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Union Calendar No. 106 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 409 

[Report No. 111–199] 

To provide for the conveyance of certain Bureau of Land Management land 

in the State of Nevada to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 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 

JULY 10, 2009 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 9, 2009] 

A BILL 

To provide for the conveyance of certain Bureau of Land 

Management land in the State of Nevada to the Las 

Vegas Motor Speedway, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

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

4 means the approximately 115 acres of Bureau of 

5 Land Management land identified on the map as 

6 ‘‘Lands identified for Las Vegas Speedway Parking 

7 Lot Expansion’’. 

8 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map ti9 tled ‘‘Las Vegas Speedway Parking Lot Expansion’’, 

10 dated March 6, 2009, and on file in the Office of the 

11 Director of the Bureau of Land Management. 

12 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

13 the Secretary of the Interior. 

14 SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND TO NEVADA 

15 SPEEDWAY. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—If Nevada Speedway, LLC, submits 

17 to the Secretary an offer to acquire the Federal land for 

18 the appraised value, notwithstanding the land use planning 

19 requirements of section 202 and 203 of the Federal Land 

20 Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712, 

21 1713), the Secretary shall convey to Nevada Speedway, 

22 LLC, all right, title, and interest in and to the Federal 

23 land, subject to valid existing rights. 

24 (b) APPRAISAL.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

3 complete an appraisal of the Federal land. 

4 (2) APPLICABLE LAW.—The appraisal under 

5 paragraph (1) shall be conducted in accordance 

6 with— 

7 (A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 

8 Federal Land Acquisitions; and 

9 (B) the Uniform Standards of Professional 

10 Appraisal Practice. 

11 (3) COSTS.—All costs associated with the ap12 praisal required under paragraph (1) shall be paid 

13 by Nevada Speedway, LLC. 

14 (c) PAYMENT OF CONSIDERATION.—As a condition of 

15 the conveyance, Nevada Speedway, LLC, shall pay to the 

16 Secretary an amount equal to the appraised value of the 

17 Federal land, as determined under subsection (b). 

18 (d) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—As a condition of the 

19 conveyance, any costs of the conveyance under subsection 

20 (a) shall be paid by Nevada Speedway, LLC. 

21 (e) REVERSION.—If Nevada Speedway, LLC, or any 

22 subsequent owner of the Federal land conveyed under sub23 section (a), uses the Federal land for purposes other than 

24 a parking lot for the Nevada Speedway, all right, title, and 

25 interest in and to the land (and any improvements to the 


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1 land) shall revert to the United States at the discretion of 

2 the Secretary. 

3 (f) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—The Secretary shall 

4 deposit the proceeds from the conveyance of Federal land 

5 under subsection (a) in the Federal Land Disposal Account 

6 established under section 206(a) of the Federal Land Trans7 action Facilitation Act (43 U.S.C. 2305(a)). 

8 (g) COMPLIANCE.—Except as otherwise provided in 

9 this Act, the conveyance authorized in this section shall be 

10 carried out in compliance with all laws and regulations ap11 plicable to the conveyance of Federal land. 

12 SEC. 3. WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LAND. 

13 (a) WITHDRAWAL.—Except as provided in section 2(a) 

14 and subject to valid existing rights, the Federal land is 

15 withdrawn from— 

16 (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis17 posal under the public land laws; 

18 (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 

19 laws; and 

20 (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 

21 materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 

22 (b) TERMINATION.—If two years after the date of the 

23 enactment of this Act, the conveyance authorized under sec24 tion 2 has not been executed, the withdrawal under sub25 section (a) shall have no force or effect. 


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1 SEC. 4. SUNSET. 

2 The authority provided to the Secretary under this Act 

3 shall terminate 5 years after the date of the enactment of 

4 this Act. 


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Union Calendar No. 106 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 409 

[Report No. 111–199] 

A BILL 

To provide for the conveyance of certain Bureau of 

purposes. to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and for other Land Management land in the State of Nevada 

JULY 10, 2009 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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