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105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2149

To transfer certain public lands in northeastern Nevada.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 9, 1998

Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. BRYAN) introduced the following bill; which

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

Resources

A BILL

To transfer certain public lands in northeastern Nevada.

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 ‘‘Northeastern Nevada

5 Public Lands Transfer Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. AIR FORCE LAND CONVEYANCE, WENDOVER AIR

7 FORCE BASE AUXILIARY FIELD, NEVADA.

8 (a) CONVEYANCE.—

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days

10 after the date of enactment of this Act and subject

11 to subsection (c), the Secretary of the Air Force
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1 shall convey, without consideration, to the City of

2 West Wendover, Nevada (in this section referred to

3 as the ‘‘City’’), all right, title, and interest of the

4 United States in and to the property described in

5 paragraph (2), for purposes of permitting the City

6 to develop the parcels for economic and public pur7 poses.

8 (2) PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.—The property

9 described in this paragraph is the land consisting of

10 approximately 15,093 acres of land, including any

11 improvements, located within the Wendover Air

12 Force Base Auxiliary Field, described as follows:

13 Township 32 North, Range 69 East; Township 32

14 North, Range 70 East; and Township 33 North,

15 Range 70 East; Mount Diablo Base and Meridian,

16 being more particularly described as: All of Section

17 24 less the United States Alternate Route 93 right18 of-way and those portions of sections 12 and 13 east

19 of the east right-of-way line of United States Alter20 nate Route 93 in Township 32 North, Range 69

21 East; all of sections 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17,

22 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and the portions of sections 6

23 and 7 east of the east right-of-way line of United

24 States Alternate Route 93 in Township 32 North,

25 Range 70 East; all of sections 22, 27, 28, 32, 33,
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1 34, and the portions of sections 16, 20, 21, 29, 30,

2 and 31 east of the east right-of-way line of United

3 States Alternate Route 93 and the portion of section

4 15 east of the east right-of-way line of U.S. Alter5 nate Route 93 and south of the south right-of-way

6 line of the Union Pacific Railroad Company right-of7 way in Township 33 North, Range 70 East, not in8 cluding the land comprising the Lower Jim’s Mobile

9 Home Park, Scobie Mobile Home Park, Ventura

10 Mobile Home Park, Airport Way, Scobie Drive, or

11 Opal Drive.

12 (b) EXCEPTION FROM SCREENING REQUIREMENT.—

13 The Secretary shall make the conveyance under subsection

14 (a) without regard to the requirement under section 2696

15 of title 10, United States Code, that the property be

16 screened for further Federal use in accordance with the

17 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949

18 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.).

19 (c) HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.—

20 (1) SURVEY.—Not later than 180 days after

21 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary

22 shall complete hazardous material surveys with re23 spect to the property to be conveyed under sub24 section (a) in order to identify any needed corrective
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1 actions that are required with respect to such prop2 erty.

3 (2) CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.—The Secretary shall

4 take any corrective actions that are identified by the

5 surveys under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable

6 after the surveys.

7 (3) POSTPONEMENT OF CONVEYANCE.—The

8 Secretary may not carry out the conveyance of any

9 property under subsection (a) that is identified

10 under paragraph (1) as requiring corrective actions

11 until the Secretary completes the corrective actions.

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

13 and legal description of the real property to be conveyed

14 under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey mu15 tually satisfactory to the Secretary and the City. The cost

16 of the survey shall be borne by the City.

17 (e) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The

18 Secretary may require such additional terms and condi19 tions in connection with the conveyance under subsection

20 (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the

21 interests of the United States.

22 (f) WITHDRAWAL.—The public land described in sub23 section (a) is withdrawn from the operation of the mining

24 and mineral leasing laws of the United States.
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1 SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PUBLIC LANDS TO THE

2 CITY OF CARLIN, THE CITY OF WELLS, AND

3 THE TOWN OF JACKPOT, NEVADA.

4 (a) CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary of the Interior,

5 acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Man6 agement, shall convey without consideration, all right,

7 title, and interest of the United States, subject to all valid

8 existing rights, in and to the property described in sub9 section (b).

10 (b) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—

11 (1) CITY OF CARLIN, NEVADA.—The Secretary

12 shall convey to the City of Carlin, Nevada, in ac13 cordance with subsection (a) the property consisting

of approximately 60 acres located in the SW1⁄4SW1 14 ⁄4

and the E1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1 15 ⁄4 of section 22, Township 33

16 North, Range 52 East, Mount Diablo meridian.

17 (2) CITY OF WELLS, NEVADA.—The Secretary

18 shall convey to the City of Wells, Nevada, in accord19 ance with subsection (a) the property consisting of

approximately 4,767 acres located in the E1⁄2SE1 20 ⁄4

of section 1, the W1⁄2 of section 2, the E1 21 ⁄2 and the

NW1⁄4 of section 3, S1⁄2NW1 22 ⁄4 of section 4, section

6, the NW1⁄4, the SW1⁄4, and a portion of the SE1 23 ⁄4

of section 11, the N1 24 ⁄2 of section 12, section 14, the

N1⁄2NW1⁄4 of section 16, section 18, the W1 25 ⁄2 of sec-
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1 tion 20, and section 23, all of Township 37 North,

2 Range 62 East, Mount Diablo meridian.

3 (3) TOWN OF JACKPOT, NEVADA.—The Sec4 retary shall convey to the Town of Jackpot, Nevada,

5 the property, consisting of approximately 532 acres

located in a portion of the NE1⁄4NW1 6 ⁄4 and the

NW1⁄4NE1⁄4 of section 6, the W1⁄2NW1 7 ⁄4, the

NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, and the SW1⁄4SW1 8 ⁄4 of section 7, and

the NW1⁄4NW1 9 ⁄4 of section 18, all of Township 47

10 North, Range 65 East, Mount Diablo meridian and

11 portions of section 1, portions of section 12, and the

NE1⁄4NE1 12 ⁄4 of section 13, Township 47 North,

13 Range 64 East, Mount Diablo meridian.

14 (4) SURVEYS.—

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may re16 quire such surveys as the Secretary considers

17 necessary to determine the exact acreage and

18 legal description of the property to be conveyed

19 under this section.

20 (B) COST.—The cost of the surveys shall

21 be borne by the City of Carlin, the City of

22 Wells, and the Town of Jackpot, Nevada.

23 (c) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—In car24 rying out this section, the Secretary may require such ad-
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1 ditional terms and conditions as the Secretary considers

2 appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.

3 (d) WITHDRAWAL.—The public land described in

4 subsection (b) is withdrawn from the operation of the min5 ing and mineral leasing laws of the United States.

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