107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2054

AN ACT

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.

107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2054

AN ACT

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

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

4 into an agreement or compact that meets the following

5 requirements:

6 (1) The agreement or compact is consented to

7 by the legislatures of Utah and Nevada and such

8 consent is evidenced through Acts enacted by the

9 legislatures of Utah and Nevada not later than De10 cember 31, 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

16 in the transfer to Nevada of more than a total of

17 10,000 acres of lands that are located within Utah

18 on the date of the enactment of this Act.

19 (5) The agreement or compact is entered into

20 for the primary purpose of changing the boundaries

21 of Utah and Nevada so that the lands located within

22 the municipal boundaries of the city of Wendover,

23 Utah, on the date of the enactment of this Act, in24 cluding the municipal airport, shall, after the imple25 mentation of the agreement or compact, be located

26 within the boundaries of Nevada. This paragraph
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1 shall not prohibit the agreement or compact from in2 cluding provisions that are reasonably related to the

3 following:

4 (A) A change in the boundaries of Utah

5 and Nevada for the purposes described in this

6 paragraph.

7 (B) Including other Utah lands imme8 diately surrounding the municipal boundaries of

9 Wendover, Utah, as described in this para10 graph, in a transfer to Nevada if such inclusion

11 would—

12 (i) facilitate the management of lands

13 transferred under the agreement or com14 pact or the placement of the boundaries of

15 Utah or Nevada; or

16 (ii) minimize the likelihood of future

17 residential development on remaining Utah

18 lands.

19 (C) Any other provision in the agreement

20 or compact regarding a change in ownership of,

21 management of, or other responsibilities or obli22 gations related to—

23 (i) providing State, county, or munic24 ipal services;

25 (ii) public utilities;
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1 (iii) public schools; or

2 (iv) the municipal airport referred to

3 in this paragraph.

4 (6) The agreement or compact is consented to

5 by a majority of the registered qualified electors who

6 cast a vote on the agreement or compact held in

7 each of the cities of West Wendover, Nevada, and

8 Wendover, Utah, on the date of the regularly sched9 uled general election for Federal office in 2002. The

10 question in the vote held in each of the cities of

11 West Wendover, Nevada, and Wendover, Utah,

12 under this paragraph shall contain the same lan13 guage to the extent allowed by local law. Such lan14 guage shall explain, with specificity sufficient to in15 form voters, all components of the agreement or

16 compact regarding changes in ownership of, manage17 ment of, or other responsibilities, costs, or obliga18 tions related to—

19 (A) State, county, and municipal social

20 and public services;

21 (B) public utilities;

22 (C) land use;

23 (D) community economics;

24 (E) public schools; and

25 (F) the local municipal airport.
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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE OF AGREEMENT OR COM2 PACT.—An agreement or compact entered into in accord3 ance with subsection (a) shall become effective upon the

4 fulfillment of the requirement of subsection (a)(1) without

5 further consent or ratification on the part of the Congress

6 of the United States.

7 SEC. 2. UNITED STATES OWNERSHIP AND JURISDICTION

8 RETAINED.

9 Nothing in this Act or in the agreement or compact

10 consented to under this Act shall be construed to impair

11 or in any manner affect the ownership or jurisdiction of

12 the United States in and over any lands within the bound13 aries of Utah or Nevada.

Passed the House of Representatives June 11, 2002.

Attest:

Clerk.