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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2745 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 17, 2012 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AN ACT 

To amend the Mesquite Lands Act of 1986 to facilitate 

implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation 

plan for the Virgin River in Clark County, Nevada. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO THE MESQUITE LANDS ACT OF 

2 1986. 

3 Section 3 of Public Law 99–548 (commonly known 

4 as the ‘‘Mesquite Lands Act of 1986’’) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (d)(3)(B), by inserting ‘‘and 

6 implementation’’ after ‘‘development’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (e)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘For 

9 a period of 12 years after the date of the enact10 ment of this Act,’’ and inserting ‘‘Until Novem11 ber 29, 2020,’’; 

12 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Not 

13 later than 10 years after the date of the enact14 ment of this subsection,’’ and inserting ‘‘Not 

15 later than November 29, 2019,’’; 

16 (C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘the date 

17 that is 12 years after the date of the enactment 

18 of this subsection,’’ and inserting ‘‘the date 

19 specified in paragraph (1)(A),’’; and 

20 (D) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘of each 

21 parcel’’ and all that follows through the period 

22 and inserting ‘‘of each parcel under this sub23 section shall be deposited into the General 

24 Treasury.’’; and 

25 (3) in subsection (f)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Not 

2 later than 1 year after the date of the enact3 ment of this subsection, the’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘The’’; 

5 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after 

6 subparagraph (C) the following: 

7 ‘‘(D) The approximately 218 acres of land 

8 depicted as ‘Hiatus’ on the map titled ‘Mesquite 

9 Airport Conveyance’ and dated January 13, 

10 2012.’’; 

11 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘until 

12 the date that is 12 years after the date of the 

13 enactment of this subsection,’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘until November 29, 2020,’’; 

15 (D) by amending paragraph (4) to read as 

16 follows: 

17 ‘‘(4) REVERTER.—If the land conveyed pursu18 ant to paragraph (1) is not used by the city as an 

19 airport or for another public purpose, it shall revert 

20 to the United States, at the option of the Secretary, 

21 except that the city shall have an exclusive right to 

22 purchase such land.’’; and 

23 (E) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 

24 paragraph (7) and by inserting after paragraph 

25 (4) the following: 


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1 ‘‘(5) RIGHT TO PURCHASE LAND.—Until No2 vember 29, 2020, the City of Mesquite, Nevada, sub3 ject to all appropriate environmental reviews, includ4 ing compliance with the National Environmental 

5 Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.) and the 

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

7 seq.), shall have the exclusive right to purchase the 

8 parcels of public land described in paragraph (2) 

9 that the Secretary did not convey to the city pursu10 ant to paragraph (1). 

11 ‘‘(6) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—The proceeds of the 

12 sale of each parcel under this subsection shall be de13 posited into the General Treasury.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 16, 2012. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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