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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1167 

To quitclaim surface rights to certain Federal land under the jurisdiction 

of the Bureau of Land Management in Virginia City, Nevada, to Storey 

County, Nevada, to resolve conflicting ownership and title claims, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 14, 2013 

Mr. AMODEI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To quitclaim surface rights to certain Federal land under 

the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in 

Virginia City, Nevada, to Storey County, Nevada, to 

resolve conflicting ownership and title claims, and for 

other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Restoring Storey 

5 County Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds as follows: 

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1 (1) The Federal Government owns real property 

2 in Storey County in the State of Nevada. 

3 (2) While the real property described in para4 graph (1) is under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, 

5 some of the real property has been occupied for dec6 ades by individuals— 

7 (A) who took possession by purchase or 

8 other documented and putatively legal trans9 actions; and 

10 (B) the continued occupation by whom 

11 constitutes a trespass on the title held by the 

12 Federal Government. 

13 (3) As a result of the confused and conflicting 

14 ownership claims, the real property described in 

15 paragraph (1)— 

16 (A) is difficult to manage under multiple 

17 use policies; and 

18 (B) creates a continuing source of friction 

19 and unease between the Federal Government 

20 and local residents. 

21 (4) All of the real property described in para22 graph (1) is appropriate for disposal for the purpose 

23 of promoting administrative efficiency and effective24 ness. 

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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions 

3 apply: 

4 (1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means 

5 Storey County, Nevada. 

6 (2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 

7 means the approximately 1,745 acres of Federal 

8 land identified on the map as ‘‘BLM Owned - Coun9 ty Request Transfer’’. 

10 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map ti11 tled ‘‘Restoring Storey County Act’’ and dated July 

12 24, 2012. 

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

14 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bu15 reau of Land Management. 

16 SEC. 4. CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND IN STOREY COUN17 TY, NEVADA. 

18 (a) CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND IN VIRGINIA

19 CITY.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact20 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall convey to the County, 

21 by quitclaim deed, all surface rights of the United States 

22 in and to the Federal land, including any improvements 

23 thereon. All costs associated with the conveyance under 

24 this section shall be the responsibility of the Bureau of 

25 Land Management. 

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1 (b) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS.—No convey2 ance or combination of conveyances made under this sec3 tion shall be considered a major Federal action for pur4 poses of section 102(2) of the National Environmental 

5 Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)) and the National 

6 Historic Preservation Act shall not apply to any convey7 ance made under this section or to the real property, in8 cluding improvements thereon, so conveyed. 

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