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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 135 

To authorize the Secretary of the Army to acquire land for the purpose 

of expanding Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 4, 2007 

Mr. ALLARD introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Army to acquire land 

for the purpose of expanding Pinon Canyon Maneuver 

Site, 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. AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE LAND FOR THE EX4 PANSION OF PINON CANYON MANEUVER 

5 SITE. 

6 (a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Army may, 

7 subject to subsections (b) and (c), after consulting with 

8 the congressional defense committees, and using funds 

9 previously appropriated for such purpose, acquire for not 

10 more than fair market value any and all right, title, and 


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1 interest in and to one or more parcels of real property 

2 located near Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site (in this section 

3 referred to as the ‘‘Site’’) for the purpose of expanding 

4 the Site. 

5 (b) LIMITATION ON EXPANSION.—The Secretary of 

6 the Army may not acquire real property under subsection 

7 (a) to expand the Site if such acquisition would require 

8 the exercise by a Federal or State governmental entity of 

9 eminent domain authority. 

10 (c) REPORT.—The Secretary of the Army may not 

11 acquire real property under subsection (a) until 60 days 

12 after the date on which the Secretary submits to the con13 gressional defense committees a report setting forth the 

14 following: 

15 (1) An assessment of the economic impact on 

16 local communities of the acquisition of real property 

17 under that subsection. 

18 (2) An assessment of the environmental impact 

19 of expanding the Site. 

20 (3) An estimate of the costs associated with the 

21 potential expansion of the Site, including land acqui22 sition, range improvements, installation of utilities, 

23 environmental restoration, and other environmental 

24 activities in connection with the acquisition of real 

25 property under that subsection. 


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1 (4) An assessment of options for compensating 

2 local communities for the loss of property tax rev3 enue as a result of the expansion of the Site. 

4 (5) An assessment of whether the acquisition of 

5 additional land at the Site can be carried out by the 

6 Secretary solely through transactions, including land 

7 exchanges and the lease or purchase of easements, 

8 with willing sellers of privately held land. 

9 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) The term ‘‘congressional defense commit11 tees’’ means the Committee on Armed Services and 

12 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and 

13 the Committee on Armed Services and the Com14 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Represent15 atives. 

16 (2) The term ‘‘fair market value’’ means, with 

17 respect to a parcel of land, the value of such parcel 

18 as determined by an appraisal performed by an inde19 pendent, certified appraiser in accordance with the 

20 Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Prac21 tice. 

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