S. 555: Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District Land Exchange Act of 2009

111th Congress · introduced 2009-03-10 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 281.

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Where it came from: introduced 2009-03-10 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 281. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District Land Exchange Act of 2009

Plain summary

Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District Land Exchange Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, if the Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District of Boulder, Colorado, offers to convey specified non-federal land in unincorporated Boulder County and the offer is acceptable to the Secretary, to accept the offer and, on receipt of acceptable title in and to the non-federal land, to convey federal land in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests in Colorado. Makes provisions relating to the exchange of public lands and interests within the National Forest System under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 applicable to the land exchange authorized by this Act, except that: (1) the Secretary may accept a cash equalization payment in excess of 25% of value of the federal land; and (2) as a condition of the exchange, the District shall pay costs related to land surveys and appraisals of the federal and non-federal land and enter into an agreement with the Secretary that allocates any other administrative costs between the Secretary and the District. Expresses the intent of Congress that the land exchange be completed within one year after enactment of this Act. Allows the Secretary to offer to sell the federal land to the District if the exchange is not completed by that deadline. Permits the Secretary to offer the federal land for sale to the District for its fair market value. Requires amounts received as a result of any cash equalization payment and any sale of the federal land carried out pursuant to this Act to be available for the acquisition of land or interests in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests. Requires the acquired non-federal land to become part of the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests. Revokes any public orders withdrawing the federal land from entry and appropriation under the public land laws to the extent necessary to permit conveyance of the federal land to the District. Withdraws the federal land, unless it is already withdrawn or segregated from entry and appropriation under such laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, until it is conveyed to the District.

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Official text

Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District Land Exchange Act of 2009

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 555, Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District Land Exchange Act of 2009 (2010-01-21); CBO cost estimate: S. 555, Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District Land Exchange Act of 2009 (2010-01-21)

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Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s555.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>

Record fed-us-cong111-s555 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111