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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 447 

To authorize the conveyance of certain Federal land in the State of New 

Mexico. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 17, 2005 

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

to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To authorize the conveyance of certain Federal land in the 

State of New Mexico. 

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 ‘‘Jornada Experimental 

5 Range Transfer Act of 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the 

9 Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park Board. 
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1 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

3 SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO CHIHUAHUAN DESERT 

4 NATURE PARK BOARD. 

5 (a) CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary may convey to the 

6 Board, by quitclaim deed, for no consideration, all right, 

7 title, and interest of the United States in and to the land 

8 described in subsection (b). 

9 (b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The parcel of land re10 ferred to in subsection (a) consists of not more than 1000 

11 acres of land selected by the Secretary— 

12 (1) that is located in the Jornada Experimental 

13 Range in the State of New Mexico; and 

14 (2) that is subject to an easement granted by 

15 the Agricultural Research Service to the Board. 

16 (c) CONDITIONS.—The conveyance of land under sub17 section (a) shall be subject to— 

18 (1) the condition that the Board pay— 

19 (A) the cost of any surveys of the land; 

20 and 

21 (B) any other costs relating to the convey22 ance; 

23 (2) any rights-of-way to the land reserved by 

24 the Secretary; 
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1 (3) a covenant or restriction in the deed to the 

2 land described in subsection (b) requiring that— 

3 (A) the land may be used only for edu4 cational purposes; 

5 (B) if the land is no longer used for the 

6 purposes described in subparagraph (A), the 

7 land shall, at the discretion of the Secretary, re8 vert to the United States; and 

9 (C) if the land is determined by the Sec10 retary to be environmentally contaminated 

11 under subsection (d)(2)(A), the Board shall re12 mediate the contamination; and 

13 (4) any other terms and conditions that the 

14 Secretary determines to be appropriate. 

15 (d) REVERSION.—If the land conveyed under sub16 section (a) is no longer used for the purposes described 

17 in subsection (c)(3)(A)— 

18 (1) the land shall, at the discretion of the Sec19 retary, revert to the United States; and 

20 (2) if the Secretary chooses to have the land re21 vert to the United States, the Secretary shall— 

22 (A) determine whether the land is environ23 mentally contaminated, including contamination 

24 from hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, 
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1 pollutants, contaminants, petroleum, or petro2 leum by-products; and 

3 (B) if the Secretary determines that the 

4 land is environmentally contaminated, the 

5 Board or any other person responsible for the 

6 contamination shall remediate the contamina7 tion. 

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