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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5428

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to exercise authority under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 to acquire by exchange certain environmentally sensitive lands for inclusion in the Red

Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 10, 2000

Mr. GIBBONS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Resources

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to exercise authority

under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management

Act of 1998 to acquire by exchange certain environmentally sensitive lands for inclusion in the Red Rock

Canyon National Conservation Area.

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 ‘‘Red Rock Canyon Na5 tional Conservation Area Expansion Act of 2000’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR RED ROCK CANYON

2 NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA.

3 (a) ACQUISITION REQUIREMENT.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte5 rior shall exercise authority under the Southern Ne6 vada Public Land Management Act of 1998 (Public

7 Law 105–263) to acquire for inclusion in the Red

8 Rock Canyon National Conservation Area certain

9 environmentally sensitive lands and interests de10 scribed in subsection (b)(1), by exchange (subject to

11 any valid existing rights) for the lands and interests

12 described in subsection (b)(2).

13 (2) EXCHANGE AGREEMENT.—The Secretary

14 shall, by not later than 60 days after the date of the

15 enactment of this Act—

16 (A) enter with the Corporation into an

17 agreement to initiate an exchange under this

18 section, in accordance with section 2201.1 of

19 title 43, Code of Federal Regulations, as in ef20 fect on the date of the enactment of this Act);

21 or

22 (B) report to the congressional committees

23 the reasons why the Secretary and the Corpora24 tion have not entered into such an exchange

25 agreement.

26 (b) DESCRIPTION OF LANDS TO BE EXCHANGED.—
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1 (1) ACQUIRED LANDS.—The lands and interests

2 to be acquired by the Secretary under subsection (a)

3 are all right, title, and interest of the Howard

4 Hughes Corporation in and to approximately 1,384

5 acres of non-Federal lands in the State of Nevada

6 that are depicted on the map described in subsection

7 (c).

8 (2) CONVEYED LANDS.—The lands and inter9 ests to be conveyed by the Secretary under sub10 section (a) are all right, title, and interest of the

11 United States in and to approximately 1,775 acres

12 of Federal lands in the State of Nevada that are de13 picted on the map described in subsection (c).

14 (3) DETERMINATION OF FEDERAL LANDS AND

15 INTERESTS.—The Secretary shall determine and de16 scribe the Federal lands and interests that are sub17 ject to exchange under this section by not later than

18 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act,

19 using a metes and bounds description to ensure that

20 the boundaries of the exchanged lands conform to

21 natural topography.

22 (c) MAP.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),

24 the map referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) of
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1 subsection (b) is the map entitled ‘‘Summerlin Land

2 Exchange, Exhibit A’’.

3 (2) ADJUSTMENTS TO MAP.—The Secretary

4 may make such minor corrections in the map re5 ferred to in paragraph (1) as may be agreed upon

6 by the Secretary and the Corporation, after the Sec7 retary notifies the congressional committees of such

8 corrections.

9 (3) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Secretary

10 shall make the map referred to in paragraph (1)

11 available for public inspection in the offices of the

12 Director of the Las Vegas District of the Bureau of

13 Land Management.

14 SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF ACQUIRED LANDS IN RED ROCK

15 CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA.

16 (a) INCLUSION AND BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—

17 Upon acquisition of the lands and interests under this Act,

18 the Secretary shall—

19 (1) modify the boundaries of Red Rock Canyon

20 National Conservation Area to include the lands and

21 interest within the national conservation area; and

22 (2) administer the lands and interests as part

23 of Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area in

24 accordance with all applicable laws.
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1 (b) RIGHTS-OF-WAY GRANTS REQUIREMENT NOT

2 AFFECTED.—Inclusion of the lands and interests in the

3 Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area under this

4 section shall not affect the requirement to issue rights5 of-way grants on such lands under section 4(b)(2) of the

6 Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1997

7 (Public Law 105–263).

8 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 8(a)(2) of

9 the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Estab10 lishment Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 460ccc–1) is amended

11 by inserting before the period the following: ‘‘, and such

12 additional areas as are included in the conservation area

13 under the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area

14 Expansion Act of 2000’’.

15 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

16 As used in this Act:

17 (1) CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term

18 ‘‘congressional committees’’ means the Committee

19 on Resources of the House of Representatives and

20 the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of

21 the Senate.

22 (2) CORPORATION.—The term ‘‘Corporation’’

23 means the Howard Hughes Corporation, an affiliate

24 of the Rouse Company (both corporate entities

25 under the laws of the State of Nevada).
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1 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

2 the Secretary of the Interior.

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