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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 408 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 9, 2009 

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

Committee on 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) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

4 of Nevada. 

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

6 Area’’ means the approximately 502 acres of Fed7 eral land located in Henderson, Nevada, and identi8 fied as ‘‘Limited Transition Area’’ on the map enti9 tled ‘‘Southern Nevada Limited Transition Area 

10 Act’’ and dated March 20, 2006. 

11 SEC. 3. SOUTHERN NEVADA LIMITED TRANSITION AREA. 

12 (a) CONVEYANCE.—Notwithstanding the Federal 

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

14 1701 et seq.), on request of the City, the Secretary shall, 

15 without consideration and subject to all valid existing 

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

17 the United States in and to the Transition Area. 

18 (b) USE OF LAND FOR NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOP19 MENT.— 

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

21 City under subsection (a), the City may sell, lease, 

22 or otherwise convey any portion or portions of the 

23 Transition Area for purposes of nonresidential devel24 opment. 

25 (2) METHOD OF SALE.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The sale, lease, or con2 veyance of land under paragraph (1) shall be 

3 through a competitive bidding process. 

4 (B) FAIR MARKET VALUE.—Any land sold, 

5 leased, or otherwise conveyed under paragraph 

6 (1) shall be for not less than fair market value. 

7 (3) COMPLIANCE WITH CHARTER.—Except as 

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

9 sell, lease, or otherwise convey parcels within the 

10 Transition Area only in accordance with the proce11 dures for conveyances established in the City Char12 ter. 

13 (4) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—The gross 

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

15 shall be distributed in accordance with section 4(e) 

16 of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management 

17 Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2345). 

18 (c) USE OF LAND FOR RECREATION OR OTHER PUB19 LIC PURPOSES.—The City may elect to retain parcels in 

20 the Transition Area for public recreation or other public 

21 purposes consistent with the Act of June 14, 1926 (com22 monly known as the ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes 

23 Act’’) (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.) by providing to the Sec24 retary written notice of the election. 


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1 (d) NOISE COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—The 

2 City shall— 

3 (1) plan and manage the Transition Area in ac4 cordance with section 47504 of title 49, United 

5 States Code (relating to airport noise compatibility 

6 planning), and regulations promulgated in accord7 ance with that section; and 

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

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

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

11 limitation to require uses compatible with that air12 port noise compatibility planning. 

13 (e) REVERSION.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—If any parcel of land in the 

15 Transition Area is not conveyed for nonresidential 

16 development under this Act or reserved for recre17 ation or other public purposes under subsection (c) 

18 by the date that 20 years after the date of enact19 ment of this Act, the parcel of land shall, at the dis20 cretion of the Secretary, revert to the United States. 

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

22 parcel of land within the Transition Area in a man23 ner that is inconsistent with the uses specified in 

24 this section— 


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1 (A) at the discretion of the Secretary, the 

2 parcel shall revert to the United States; or 

3 (B) if the Secretary does not make an elec4 tion under paragraph (1), the City shall sell the 

5 parcel of land in accordance with this section. 

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