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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6344 

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

in Mohave County, Arizona, to qualified entities and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 17, 2016 

Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. 

FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, and Mr. SESSIONS) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 

Federal land in Mohave County, Arizona, to qualified 

entities 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. CONVEYANCES OF COVERED LAND. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

5 (1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Mo6 have County, Arizona. 

7 (2) COVERED LAND.—The term ‘‘covered land’’ 

8 means any Federal land or interest in Federal land 

9 in the County generally depicted on the Map as 


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1 ‘‘BLM (S + M) OMC Unpatented Mining Claims 

2 [4,276 acres]’’. 

3 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en4 titled ‘‘Mineral Park Land Status Map’’ and dated 

5 September 27, 2016. 

6 (4) QUALIFIED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘qualified 

7 entity’’ means, with respect to a portion of covered 

8 land— 

9 (A) the owner of the mining claims, mill10 sites, or tunnel sites on a portion of the covered 

11 land on the date of the enactment of this Act; 

12 (B) the lessee, or other successor in inter13 est of the owner— 

14 (i) with the right of possession of the 

15 mining claims, millsites, or tunnel sites on 

16 the covered land; 

17 (ii) that has paid (or whose agent has 

18 paid) the annual claim maintenance fee or 

19 filed a maintenance fee waiver on or before 

20 September 1, 2016, with the authority or 

21 consent of the owner, for the upcoming as22 sessment year for the mining claims, mill23 sites, or tunnel sites within the exterior 

24 boundary of the portion of covered land, as 

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1 nance fee records of the Bureau of Land 

2 Management as of the date of introduction 

3 of this Act; and 

4 (iii) that has the authority or consent 

5 of the owner to acquire the portion of cov6 ered land; or 

7 (C) a subsequent successor to the interest 

8 of a qualified entity in the covered land that 

9 has the authority or consent of the owner to ac10 quire the portion of covered land. 

11 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

12 the Secretary of the Interior. 

13 (b) LAND CONVEYANCES.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), 

15 notwithstanding the inventory and land use planning 

16 requirements of sections 201 and 202 or the sales 

17 provisions of section 203 of the Federal Land Policy 

18 and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1711, 

19 1712, 1713), not later than 180 days after the date 

20 of the enactment of this Act and subject to valid ex21 isting rights held by third parties and any mining 

22 claims, millsite, or tunnel site of a qualified entity 

23 applicable to the covered land, the Secretary shall 

24 offer for sale to qualified entities, for fair market 


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1 value, the remaining right, title, and interest of the 

2 United States in and to the covered land. 

3 (2) CONVEYANCE.—Not later than 1 year after 

4 the date of the acceptance of an offer under para5 graph (1) by a qualified entity and completion of a 

6 sale for all or part of the covered land to a qualified 

7 entity, the Secretary, by delivery of an appropriate 

8 deed, patent, or other valid instrument of convey9 ance, shall convey to the qualified entity, all remain10 ing right, title, and interest of the United States in 

11 and to the applicable portion of the covered land. 

12 (3) MERGER.—Subject to valid existing rights 

13 held by third parties, on delivery of the instrument 

14 of conveyance to the qualified entity under para15 graph (2), any prior interests in the locatable min16 erals and the right to use the surface for mineral 

17 purposes held by the qualified entity under a mining 

18 claim, millsite, tunnel site, or any other Federal land 

19 use authorization applicable to the covered land con20 veyed to the qualified entity, shall merge all right, 

21 title, and interest conveyed to the qualified entity by 

22 the United States under this section to ensure that 

23 the qualified entity receives fee simple title to the 

24 purchased covered land. 


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1 (4) APPRAISAL TO DETERMINE FAIR MARKET

2 VALUE.—The Secretary shall determine the fair 

3 market value of the covered land to be conveyed 

4 under this subsection in accordance with— 

5 (A) the Federal Land Policy and Manage6 ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 

7 (B) the Uniform Standards of Professional 

8 Appraisal Practice. 

9 (5) COSTS.—As a condition of the conveyance 

10 of the covered land under this section, the qualified 

11 entity shall pay all costs related to the conveyance 

12 of the covered land conveyed, including the costs of 

13 surveys and other administrative costs associated 

14 with the conveyance. 

15 (6) MAP ON FILE.—The Map shall be on file 

16 and available for public inspection in the appropriate 

17 offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 

18 (7) MINOR CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary, in 

19 consultation with the County, may correct minor er20 rors in the Map or a description of the covered land. 

21 (c) TERMINATION.—The authority of the Secretary 

22 to sell covered land under this section shall terminate on 

23 the date that is 10 years after the date of the enactment 

24 of this Act. 

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