Lake Winnibigoshish Land Exchange Act of 2025

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                                                       Calendar No. 218
119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 197

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 22, 2025

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
                        Nutrition, and Forestry

                            October 27, 2025

               Reported by Mr. Boozman, without amendment

                                 AN ACT

 
    To provide for a land exchange in the Chippewa National Forest, 
                   Minnesota, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lake Winnibigoshish Land Exchange 
Act of 2025''.

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 approximately 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;
            (2) convey to BWLT all right, title, and interest of the 
        United States in and to the Federal land, excepting and 
        reserving an easement for road access to National Forest System 
        land west of the Federal Parcel; and
            (3) accept from BWLT all right, title, and interest of BWLT 
        in and to the non-Federal land.
    (b) Requirements.--The exchange under subsection (a) shall be--
            (1) conditioned on title approval for the non-Federal land 
        by the Secretary in accordance with subsection (e);
            (2) conditioned on a cash equalization payment made by BWLT 
        to the United States in accordance with subsection (c) if, 
        under the appraisals conducted in accordance with this Act, it 
        is determined that the value of the Federal land exceeds the 
        value of the non-Federal land;
            (3) conditioned on the satisfactory comple…