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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 253 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to the Edward 

H. McDaniel American Legion Post No. 22 in Pahrump, Nevada, for 

the construction of a post building and memorial park for use by the 

American Legion, other veterans’ groups, and the local community. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 1, 2005 

Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. ENSIGN) 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 the Edward H. McDaniel American Legion Post 

No. 22 in Pahrump, Nevada, for the construction of 

a post building and memorial park for use by the American Legion, other veterans’ groups, and the local community. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Edward H. McDaniel 

5 American Legion Post No. 22 Land Conveyance Act’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) POST NO. 22.—The term ‘‘Post No. 22’’ 

4 means the Edward H. McDaniel American Legion 

5 Post No. 22 in Pahrump, Nevada. 

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

7 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di8 rector of the Bureau of Land Management. 

9 SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO EDWARD H. MCDANIEL 

10 AMERICAN LEGION POST NO. 22. 

11 (a) CONVEYANCE ON CONDITION SUBSEQUENT.— 

12 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 

13 this Act, subject to valid existing rights and the condition 

14 stated in subsection (c) and in accordance with the Act 

15 of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the ‘‘Recreation 

16 and Public Purposes Act’’) (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.), the 

17 Secretary shall convey to Post No. 22, for no consider18 ation, all right, title, and interest of the United States in 

19 and to the parcel of land described in subsection (b). 

20 (b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The parcel of land re21 ferred to in subsection (b) is the parcel of Bureau of Land 

22 Management land that— 

23 (1) is bounded by Route 160, Bride Street, and 

24 Dandelion Road in Nye County, Nevada; 

25 (2) consists of approximately 4.5 acres of land; 

26 and 
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1 (3) is more particularly described as a portion 

of the S 1 2 ⁄4 of section 29, T. 20 S., R. 54 E., Mount 

3 Diablo and Base Meridian. 

4 (c) CONDITION ON USE OF LAND.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Post No. 22 and any succes6 sors of Post No. 22 shall use the parcel of land de7 scribed in section (b) for the construction and oper8 ation of a post building and memorial park for use 

9 by Post No. 22, other veterans groups, and the local 

10 community for events and activities. 

11 (2) REVERSION.—Except as provided in para12 graph (3), if the Secretary, after notice to Post No. 

13 22 and an opportunity for a hearing, makes a find14 ing that Post No. 22 has used or permitted the use 

15 of the parcel for any purpose other than the purpose 

16 specified in paragraph (1) and Post No. 22 fails to 

17 discontinue that use, title to the parcel shall revert 

18 to the United States, to be administered by the Sec19 retary. 

20 (3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the re21 quirements of paragraph (2) if the Secretary deter22 mines that a waiver would be in the best interests 

23 of the United States. 

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