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Union Calendar No. 374 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4789 

[Report No. 109–634] 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public land located 

wholly or partially within the boundaries of the Wells Hydroelectric 

Project of Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County, Washington, 

to the utility district. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 16, 2006 

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Resources 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006 

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 February 16, 2006] 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 

public land located wholly or partially within the boundaries of the Wells Hydroelectric Project of Public Utility 

District No. 1 of Douglas County, Washington, to the 

utility district. 


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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 ‘‘Douglas County, Wash5 ington, PUD Conveyance Act.’’ 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) PUBLIC LAND.—The term ‘‘public land’’ 

9 means the approximately 622 acres of Federal land 

10 managed by the Bureau of Land Management and 

11 identified on the map as ‘‘lllll’’. 

12 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map enti13 tled ‘‘lllllll’’, prepared by the Bureau of 

14 Land Management and dated llll, 2006. 

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

16 the Secretary of the Interior. 

17 (4) PUD.—The term ‘‘PUD’’ means the Public 

18 Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County, Wash19 ington. 

20 SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF PUBLIC LAND TO DOUGLAS COUN21 TY, WA, PUD. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the land use plan23 ning requirements of sections 202 and 203 of the Federal 

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

25 1713), and notwithstanding section 24 of the Federal Power 


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1 Act (16 U.S.C. 818) and Federal Power Order for Project 

2 2149, and subject to valid existing rights, if not later than 

3 45 days after the date of completion of the appraisal re4 quired under subsection (b), the PUD submits to the Sec5 retary an offer to acquire the public land for the appraised 

6 value, the Secretary shall, not later than 30 days after the 

7 date of the offer, convey to the PUD all right, title, and 

8 interest to the public land. 

9 (b) APPRAISAL.—Not later than 60 days after the date 

10 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete an 

11 appraisal of the public land. The appraisal shall be con12 ducted in accordance with the ‘‘Uniform Appraisal Stand13 ards for Federal Land Acquisitions’’ and the ‘‘Uniform 

14 Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice’’. 

15 (c) PAYMENT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 

16 on which the public land is conveyed under this section, 

17 the PUD shall pay to the Secretary an amount equal to 

18 the appraised value of the public land as determined under 

19 subsection (b). 

20 (d) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—As a condition of con21 veyance, any costs related to the conveyance under this sec22 tion shall be paid by the PUD. 

23 (e) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—The Secretary shall 

24 deposit the proceeds from the sale in the working capital 

25 fund of the Bureau of Land Management established by secVerDate Aug 31 2005 03:48 Sep 07, 2006 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H4789.RH H4789

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1 tion 306 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 

2 of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1736). 

3 SEC. 4. SEGREGATION OF LANDS. 

4 (a) WITHDRAWAL.—Except as provided in section 

5 3(a), effective immediately upon enactment of this Act, and 

6 subject to valid existing rights, the public land is with7 drawn from 

8 (1) all forms or entry, appropriation, or disposal 

9 under the public land laws, and all amendments 

10 thereto; 

11 (2) location, entry, and patenting under the 

12 mining laws, and all amendments thereto; and 

13 (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 

14 materials, and geothermal leasing laws, and all 

15 amendments thereto. 

16 (b) TERM.—This section expires two years from the 

17 date of enactment of this Act or on the date of the comple18 tion of the sale contemplated in section 3 of this Act, which19 ever is earlier. 


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Union Calendar No. 374 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4789 

[Report No. 109

–634] 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey 

las County, Washington, to the utility district. Project of Public Utility District No. 1 of Dougwithin the boundaries of the Wells Hydroelectric certain public land located wholly or partially 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006 

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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