Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions

Floor Speech

Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I am pleased to cosponsor legislation
introduced by my colleague, Senator Jeff Flake, that would fix a
mapping error involving the transfer of Forest Service land to Young
Life's Lost Canyon Camp in northern Arizona.

The bill, S. 1592, would amend the Northern Arizona Land Exchange and
Verde River Basin Partnership Act of 2005, P.L. 109-110, to clarify
that Congress intended that Young Life could purchase at fair market
value a full 237.5 acres of national forest land in the Kaibab National
Forest as Congress intended. The Forest Service says there is an error
in the Forest Service map referenced in the 2005 Act that has omitted
about 25 acres from the land conveyance. This error appears to be
preventing the Forest Service and Young Life from finalizing the
transfer. Each year, nearly 5,000 young campers spend their summer at
the Lost Canyon Camp, and this land conveyance is needed to expand the
camp and create a buffer zone around the camp. I urge my colleagues to
pass this clarifying legislation.

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