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Union Calendar No. 332 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2745 

[Report No. 112–474] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 1, 2011 

Mr. HECK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources 

MAY 10, 2012 

Additional sponsor: Mr. AMODEI

MAY 10, 2012 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on August 1, 2011] 


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A BILL 

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. 


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

3 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO THE MESQUITE LANDS ACT OF 

4 1986. 

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

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

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

8 implementation’’ after ‘‘development’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (e)— 

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

11 a period of 12 years after the date of the enact12 ment of this Act,’’ and inserting ‘‘Until Novem13 ber 29, 2020,’’; 

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

15 later than 10 years after the date of the enact16 ment of this subsection,’’ and inserting ‘‘Not 

17 later than November 29, 2019,’’; and 

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

19 that is 12 years after the date of the enactment 

20 of this subsection,’’ and inserting ‘‘the date speci21 fied in paragraph (1)(A),’’; and 

22 (3) in subsection (f)— 

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

24 than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 

25 this subsection, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 


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

2 subparagraph (C) the following: 

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

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

5 Airport Conveyance’ and dated January 13, 

6 2012.’’; 

7 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘until the 

8 date that is 12 years after the date of the enact9 ment of this subsection,’’ and inserting ‘‘until 

10 November 29, 2020,’’; 

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

12 follows: 

13 ‘‘(4) REVERTER.—If the land conveyed pursuant 

14 to paragraph (1) is not used by the city as an airport 

15 or for another public purpose, it shall revert to the 

16 United States, at the option of the Secretary, except 

17 that the city shall have an exclusive right to purchase 

18 such land.’’; and 

19 (E) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 

20 paragraph (7) and by inserting after paragraph 

21 (4) the following: 

22 ‘‘(5) RIGHT TO PURCHASE LAND.—Until Novem23 ber 29, 2020, the City of Mesquite, Nevada, subject to 

24 all appropriate environmental reviews, including 

25 compliance with the National Environmental Policy 


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1 Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4331 et. seq.) and the Endan2 gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq.), 

3 shall have the exclusive right to purchase the parcels 

4 of public land described in paragraph (2) that the 

5 Secretary did not convey to the city pursuant to 

6 paragraph (1). 

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

8 sale of each parcel under this subsection shall be de9 posited into the General Treasury.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 332 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2745 

[Report No. 112–474] 

A BILL 

To amend the Mesquite Lands Act of 1986 to faCounty, Nevada. conservation plan for the Virgin River in Clark cilitate implementation of a multispecies habitat 

MAY 10, 2012 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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