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105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4867

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public lands to

the town of Pahrump, Nevada, for use for a recreation complex.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 20, 1998

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

which was referred to the Committee on Resources

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain

public lands to the town of Pahrump, Nevada, for use

for a recreation complex.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF BLM LAND TO PAHRUMP, NE4 VADA.

5 (a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the

6 Interior shall promptly convey to the town of Pahrump,

7 Nevada (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Town’’), with8 out consideration, all right, title, and interest of the

9 United States in and to the real property described in sub10 section (b), subject to this section.
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1 (b) PROPERTY DESCRIBED.—

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The real property referred

3 to in subsection (a) consists of 4 parcels of land lo4 cated in Pahrump, Nevada, that are described in the

5 Application for Land for Recreation or Public Pur6 poses that was submitted by the town of Pahrump

7 to the Bureau of Land Management and dated Feb8 ruary 11, 1997, consisting of a total of approxi9 mately 875 acres.

10 (2) DETERMINATION BY SECRETARY.—The

11 Secretary of the Interior may determine more par12 ticularly the real property described in paragraph

13 (1).

14 (3) SURVEY.—The exact acreage and legal de15 scription of property conveyed under this section

16 shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the

17 Secretary. The cost of the survey shall be borne by

18 the town.

19 (c) CONDITION OF CONVEYANCE.—Any conveyance

20 under subsection (a) shall be subject to the condition that

21 the town shall use the interests conveyed solely for the

22 purpose of development and operation of a public recre23 ation complex.

24 (1) COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS.—Before the date

25 of the conveyance, actions required with respect to
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1 the conveyance under the National Environmental

2 Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the

3 Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et

4 seq.), the National Historic Preservation Act (16

5 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), and other applicable Federal

6 laws must be completed at no cost to the United

7 States.

8 (2) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—

9 Such additional terms and conditions as the Sec10 retary considers appropriate to protect the interests

11 of the United States.

12 (d) EFFECT OF CONVEYANCE ON LIABILITY UNDER

13 CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.—After the conveyance

14 required by subsection (a), the United States Government

15 shall not be responsible for compliance with, or liable for

16 costs or damages under, the Comprehensive Environ17 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of

18 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the Solid Waste Disposal

19 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), or any other applicable pro20 vision of Federal law, with respect to a release or threat

21 of release of a hazardous substance, pollutant, contami22 nant, or hazardous waste on the property conveyed under

23 this section.

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