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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1329

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to Nye County,

Nevada, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 1, 1999

Mr. REID introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to

the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain

land to Nye County, Nevada, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE TO NYE COUNTY, NEVADA.

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

5 (1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Nye

6 County, Nevada.

7 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

8 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di9 rector of the Bureau of Land Management.
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1 (b) PARCELS CONVEYED FOR USE OF THE NEVADA

2 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER.—

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—For no consideration and at

4 no other cost to the County, the Secretary shall con5 vey to the County, subject to valid existing rights, all

6 right, title, and interest in and to the parcels of pub7 lic land described in paragraph (2).

8 (2) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The parcels of public

9 land referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:

10 (A) The portion of Sec. 13 north of United

11 States Route 95, T. 15 S. R. 49 E, Mount Dia12 blo Meridian, Nevada.

13 (B) In Sec. 18, T. 15 S., R. 50 E., Mount

14 Diablo Meridian, Nevada:

(i) W 1⁄2 W 1⁄2 NW 1 15 ⁄4.

(ii) The portion of the W 1⁄2 W 1 16 ⁄2 SW

1 17 ⁄4 north of United States Route 95.

18 (3) USE.—

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—The parcels described

20 in paragraph (2) shall be used for the construc21 tion and operation of the Nevada Science and

22 Technology Center as a nonprofit museum and

23 exposition center, and related facilities and ac24 tivities.
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1 (B) REVERSION.—The conveyance of any

2 parcel described in paragraph (2) shall be sub3 ject to reversion to the United States, at the

4 discretion of the Secretary, if the parcel is used

5 for a purpose other than that specified in sub6 paragraph (A).

7 (b) PARCELS CONVEYED FOR OTHER USE FOR A

8 COMMERCIAL PURPOSE.—

9 (1) RIGHT TO PURCHASE.—For a period of 5

10 years beginning on the date of enactment of this

11 Act, the County shall have the exclusive right to

12 purchase the parcels of public land described in

13 paragraph (2) for the fair market value of the par14 cels, as determined by the Secretary.

15 (2) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The parcels of public

16 land referred to in paragraph (1) are the following

17 parcels in Sec. 18, T. 15 S., R. 50 E., Mount Diablo

18 Meridian, Nevada:

(A) E 1⁄2 NW 1 19 ⁄4.

(B)E 1⁄2 W 1⁄2 NW 1 20 ⁄4.

(C) The portion of the E 1⁄2 SW 1 21 ⁄4 north

22 of United States Route 95.

(D) The portion of the E 1⁄2 W 1⁄2 SW 1 23 ⁄4

24 north of United States Route 95.
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(E) The portion of the SE 1 1 ⁄4 north of

2 United States Route 95.

3 (3) USE OF PROCEEDS.—Proceeds of a sale of

4 a parcel described in paragraph (2)—

5 (A) shall be deposited in the special ac6 count established under section 4(e)(1)(C) of

7 the Southern Nevada Public Land Management

8 Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2345); and

9 (B) shall be available to the Secretary as

10 provided in section 4(e)(3) of that Act (112

11 Stat. 2346).

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