Northeastern Nevada Public Lands Transfer Act

Summary: Northeastern Nevada Public Lands Transfer Act - Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to convey specified lands within the Wendover Air Force Base Auxiliary Field to the City of West Wendover, Nevada, for development for economic and public purposes.  Directs the Secretary to:  (1) make such conveyance without regard to a requirement that property be screened for further Federal use; and (2) complete hazardous material surveys and take any required corrective actions before such conveyance may be carried out. 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, to convey specified lands to the City of Carlin, the City of Wells, and the Town of Jackpot, Nevada. 
Withdraws such lands from operation of U.S. mining and mineral leasing laws.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Northeastern Nevada Public Lands 
Transfer Act''.

SEC. 2. AIR FORCE LAND CONVEYANCE, WENDOVER AIR FORCE BASE AUXILIARY 
              FIELD, NEVADA.

    (a) Conveyance.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act and subject to subsection (c), the 
        Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, without consideration, 
        to the City of West Wendover, Nevada (in this section referred 
        to as the ``City''), all right, title, and interest of the 
        United States in and to the property described in paragraph 
        (2), for purposes of permitting the City to develop the parcels 
        for economic and public purposes.
            (2) Property description.--The property described in this 
        paragraph is the land consisting of approximately 15,093 acres 
        of land, including any improvements, located within the 
        Wendover Air Force Base Auxiliary Field, described as follows: 
        Township 32 North, Range 69 East; Township 32 North, Range 70 
        East; and Township 33 North, Range 70 East; Mount Diablo Base 
        and Meridian, being more particularly described as: All of 
        Section 24 less the United States Alternate Route 93 right-of-
        way and those portions of sections 12 and 13 east of the east 
        right-of-way line of United States Alternate Route 93 in 
        Township 32 North, Range 69 East; all of sections 3, 4, 5, 8, 
        9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and the portions of 
        sections 6 and 7 east of the east right-of-way line of United 
        States Alternate Route 93 in Township 32 North, Range 70 East; 
        all of sections 22, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, and the portions of 
        sections 16, 20, 21, 29, 30, and 31 east of the east right-of-
        way line of United States Alternate Route 93 and the portion of 
        section 15 east of the east right-of-way line of U.S. Alternate 
        Route 93 and south of the south right-of-way line of the Union 
        Pacific Railroad Company right-of-way in Township 33 North, 
        Range 70 East, not including the land comprising the Lower 
        Jim's Mobile Home Park, Scobie Mobile Home Park, Ventura Mobile 
        Home Park, Airport Way, Scobie Drive, or Opal Drive.
    (b) Exception From Screening Requirement.--The Secretary shall make 
the conveyance under subsection (a) without regard to the requirement 
under section 2696 of title 10, United States Code, that the property 
be screened for further Federal use in accordance with the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et 
seq.).
    (c) Hazardous Materials.--
            (1) Survey.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete hazardous 
        material surveys with respect to the property to be conveyed 
        under subsection (a) in order to identify any needed corrective 
        actions that are required with respect to such property.
            (2) Corrective actions.--The Secretary shall take any 
        corrective actions that are identified by the surveys under 
        paragraph (1) as soon as practicable after the surveys.
            (3) Postponement of conveyance.--The Secretary may not 
        carry out the conveyance of any property under subsection (a) 
        that is identified under paragraph (1) as requiring corrective 
        actions until the Secretary completes the corrective actions.
    (d) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal 
description of the real property to be conveyed under subsection (a) 
shall be determined by a survey mutually satisfactory to the Secretary 
and the City. The cost of the survey shall be borne by the City.
    (e) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may require 
such additional terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance 
under subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect 
the interests of the United States.
    (f) Withdrawal.--The public land described in subsection (a) is 
withdrawn from the operation of the mining and mineral leasing laws of 
the United States.

SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PUBLIC LANDS TO THE CITY OF CARLIN, THE 
              CITY OF WELLS, AND THE TOWN OF JACKPOT, NEVADA.

    (a) Conveyance.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Director of the Bureau of Land Management, shall convey without 
consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States, 
subject to all valid existing rights, in and to the property described 
in subsection (b).
    (b) Description of Property.--
            (1) City of carlin, nevada.--The Secretary shall convey to 
        the City of Carlin, Nevada, in accordance with subsection (a) 
        the property consisting of approximately 60 acres located in 
        the SW\1/4\SW\1/4\ and the E\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ of section 22, 
        Township 33 North, Range 52 East, Mount Diablo meridian.
            (2) City of wells, nevada.--The Secretary shall convey to 
        the City of Wells, Nevada, in accordance with subsection (a) 
        the property consisting of approximately 4,767 acres located in 
        the E\1/2\SE\1/4\ of section 1, the W\1/2\ of section 2, the 
        E\1/2\ and the NW\1/4\ of section 3, S\1/2\NW\1/4\ of section 
        4, section 6, the NW\1/4\, the SW\1/4\, and a portion of the 
        SE\1/4\ of section 11, the N\1/2\ of section 12, section 14, 
        the N\1/2\NW\1/4\ of section 16, section 18, the W\1/2\ of 
        section 20, and section 23, all of Township 37 North, Range 62 
        East, Mount Diablo meridian.
            (3) Town of jackpot, nevada.--The Secretary shall convey to 
        the Town of Jackpot, Nevada, the property, consisting of 
        approximately 532 acres located in a portion of the NE\1/
        4\NW\1/4\ and the NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ of section 6, the W\1/2\NW\1/
        4\, the NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and the SW\1/4\SW\1/4\ of section 7, 
        and the NW\1/4\NW\1/4\ of section 18, all of Township 47 North, 
        Range 65 East, Mount Diablo meridian and portions of section 1, 
        portions of section 12, and the NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ of section 13, 
        Township 47 North, Range 64 East, Mount Diablo meridian.
            (4) Surveys.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary may require such 
                surveys as the Secretary considers necessary to 
                determine the exact acreage and legal description of 
                the property to be conveyed under this section.
                    (B) Cost.--The cost of the surveys shall be borne 
                by the City of Carlin, the City of Wells, and the Town 
                of Jackpot, Nevada.
    (c) Additional Terms and Conditions.--In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary may require such additional terms and conditions as the 
Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United 
States.
    (d) Withdrawal.--The public land described in subsection (b) is 
withdrawn from the operation of the mining and mineral leasing laws of 
the United States.