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Calendar No. 646 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1377 

[Report No. 110–294] 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the City of Henderson, 

Nevada, certain Federal land located in the City, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 14, 2007 

Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. ENSIGN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

APRIL 10, 2008 

Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, without amendment 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the 

City of Henderson, Nevada, certain Federal land located 

in the City, 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 ‘‘Southern Nevada Lim5 ited Transition Area Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the City of 

4 Henderson, Nevada. 

5 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

6 the Secretary of the Interior. 

7 (3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

8 of Nevada. 

9 (4) TRANSITION AREA.—The term ‘‘Transition 

10 Area’’ means the approximately 502 acres of Fed11 eral land located in Henderson, Nevada, and identi12 fied as ‘‘Limited Transition Area’’ on the map enti13 tled ‘‘Southern Nevada Limited Transition Area 

14 Act’’ and dated March 20, 2006. 

15 SEC. 3. SOUTHERN NEVADA LIMITED TRANSITION AREA. 

16 (a) CONVEYANCE.—Notwithstanding the Federal 

17 Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 

18 1701 et seq.), on request of the City, the Secretary shall, 

19 without consideration and subject to all valid existing 

20 rights, convey to the City all right, title, and interest of 

21 the United States in and to the Transition Area. 

22 (b) USE OF LAND FOR NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOP23 MENT.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—After the conveyance to the 

25 City under subsection (a), the City may sell, lease, 

26 or otherwise convey any portion or portions of the 


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1 Transition Area for purposes of nonresidential devel2 opment. 

3 (2) METHOD OF SALE.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—The sale, lease, or con5 veyance of land under paragraph (1) shall be 

6 through a competitive bidding process. 

7 (B) FAIR MARKET VALUE.—Any land sold, 

8 leased, or otherwise conveyed under paragraph 

9 (1) shall be for not less than fair market value. 

10 (3) COMPLIANCE WITH CHARTER.—Except as 

11 provided in paragraphs (2) and (4), the City may 

12 sell, lease, or otherwise convey parcels within the 

13 Transition Area only in accordance with the proce14 dures for conveyances established in the City Char15 ter. 

16 (4) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—The gross 

17 proceeds from the sale of land under paragraph (1) 

18 shall be distributed in accordance with section 4(e) 

19 of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management 

20 Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2345). 

21 (c) USE OF LAND FOR RECREATION OR OTHER PUB22 LIC PURPOSES.—The City may elect to retain parcels in 

23 the Transition Area for public recreation or other public 

24 purposes consistent with the Act of June 14, 1926 (com25 monly known as the ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes 


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1 Act’’) (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.) by providing to the Sec2 retary written notice of the election. 

3 (d) NOISE COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—The 

4 City shall— 

5 (1) plan and manage the Transition Area in ac6 cordance with section 47504 of title 49, United 

7 States Code (relating to airport noise compatibility 

8 planning), and regulations promulgated in accord9 ance with that section; and 

10 (2) agree that if any land in the Transition 

11 Area is sold, leased, or otherwise conveyed by the 

12 City, the sale, lease, or conveyance shall contain a 

13 limitation to require uses compatible with that air14 port noise compatibility planning. 

15 (e) REVERSION.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—If any parcel of land in the 

17 Transition Area is not conveyed for nonresidential 

18 development under this Act or reserved for recre19 ation or other public purposes under subsection (c) 

20 by the date that 20 years after the date of enact21 ment of this Act, the parcel of land shall, at the dis22 cretion of the Secretary, revert to the United States. 

23 (2) INCONSISTENT USE.—If the City uses any 

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1 ner that is inconsistent with the uses specified in 

2 this section— 

3 (A) at the discretion of the Secretary, the 

4 parcel shall revert to the United States; or 

5 (B) if the Secretary does not make an elec6 tion under paragraph (1), the City shall sell the 

7 parcel of land in accordance with this section. 


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Calendar No. 646 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1377 

[Report No. 110

–294] 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to 

land located in the City, and for other purposes. the City of Henderson, Nevada, certain Federal 

APRIL 10, 2008 

Reported without amendment 


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