — Land within a special management area for which the landowner, before April 1, 2001, makes a written bona fide offer to convey to the Secretary for fair market value shall be appraised— "(i) without regard to the effect of any zoning or land use restriction made in response to this Act; but "(ii) subject to any other current zoning or land use restriction imposed by the State or locality in which the land is located on the date of the offer. "(B) ON OR AFTER APRIL 1, 2001. — Land within a special management area for which the landowner, on or after April 1, 2001, makes a written bona fide offer to convey to the Secretary for fair market value shall be appraised subject to— "(i) any zoning or land use restriction made in response to this Act; and "(ii) any other current zoning or land use restriction that applies to the land on the date of the offer. " (f) AUTHORIZATION FOR CERTAIN LAND EXCHANGES.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —To facilitate priority land exchanges through which land within the boundaries of the White Salmon Wild and Scenic River or within the scenic area is conveyed to the United States, the Secretary may accept title to such land as the Secretary determines to be appropriate within the States, regardless of the State in which the land conveyed by the Secretary in exchange is located, in accordance with land exchange authorities available to the Secretary under applicable law. "(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR LAND CERTAIN EXCHANGES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law— "(A) any exchange described in paragraph (1) for which an agreement to initiate has been executed as of September 30, 2000, shall continue; and "(B) any timber stumpage proceeds collected under the exchange shall be retained by the Forest Service to complete the exchange.", (b) ADMINISTRATION OF SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS. —Section 8(0) of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act (16 U.S.C. 544f) is amended—

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