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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2616 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land 

to Idaho County in the State of Idaho, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 16, 2014 

Mr. RISCH (for himself and Mr. CRAPO) introduced the following bill; which 

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

Resources 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 

Federal land to Idaho County in the State of Idaho, 

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 ‘‘Idaho County Shooting 

5 Range Land Conveyance Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

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

9 Idaho County in the State of Idaho. 


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1 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en2 titled ‘‘Idaho County Land Conveyance’’ and dated 

3 April 11, 2014. 

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

5 the Secretary of the Interior. 

6 SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO IDAHO COUNTY. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after noti8 fication by the County and subject to valid existing rights, 

9 the Secretary shall convey to the County, without consid10 eration, all right, title, and interest of the United States 

11 in and to the Federal land described in subsection (b). 

12 (b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The Federal land re13 ferred to in subsection (a) consists of approximately 31 

14 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Manage15 ment and generally depicted on the map as ‘‘Convey16 ancelArea’’. 

17 (c) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 

19 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

20 shall finalize the legal description of the parcel of 

21 Federal land to be conveyed under this section. 

22 (2) MINOR ERRORS.—The Secretary may cor23 rect any minor error in— 

24 (A) the map; or 

25 (B) the legal description. 


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1 (3) AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal descrip2 tion shall be on file and available for public inspec3 tion in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of 

4 Land Management. 

5 (d) USE OF CONVEYED LAND.—The land conveyed 

6 under this section shall be used only as a shooting range. 

7 (e) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The Secretary shall 

8 require the County to pay all survey costs and other ad9 ministrative costs necessary for the preparation and com10 pletion of any patents for, and transfers of title to, the 

11 Federal land described in subsection (b). 

12 (f) CONDITIONS.—As a condition of the conveyance 

13 under subsection (a), the County shall agree— 

14 (1) to pay any administrative costs associated 

15 with the conveyance, including the costs of any envi16 ronmental, wildlife, cultural, or historic resources 

17 studies; 

18 (2) to release and indemnify the United States 

19 from any claims or liabilities that may arise from 

20 uses carried out on the Federal land described in 

21 subsection (b) on or before the date of enactment of 

22 this Act by the United States or any person; and 

23 (3) to accept such reasonable terms and condi24 tions as the Secretary determines necessary. 

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