# Plain Language Summary: Pleasant Valley Ranger District Transfer Bill

This bill is about transferring a piece of federal property to a local county. Specifically, it requires the U.S. Department of Agriculture to hand over the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site—basically the office building and grounds where forest rangers work—to Gila County, Arizona. Right now, the federal government owns and operates this facility as part of the national forest system. The bill would change that ownership to the county.

The main practical effect is that Gila County would take control of this administrative site instead of the federal government running it. This means the county would be responsible for maintaining the building, managing the property, and deciding how it's used going forward. The county could potentially use it for their own operations, sell it, or repurpose it for other local needs. For the federal government, it means giving up control of this particular piece of land and the associated costs of maintaining it.

This type of bill is fairly common—Congress occasionally transfers small parcels of federal land to states or counties, usually when local officials believe they can manage the property more efficiently or when it serves local community needs better than federal management. For residents of Gila County, this could mean changes to how the ranger district office operates or where it's located, though the bill itself doesn't specify what the county plans to do with the property once they receive it. The transfer would likely happen at no cost to the county, as the federal government would simply deed the property over.

A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona.

Kelly, Mark

This bill directs the Forest Service to convey specified property to Gila County, Arizona, upon the county's submission of a written request for such conveyance. The property, identified as the Gila County Area, consists of approximately 232.9 acres of National Forest System land located in the Tonto National Forest in Arizona. The conveyance shall be made without consideration. The Forest Service shall not be required to provide any covenant or warranty for the land and improvements conveyed to the county under such conveyance. If any land conveyed under this bill ceases to be used for purposes of serving veterans, all right, title, and interest in and to the land shall revert to the United States.