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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 603 

To require the conveyance of certain public land within the boundaries of 

Camp Williams, Utah, to support the training and readiness of the 

Utah National Guard. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 16, 2009 

Mr. BISHOP of Utah (for himself, Mr. MATHESON, and Mr. CHAFFETZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 

Resources 

A BILL 

To require the conveyance of certain public land within the 

boundaries of Camp Williams, Utah, to support the 

training and readiness of the Utah National Guard. 

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 ‘‘Utah National Guard 

5 Readiness Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LAND CONVEYANCE, CAMP WILLIAMS, UTAH. 

7 (a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 

8 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec9 retary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land 


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1 Management, shall convey, without consideration, to the 

2 State of Utah all right, title, and interest of the United 

3 States in and to certain lands comprising approximately 

4 431 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Pro5 posed Camp Williams Land Transfer’’ and dated March 

6 7, 2008, which are located within the boundaries of the 

7 public lands currently withdrawn for military use by the 

8 Utah National Guard and known as Camp Williams, 

9 Utah, for the purpose of permitting the Utah National 

10 Guard to use the conveyed land as provided in subsection 

11 (c). 

12 (b) REVOCATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER.—Executive 

13 Order No. 1922 of April 24, 1914, as amended by section 

14 907 of the Camp W.G. Williams Land Exchange Act of 

15 1989 (title IX of Public Law 101–628; 104 Stat. 4501), 

16 shall be revoked, only insofar as it affects the lands identi17 fied for conveyance to the State of Utah under subsection 

18 (a). 

19 (c) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—The lands conveyed 

20 to the State of Utah under subsection (a) shall revert to 

21 the United States if the Secretary of the Interior deter22 mines that the land, or any portion thereof, is sold or at23 tempted to be sold, or that the land, or any portion there24 of, is used for non-National Guard or non-national defense 

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1 rior under this subsection shall be made in consultation 

2 with the Secretary of Defense and the Governor of Utah 

3 and on the record after an opportunity for comment. 

4 (d) HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.—With respect to any 

5 portion of the land conveyed under subsection (a) that the 

6 Secretary of the Interior determines is subject to reversion 

7 under subsection (c), if the Secretary of the Interior also 

8 determines that the portion of the conveyed land contains 

9 hazardous materials, the State of Utah shall pay the 

10 United States an amount equal to the fair market value 

11 of that portion of the land, and the reversionary interest 

12 shall not apply to that portion of the land. 

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