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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3050

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

AUGUST 9 (legislative day, AUGUST 8), 1994

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural

Resources

AN ACT

To expand the boundaries of 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. BOUNDARY EXPANSION.

4 Section 3(a)(2) of the Red Rock Canyon National

5 Conservation Area Establishment Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C.

6 460ccc–1(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(2) The conservation area shall consist of approxi2 mately 195,610 acres as generally depicted on a map enti3 tled ‘Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area—Pro4 posed Expansion’, numbered NV–RRCNCA–002, and

5 dated July 1994.’’.

6 SEC. 2. OTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE RED ROCK CANYON

7 NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA ESTABLISH8 MENT ACT OF 1990.

9 (a) DEADLINE FOR MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Section

10 5(a)(1) of the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation

11 Area Establishment Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 460ccc–

12 3(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘Within 3 full fiscal years

13 following the fiscal year in which the date of enactment

14 of this Act occurs,’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘No later

15 than January 1, 1997,’’.

16 (b) EXCHANGE AUTHORITY.—Section 7 of the Red

17 Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Establishment

18 Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 460ccc–5) is amended—

19 (1) by striking ‘‘Except as specifically author20 ized’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘(a) Except as

21 specifically authorized’’; and

22 (2) by adding at the end thereof a new sub23 section, as follows:

24 ‘‘(b) The Secretary may transfer to the owner of the

25 Old Nevada recreation facility the approximately 20 acres
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1 of Federal lands within the conservation area which, on

2 March 1, 1994, were used to provide parking for visitors

3 to such facility, in exchange for lands of equal or greater

4 value within the conservation area acceptable to the Sec5 retary.’’.

6 (c) PRIORITY DATES.—Section 10(b) of the Red

7 Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Establishment

8 Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 460ccc–8(b)) is amended by strik9 ing ‘‘Act.’’ and by inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Act, except

10 that as related to rights associated with lands added to

11 the conservation area after such date, the priority date

12 shall be the date of enactment of the Act adding such

13 lands to the conservation area.’’.

14 SEC. 3. POTENTIAL CONSERVATION LANDS.

15 (a) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights,

16 the lands identified in subsection (b) are hereby withdrawn

17 from all forms of entry under the public land laws, includ18 ing the mining laws, and from operation of the mineral

19 and geothermal leasing laws: Provided, That nothing in

20 this subsection shall limit the issuance of any necessary

21 licenses or public land rights-of-way for any hydroelectric

22 project involving such lands.

23 (b) LANDS.—The lands referred to in subsection (a)

24 are the approximately 1,280 acres of public lands as gen25 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Potential Conserva-
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1 tion Lands: Possible Hydroelectric Project’’ dated July,

2 1994.

3 (c) FUTURE STATUS.—(1) Effective on the date 5

4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the lands

5 described in subsection (b) shall be added to the Red Rock

6 Canyon National Conservation Area unless before such ef7 fective date all necessary licenses and public land rights8 of-way have been issued for a hydroelectric project involv9 ing some or all of such lands.

10 (2) For purposes of section 10(b) of the Red Rock

11 Canyon National Conservation Area Establishment Act of

12 1990, as amended by this Act, the date on which the lands

13 identified in subsection (b) of this section are added to

14 the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area shall

15 be deemed to be the date of enactment of an Act adding

16 such lands to the conservation area.

17 SEC. 4. AUSTIN, NEVADA MUSEUM.

18 (a) LANDS.—The Austin Historic Mining District

19 Historical Society (hereafter referred to as ‘‘the Historical

20 Society’’) shall be permitted to use the lands located in

21 Austin, Nevada, identified as township 19 North, range

22 44 East, section 19, block 38, lots 1 through 16, assessor’s

23 parcel number 01–147–01, amounting to approximately

24 0.59 acres, in accordance with the requirements of this

25 section.
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1 (b) USES.—The Historical Society’s use of the lands

2 identified in subsection (a) shall be subject to the require3 ments of this section and shall be limited to use for a mu4 seum or other facility to illustrate the history of the Austin

5 Historic Mining District.

6 (c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—(1) The Secretary of

7 Agriculture shall permit the Historical Society to use the

8 lands identified in subsection (a) for a period of 20 years

9 after the date of enactment of this Act. After such period,

10 the Historical Society may continue to use such lands, at

11 the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture.

12 (2) During the period of 20 years after the date of

13 the enactment of this Act, the Historical Society, if it

14 elects to use the lands identified in subsection (a), shall

15 pay to the Secretary of Agriculture, on behalf of the Unit16 ed States, an annual rental of $100.

17 (3) If the Secretary of Agriculture permits continued

18 use of the lands identified in subsection (a) after the end

19 of the period of 20 years after the date of enactment of

20 this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall require pay21 ment of such annual rental as the Secretary determines

22 reasonable.

23 (4) At all times that the lands identified in subsection

24 (a) are used by the Historical Society, the Historical Soci25 ety shall be solely responsible for all necessary mainte-
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1 nance and repairs of all structures and improvements on

2 such lands and for all necessary payments for utilities or

3 other services.

4 (5) All rentals received by the Secretary of Agri5 culture under this section shall be deemed to have been

6 deposited with such Secretary pursuant to the Act of De7 cember 4, 1967 (16 U.S.C. 484a).

Passed the House of Representatives August 8,

1994.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.