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Calendar No. 120 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 609 

[Report No. 113–66] 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land 

in San Juan County, New Mexico, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 19, 2013 

Mr. UDALL of New Mexico (for himself and Mr. HEINRICH) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

JUNE 27, 2013 

Reported by Mr. WYDEN, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 

Federal land in San Juan County, New Mexico, 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 ‘‘San Juan County Fed5 eral Land Conveyance Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 

4 means the approximately 19 acres of Federal land 

5 Federal surface estate generally depicted as ‘‘Lands 

6 Authorized for Conveyance’’ on the map. 

7 (2) LANDOWNER.—The term ‘‘landowner’’ 

8 means the plaintiffs in the case styled Blancett v. 

9 United States Department of the Interior, et al., No. 

10 10–cv–00254–JAP–KBM, United States District 

11 Court for the District of New Mexico. 

12 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en13 titled ‘‘San Juan County Land Conveyance’’ and 

14 dated June 20, 2012. 

15 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

16 the Secretary of the Interior. 

17 (5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

18 of New Mexico. 

19 SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND IN SAN 

20 JUAN COUNTY, NEW MEXICO. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—On request of the landowner, the 

22 Secretary shall, under such terms and conditions as the 

23 Secretary may prescribe and subject to valid existing 

24 rights, convey to the landowner all right, title, and interest 

25 of the United States in and to any portion of the Federal 


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1 land (including any improvements or appurtenances to the 

2 Federal land) by sale. 

3 (b) SURVEY; ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— 

4 (1) SURVEY.—The exact acreage and legal de5 scription of the Federal land to be conveyed under 

6 subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey ap7 proved by the Secretary. 

8 (2) COSTS.—The administrative costs associ9 ated with the conveyance shall be paid by the land10 owner. 

11 (c) CONSIDERATION.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—As consideration for the con13 veyance of the Federal land under subsection (a), 

14 the landowner shall pay to the Secretary an amount 

15 equal to the fair market value of the Federal land 

16 conveyed, as determined under paragraph (2). 

17 (2) APPRAISAL.—The fair market value of any 

18 Federal land that is conveyed under subsection (a) 

19 shall be determined by an appraisal acceptable to 

20 the Secretary that is performed in accordance 

21 with— 

22 (A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 

23 Federal Land Acquisitions; 

24 (B) the Uniform Standards of Professional 

25 Appraisal Practice; and 


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1 (C) any other applicable law (including 

2 regulations). 

3 (d) DISPOSITION AND USE OF PROCEEDS.— 

4 (1) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—The Sec5 retary shall deposit the proceeds of any conveyance 

6 of Federal land under subsection (a) in a special ac7 count in the Treasury for use in accordance with 

8 paragraph (2). 

9 (2) USE OF PROCEEDS.—Amounts deposited 

10 under paragraph (1) shall be available to the Sec11 retary, without further appropriation and until ex12 pended, for the acquisition of land or interests in 

13 land from willing sellers in the State for resource 

14 protection that is consistent with the purposes for 

15 which the Bald Eagle Area of Critical Environ16 mental Concern in the State was established. 

17 (e) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The 

18 Secretary may require such additional terms and condi19 tions for a conveyance under subsection (a) as the Sec20 retary determines to be appropriate to protect the inter21 ests of the United States. 

22 (f) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, the 

23 Federal land is withdrawn from— 

24 (1) location, entry, and patent under the mining 

25 laws; and 


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1 (2) disposition under all laws relating to min2 eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 


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Calendar No. 120 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 609 

[Report No. 113–66] 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey 

Mexico, and for other purposes. certain Federal land in San Juan County, New 

JUNE 27, 2013 

Reported with amendments 


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