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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6491 

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

Paz County, Arizona, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 8, 2016 

Mr. GOSAR 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 

land to La Paz County, Arizona, 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. LA PAZ COUNTY, ARIZONA, LAND CONVEYANCE. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means La 

6 Paz County, Arizona. 

7 (2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 

8 means the approximately 8,000 acres of Federal 

9 land managed by the Bureau of Land Management 

10 and designated as [llllllll] on the map 


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1 entitled [‘‘lllllllllll’’], numbered 

2 [lllllll], and dated [lllllll]. 

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

4 the Secretary of the Interior. 

5 (b) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—As soon as prac6 ticable after the date on which the County submits to the 

7 Secretary a request to acquire the Federal land, the Sec8 retary shall convey to the County all right, title, and inter9 est of the United States in and to the Federal land. The 

10 conveyance shall be subject to valid existing rights. 

11 (c) CONSIDERATION.— 

12 (1) CONSIDERATION REQUIRED.—As consider13 ation for the conveyance of the Federal land, the 

14 County shall pay to the Secretary an amount equal 

15 to the fair market value of the Federal land. The 

16 consideration shall be provided not later than 10 

17 years after date of the conveyance of the Federal 

18 land. 

19 (2) APPRAISAL TO DETERMINE FAIR MARKET

20 VALUE.—The Secretary shall determine the fair 

21 market value of the Federal land based upon an ap22 praisal that is performed in accordance with the 

23 Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Ac24 quisitions and the Uniform Standards of Profes25 sional Appraisal Practice. 


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1 (3) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—The gross 

2 proceeds from the conveyance of the Federal land 

3 shall be distributed in a manner determined by the 

4 Secretary. 

5 (d) MAP.— 

6 (1) AVAILABILITY.—The map described in sub7 section (a)(2) shall be on file and available for public 

8 inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau 

9 of Land Management. 

10 (2) CORRECTIONS AND ADJUSTMENT.—The 

11 Secretary and the County may, by mutual agree12 ment— 

13 (A) make minor boundary adjustments to 

14 the Federal land to be conveyed under this sec15 tion; and 

16 (B) correct any minor errors in the map, 

17 an acreage estimate, or the description of the 

18 Federal land. 

19 (3) CONFLICT.—If there is a conflict between 

20 the map, an acreage estimate, or a description of 

21 land under this section, the map shall control unless 

22 the Secretary and the County mutually agree other23 wise. 

24 (e) COST OF CONVEYANCE.—As a condition of the 

25 conveyance under subsection (b), any costs related to the 


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1 conveyance shall be paid by the County at the time of the 

2 conveyance. 

3 (f) USE OF CONVEYED LAND.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The County may sell any 

5 portion of the Federal land conveyed under sub6 section (b) for nonresidential development. 

7 (2) RECREATION AND PUBLIC PURPOSES.—The 

8 County may elect to retain a portion of the conveyed 

9 Federal land for public recreation and public pur10 poses consistent with the Act of June 14, 1926 

11 (commonly known as the Recreation and Public Pur12 poses Act; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.), by providing writ13 ten notice of the election to the Secretary. 

14 (g) REVERSION.—Any portion of the Federal land 

15 conveyed under subsection (b) shall revert to the United 

16 States, at the option of the Secretary, if the Secretary de17 termines that such portion of the land— 

18 (1) is used in a manner that is inconsistent 

19 with the use described under subsection (f); or 

20 (2) has not been used for the use described 

21 under subsection (f) by the date that is 10 years 

22 after the date of the conveyance of the Federal land. 

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