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S. Rept. 115-52 1 (2017-05-09)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaaie0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION Gp Calendar No. 65 115TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session SENATE 115-52 MOUNT HOOD COOPER SPUR LAND EXCHANGE CLARIFICATION ACT MAY 9, 2017.-Ordered to be printed Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 225] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was referred the bill (S. 225) to amend the Omnibus Public Land Man- agement Act of 2009 to modify provisions relating to certain land exchanges in the Mt. Hood Wilderness in the State of Oregon, hav- ing considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amend- ment and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE The purpose of S. 225 is to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to modify provisions relating to certain land exchanges in the Mt. Hood Wilderness in the State of Oregon. BACKGROUND AND NEED Section 1206 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-11) included authorization for a land ex- change to guide where future development would take place around Mount Hood. The land exchange would allow Federal land in Gov- ernment Camp (120 acres) to be made available for development while protecting the larger parcel of non-Federal land at Cooper Spur (770 acres) under Federal ownership. Although the 2009 authority included language stating that it was the intent of Congress that the exchange be completed within 16 months after the date of enactment, over six years have passed without completion of the exchange. The long delay, which has 69-010