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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2728

To authorize the Forest Service to convey certain lands in the Lake Tahoe

Basin to the Washoe County School District for use as an elementary

school site.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 14, 2000

Mr. BRYAN (for himself and Mr. REID) introduced the following bill; which

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural

Resources

A BILL

To authorize the Forest Service to convey certain lands in

the Lake Tahoe Basin to the Washoe County School

District for use as an elementary school site.

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

3 SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN FOREST SERVICE

4 LAND IN THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN.

5 (a) CONVEYANCE.—Upon application, the Secretary

6 of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest

7 Service, may convey to the Washoe County School District

8 all right, title, and interest of the United States in the

9 property described as a portion of the Northwest quarter
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1 of Section 15, Township 16 North, Range 18 East,

2 M.D.B. & M., more particularly described as Parcel 1 of

3 Parcel Map No. 426 for Boise Cascade, filed in the office

4 of the Washoe County Recorder, State of Nevada, on May

5 19, 1977, as file No. 465601, Official Records.

6 (b) REVIEW OF APPLICATION.—When the Secretary

7 receives an application to convey the property under sub8 section (a), the Secretary shall make a final determination

9 whether or not to convey such property before the end of

10 the 180-day period beginning on the date of the receipt

11 of the application.

12 (c) USE; REVERSION.—The conveyance of the prop13 erty under subsection (a) shall be for the sole purpose of

14 the construction of an elementary school on the property.

15 The property conveyed shall revert to the United States

16 if the property is used for a purpose other than as an

17 elementary school site.

18 (d) CONSIDERATION BASED ON REQUIREMENT TO

19 USE FOR LIMITED PUBLIC PURPOSES.—The Secretary

20 shall determine the amount of any consideration required

21 for the conveyance of property under this section based

22 on the fair market value of the property when it is subject

23 to the restriction on use under subsection (c).

24 (e) PROCEEDS.—The proceeds from the conveyance

25 of the property under subsection (a) shall be available to
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1 the Secretary without further appropriation and shall re2 main available until expended for the purpose of acquiring

3 environmentally sensitive land in the Lake Tahoe Basin

4 pursuant to section 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to pro5 vide for the orderly disposal of certain Federal lands in

6 Nevada and for the acquisition of certain other lands in

7 the Lake Tahoe Basin, and for other purposes’’, approved

8 December 23, 1980 (94 Stat. 3381; commonly known as

9 the ‘‘Santini-Burton Act’’).

10 (f) APPLICABLE LAW.—Except as otherwise provided

11 in this section, any sale of National Forest System land

12 under this section shall be subject to the laws (including

13 regulations) applicable to the conveyance of National For14 est System lands.

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