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Union Calendar No. 280

107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2054

[Report No. 107–469]

To give the consent of Congress to an agreement or compact between Utah

and Nevada regarding a change in the boundaries of those States, and

for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 5, 2001

Mr. HANSEN (for himself and Mr. GIBBONS) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

MAY 16, 2002

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 5, 2001]

A BILL

To give the consent of Congress to an agreement or compact

between Utah and Nevada regarding a change in the

boundaries of those States, 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,
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1 SECTION 1. CONSENT TO AGREEMENT OR COMPACT.

2 (a) CONSENT GIVEN.—The consent of the Congress of

3 the United States is given to Utah and Nevada to enter

4 into an agreement or compact that meets the following re5 quirements:

6 (1) The agreement or compact is consented to by

7 the legislatures of Utah and Nevada and such consent

8 is evidenced through Acts enacted by the legislatures

9 of Utah and Nevada not later than December 31,

10 2006.

11 (2) The agreement or compact is not in conflict

12 with any Federal law.

13 (3) The agreement or compact does not change

14 the boundary of any other State.

15 (4) The agreement or compact does not result in

16 the transfer to Nevada of more than a total of 10,000

17 acres of lands that are located within Utah on the

18 date of the enactment of this Act.

19 (5) The agreement or compact is entered into for

20 the primary purpose of changing the boundaries of

21 Utah and Nevada so that the lands located within the

22 municipal boundaries of the city of Wendover, Utah,

23 on the date of the enactment of this Act, including the

24 municipal airport, shall, after the implementation of

25 the agreement or compact, be located within the

26 boundaries of Nevada. This paragraph shall not pro-
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1 hibit the agreement or compact from including provi2 sions that are reasonably related to the following:

3 (A) A change in the boundaries of Utah and

4 Nevada for the purposes described in this para5 graph.

6 (B) Including other Utah lands imme7 diately surrounding the municipal boundaries of

8 Wendover, Utah, as described in this paragraph,

9 in a transfer to Nevada if such inclusion

10 would—

11 (i) facilitate the management of lands

12 transferred under the agreement or compact

13 or the placement of the boundaries of Utah

14 or Nevada; or

15 (ii) minimize the likelihood of future

16 residential development on remaining Utah

17 lands.

18 (C) Any other provision in the agreement or

19 compact regarding a change in ownership of,

20 management of, or other responsibilities or obli21 gations related to—

22 (i) providing State, county, or munic23 ipal services;

24 (ii) public utilities;

25 (iii) public schools; or
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1 (iv) the municipal airport referred to

2 in this paragraph.

3 (6) The agreement or compact is consented to by

4 a majority of the registered qualified electors who cast

5 a vote on the agreement or compact held in each of

6 the cities of West Wendover, Nevada, and Wendover,

7 Utah, on the date of the regularly scheduled general

8 election for Federal office in 2002. The question in the

9 vote held in each of the cities of West Wendover, Ne10 vada, and Wendover, Utah, under this paragraph

11 shall contain the same language to the extent allowed

12 by local law. Such language shall explain, with speci13 ficity sufficient to inform voters, all components of the

14 agreement or compact regarding changes in owner15 ship of, management of, or other responsibilities,

16 costs, or obligations related to—

17 (A) State, county, and municipal social

18 and public services;

19 (B) public utilities;

20 (C) land use;

21 (D) community economics;

22 (E) public schools; and

23 (F) the local municipal airport.

24 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE OF AGREEMENT OR COMPACT.—

25 An agreement or compact entered into in accordance with
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1 subsection (a) shall become effective upon the fulfillment of

2 the requirement of subsection (a)(1) without further consent

3 or ratification on the part of the Congress of the United

4 States.

5 (c) UNITED STATES OWNERSHIP AND JURISDICTION

6 RETAINED.—Nothing in this Act or in the agreement or

7 compact consented to under this Act shall be construed to

8 impair or in any manner affect the ownership or jurisdic9 tion of the United States in and over any lands within the

10 boundaries of Utah or Nevada.
Union Calendar No. 280

107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2054

[Report No. 107–469]

A BILL

To give the consent of Congress to an agreement or

compact between Utah and Nevada regarding achange in the boundaries of those States, and forother purposes.

MAY 16, 2002

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,

and ordered to be printed