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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 526 

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

in Mohave County, Arizona, to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, 

for use as a public shooting range. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 9, 2011 

Mr. MCCAIN (for himself and Mr. KYL) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

A BILL 

To provide for the conveyance of certain Bureau of Land 

Management land in Mohave County, Arizona, to the 

Arizona Game and Fish Commission, for use as a public 

shooting range. 

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 ‘‘Mohave Valley Land 

5 Conveyance Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

7 The purposes of this Act are— 

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1 (1) to provide a suitable location for the estab2 lishment of a centralized, public, multipurpose shoot3 ing range in the County; and 

4 (2) to provide the public with— 

5 (A) opportunities for education and recre6 ation; 

7 (B) a location for competitive events and 

8 marksmanship training; and 

9 (C) a location for local law enforcement of10 ficers to practice and improve their marksman11 ship skills so that the officers do not have to 

12 leave the area to practice those skills. 

13 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

14 In this Act: 

15 (1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

16 means the Arizona Game and Fish Commission. 

17 (2) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Mo18 have County, Arizona. 

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

20 means the public land in the County, comprising ap21 proximately 315 acres as generally depicted on the 

22 map entitled ‘‘Boundary Cone Road Location’’ øand 

23 dated lll, 2011¿. 

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1 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di3 rector of the Bureau of Land Management. 

4 SEC. 4. CONVEYANCE OF PUBLIC LAND IN MOHAVE COUN5 TY, ARIZONA. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the 

7 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall convey 

8 to the Commission all right, title, and interest of the 

9 United States in and to the Federal land for use as a pub10 lic shooting range. 

11 (b) APPLICABLE LAW.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

13 provision of law (including regulations), with respect 

14 to the conveyance under subsection (a), the Mohave 

15 Valley Shooting Range Environmental Assessment/ 

16 Plan Amendment Record of Decision dated Feb17 ruary 8, 2010, is final and determined to be legally 

18 sufficient for the purposes of, but not limited to— 

19 (A) the National Environmental Policy Act 

20 of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and 

21 (B) the National Historic Preservation Act 

22 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). 

23 (2) TREATMENT OF RECORD.—The record of 

24 decision referred to in paragraph (1) shall not be 

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1 subject to judicial review by any court of the United 

2 States. 

3 (c) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—If the Commission ac4 cepts the conveyance of the Federal land, the Commission 

5 shall be responsible for paying all administrative costs nec6 essary for the preparation and completion of any patents 

7 of and transfer of title to the Federal land under sub8 section (a). 

9 (d) REQUIREMENT.—The land conveyed under sub10 section (a) shall be managed by the Commission for recre11 ation or other public purposes, consistent with the Act of 

12 June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the ‘‘Recreation and 

13 Public Purposes Act’’) (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 

14 (e) REVERSION.—If the Federal land ceases to be 

15 used for public purposes, the Federal land shall, at the 

16 option of the Secretary, revert to the United States. 

17 (f) CORRECTION OF MAP ERRORS.—The Secretary 

18 may correct any clerical or typographical error in the map 

19 referred to in section 3(3). 

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