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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1330

To give the city of Mesquite, Nevada, the right to purchase at fair market

value certain parcels of public land in the city.

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 give the city of Mesquite, Nevada, the right to purchase

at fair market value certain parcels of public land in

the city.

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 OF LAND TO CITY OF MESQUITE,

4 NEVADA.

5 Section 3 of Public Law 99–548 (100 Stat. 3061;

6 110 Stat. 3009–202) is amended by adding at the end

7 the following:

8 ‘‘(e) FIFTH AREA.—

9 ‘‘(1) RIGHT TO PURCHASE.—For a period of 12

10 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the
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1 city of Mesquite, Nevada, shall have the exclusive

2 right to purchase the parcels of public land de3 scribed in paragraph (2).

4 ‘‘(2) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The parcels of pub5 lic land referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:

6 ‘‘(A) In T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo

7 Meridian, Nevada:

8 ‘‘(i) The portion of sec. 27 north of

9 Interstate Route 15.

‘‘(ii) Sec. 28: NE 1⁄4, S 1 10 ⁄2 (except the

11 Interstate Route 15 right-of-way).

‘‘(iii) Sec. 29: E 1⁄2 NE 1⁄4 SE 1 12 ⁄4, SE

1⁄4 SE 1 13 ⁄4.

14 ‘‘(iv) The portion of sec. 30 south of

15 Interstate Route 15.

16 ‘‘(v) The portion of sec. 31 south of

17 Interstate Route 15.

‘‘(vi) Sec. 32: NE 1⁄4 NE 1 18 ⁄4 (except

19 the Interstate Route 15 right-of-way), the

portion of NW 1⁄4 NE 1 20 ⁄4 south of Interstate Route 15, and the portion of W 1 21 ⁄2

22 south of Interstate Route 15.

23 ‘‘(vii) The portion of sec. 33 north of

24 Interstate Route 15.
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1 ‘‘(B) In T. 14 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo

2 Meridian, Nevada:

‘‘(i) Sec. 5: NW 1 3 ⁄4.

‘‘(ii) Sec. 6: N 1 4 ⁄2.

5 ‘‘(C) In T. 13 S., R. 69 E., Mount Diablo

6 Meridian, Nevada:

7 ‘‘(i) The portion of sec. 25 south of

8 Interstate Route 15.

9 ‘‘(ii) The portion of sec. 26 south of

10 Interstate Route 15.

11 ‘‘(iii) The portion of sec. 27 south of

12 Interstate Route 15.

‘‘(iv) Sec. 28: SW 1⁄4 SE 1 13 ⁄4.

‘‘(v) Sec. 33: E 1 14 ⁄2.

15 ‘‘(vi) Sec. 34.

16 ‘‘(vii) Sec. 35.

17 ‘‘(viii) Sec. 36.

18 ‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 10 years

19 after the date of enactment of this subsection, the

20 city shall notify the Secretary which of the parcels

21 of public land described in paragraph (2) the city in22 tends to purchase.

23 ‘‘(4) CONVEYANCE.—Not later than 1 year

24 after receiving notification from the city under para-
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1 graph (3), the Secretary shall convey to the city the

2 land selected for purchase.

3 ‘‘(5) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing

4 rights, until the date that is 12 years after the date

5 of enactment of this subsection, the parcels of public

6 land described in paragraph (2) are withdrawn from

7 all forms of entry and appropriation under the pub8 lic land laws, including the mining laws, and from

9 operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal

10 leasing laws.

11 ‘‘(6) USE OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds of the

12 sale of each parcel—

13 ‘‘(A) shall be deposited in the special ac14 count established under section 4(e)(1)(C) of

15 the Southern Nevada Public Land Management

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

17 ‘‘(B) shall be disposed of by the Secretary

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

19 Stat. 2346).

20 ‘‘(f) SIXTH AREA.—

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after

22 the date of enactment of this subsection, the Sec23 retary shall convey to the city of Mesquite, Nevada,

24 in accordance with section 47125 of title 49, United

25 States Code, up to 2,560 acres of public land to be
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1 selected by the city from among the parcels of land

2 described in paragraph (2).

3 ‘‘(2) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The parcels of land

4 referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:

5 ‘‘(A) In T. 13 S., R. 69 E., Mount Diablo

6 Meridian, Nevada:

7 ‘‘(i) The portion of sec. 28 south of

Interstate Route 15 (except S 1⁄2 SE 1 8 ⁄4).

9 ‘‘(ii) The portion of sec. 29 south of

10 Interstate Route 15.

11 ‘‘(iii) The portion of sec. 30 south of

12 Interstate Route 15.

13 ‘‘(iv) The portion of sec. 31 south of

14 Interstate Route 15.

15 ‘‘(v) Sec. 32.

‘‘(vi) Sec. 33: W 1 16 ⁄2.

17 ‘‘(B) In T. 14 S., R. 69 E., Mount Diablo

18 Meridian, Nevada:

19 ‘‘(i) Sec. 4.

20 ‘‘(ii) Sec. 5.

21 ‘‘(iii) Sec. 6.

22 ‘‘(iv) Sec. 8.

23 ‘‘(C) In T. 14 S., R. 68 E., Mount Diablo

24 Meridian, Nevada:

25 ‘‘(i) Sec. 1.
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1 ‘‘(ii) Sec. 12.

2 ‘‘(3) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing

3 rights, until the date that is 12 years after the date

4 of enactment of this subsection, the parcels of public

5 land described in paragraph (2) are withdrawn from

6 all forms of entry and appropriation under the pub7 lic land laws, including the mining laws, and from

8 operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal

9 leasing laws.’’.

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