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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1056 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the City of Henderson, 

Nevada, certain Federal land located in the City, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 17, 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 to the 

City of Henderson, Nevada, certain Federal land located 

in the City, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Southern Nevada Lim5 ited Transition Area Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the City of 

9 Henderson, Nevada. 
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1 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of the Interior. 

3 (3) SPECIAL ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘Special Ac4 count’’ means the special account established under 

5 section 4(e)(1)(C) of the Southern Nevada Public 

6 Land Management Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2345). 

7 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

8 of Nevada. 

9 (5) TRANSITION AREA.—The term ‘‘Transition 

10 Area’’ means the approximately 547 acres of Fed11 eral land located in Henderson, Nevada, and identi12 fied as ‘‘Limited Transition Area’’ on the map enti13 tled ‘‘Southern Nevada Limited Transition Area 

14 Act’’ and dated November 16, 2004. 

15 SEC. 3. SOUTHERN NEVADA LIMITED TRANSITION AREA. 

16 (a) CONVEYANCE.—Notwithstanding the Federal 

17 Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 

18 1701 et seq.), on request of the City, the Secretary shall, 

19 without consideration and subject to all valid existing 

20 rights, convey to the City all right, title, and interest of 

21 the United States in and to the Transition Area. 

22 (b) USE OF LAND FOR NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOP23 MENT.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—After the conveyance to the 

25 City under subsection (a), the City may sell any por-
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1 tion or portions of the Transition Area for purposes 

2 of nonresidential development. 

3 (2) METHOD OFSALE.—The sale of land under 

4 paragraph (1) shall be— 

5 (A) through a competitive bidding process; 

6 and 

7 (B) for not less than fair market value. 

8 (3) COMPLIANCE WITH CHARTER.—Except as 

9 provided in paragraphs (2) and (4), the City may 

10 sell parcels within the Transition Area only in ac11 cordance with the procedures for conveyances estab12 lished in the City Charter. 

13 (4) DISPOSITION OFPROCEEDS.—Of the gross 

14 proceeds from the sale of land under paragraph (1), 

15 the City shall— 

16 (A) deposit 85 percent in the Special Ac17 count; 

18 (B) retain 10 percent as compensation for 

19 the costs incurred by the City— 

20 (i) in carrying out land sales under 

21 paragraph (1); and 

22 (ii) for the provision of public infra23 structure to serve the Transition Area, in24 cluding planning, engineering, surveying, 
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1 and subdividing the Transition Area for 

2 nonresidential development; and 

3 (C) pay 5 percent to the State for use in 

4 the general education program of the State. 

5 (c) USE OF LAND FOR RECREATION OR OTHER PUB6 LIC PURPOSES.—The City may elect to retain parcels in 

7 the Transition Area for public recreation or other public 

8 purposes consistent with the Act of June 14, 1926 (com9 monly known as the ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes 

10 Act’’) (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.) by providing to the Sec11 retary written notice of the election. 

12 (d) NOISE COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—The 

13 City shall— 

14 (1) plan and manage the Transition Area in ac15 cordance with section 47504 of title 49, United 

16 States Code (relating to airport noise compatibility 

17 planning), and regulations promulgated in accord18 ance with that section; and 

19 (2) agree that if any land in the Transition 

20 Area is sold, leased, or otherwise conveyed by the 

21 City, the sale, lease, or conveyance shall contain a 

22 limitation to require uses compatible with that air23 port noise compatibility planning. 

24 (e) REVERSION.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—If any parcel of land in the 

2 Transition Area is not conveyed for nonresidential 

3 development under this Act or reserved for recre4 ation or other public purposes under subsection (c) 

5 within 20 years after the date of the enactment of 

6 this Act, the parcel of land shall, if determined to 

7 be appropriate by the Secretary, revert to the United 

8 States. 

9 (2) INCONSISTENT USE.—If the City uses any 

10 parcel of land within the Transition Area in a man11 ner that is inconsistent with the uses specified in 

12 this section— 

13 (A) at the election of the Secretary, the 

14 parcel shall revert to the United States; or 

15 (B) if the Secretary does not make an elec16 tion under paragraph (1), the City shall sell the 

17 parcel of land in accordance with subsection 

18 (b)(2). 

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