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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1468

To provide for the conveyance of one (1) acre of land from Santa Fe

National Forest to the Village of Jemez Springs, New Mexico, as the

site of a fire sub-station.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

NOVEMBER 8, 1997

Mr. BINGAMAN 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 one (1) acre of land from

Santa Fe National Forest to the Village of Jemez

Springs, New Mexico, as the site of a fire sub-station.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

4 (a) The Village of Jemez Springs, New Mexico

5 (Jemez Springs), is an incorporated town under the laws

6 of the State of New Mexico, and is completely surrounded

7 the Jemez National Recreation Area within the Santa Fe

8 National Forest;
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1 (b) Jemez Springs is a small community of approxi2 mately 460 residents, however given it’s location within

3 the Jemez National Recreation Area, as many as 30,000

4 people will pass through this town on any given day;

5 (c) The large size of the tourist crowds within the

6 surrounding national recreation area create a strain on

7 Jemez Springs’ emergency response capabilities. Over

8 ninety (90) percent of the ambulance, fire, and emergency

9 rescue calls are outside of the town limits.

10 (d) The State of New Mexico has appropriated funds

11 for Jemez Springs to build a fire sub-station to handle

12 the increase in emergency response needs, however, the

13 town does not have suitable land upon which to build the

14 sub-station.

15 SEC. 2. LAND CONVEYANCE, SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST,

16 NEW MEXICO

17 (a) CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary of Agriculture

18 shall convey, to Jemez Springs all right, title, and interest

19 of the United States in and to a parcel of real property,

20 together with any improvements thereon, consisting of ap21 proximately one acre located in the Santa Fe National

22 Forest in the State of New Mexico. The emergency serv23 ices provided by Jemez Springs to the visitors of the Santa

24 Fe National Recreation Area shall be deemed adequate
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1 consideration to the United States for the purposes of this

2 conveyance.

3 (b) CONDITION OF CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance

4 under subsection (a) shall be subject to the condition that

5 Jemez Springs agrees to use the real property for the pur6 pose of constructing and operating a fire sub-station for

7 Jemez Springs.

8 (c) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If the Secretary de9 termines that the real property conveyed under subsection

10 (a) is not being used in accordance with the condition in

11 subsection (b), all right, title, and interest in and to the

12 property shall revert to the United States, and the United

13 States shall have immediate right of entry thereon.

14 (d) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage

15 and legal description of the real property conveyed under

16 subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory

17 to the Secretary. The cost of the survey shall be borne

18 by Jemez Springs.

19 (e) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The

20 Secretary may require such additional terms and condi21 tions in connection with conveyance under subsection (a)

22 as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the inter23 ests of the United States.

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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

Mr. introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the

Committee on

A BILL

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,