SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO CITY OF MESQUITE, NE-
VADA. 
(a) ADDITIONAL PURCHASE AUTHORITY.—Section 3 
of Public Law 99–548, as amended by Public Law 104– 
208 (110 Stat. 3009–202) and Public Law 106–113 (113 
Stat. 1501A–166), is further amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) SEVENTH AREA.— 
‘‘(1) RIGHT TO PURCHASE.—For a period of 12 
years beginning on the date of the enactment of the 
Mesquite Lands Act of 2007, the city of Mesquite, 
Nevada, shall have the exclusive right to purchase 
the parcels of public land identified on the map pre-
pared by the Bureau of Land Management, entitled 
‘Conveyance of Lands to the City of Mesquite, Ne-
vada’, and dated September 14, 2007. The map 
shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment. 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 10 years 
after the date of enactment of the Mesquite Lands 
Act of 2007, the city shall notify the Secretary of 
the Interior which of the parcels identified on the 
map referred to in paragraph (1) the city intends to 
purchase. 
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‘‘(3) CONVEYANCE.—Not later than 1 year 
after receiving notification from the city under para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall convey to the city the 
land selected for purchase. 
‘‘(4) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, during the period specified in paragraph (1), 
the parcels of public land described in paragraph (2) 
are withdrawn from all forms of public entry and ap-
propriation under the public land laws, including the 
mining laws, and from operation of the mineral leas-
ing and geothermal leasing laws. 
‘‘(5) USE
OF
PROCEEDS.—Amounts received 
from the sale of public land under this subsection 
shall be available for use by the Secretary in the 
State of Nevada, without further appropriation and 
until expended, for the implementation of the Virgin 
River Multispecies Habitat Conservation Plan, in-
cluding any associated groundwater monitoring 
plans, developed pursuant to section 4(e)(3)(A)(iii) 
of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management 
Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–263; 112 Stat. 
2346).’’. 
(b) EXTENSION
OF PURCHASE AUTHORITY
AND 
WITHDRAWALS, FIFTH AND SIXTH AREAS.—Subsections 
(e) and (f) of section 3 of Public Law 99–548, as added 
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by section 133 of appendix C of Public Law 106–113 (113 
Stat. 1501A–166), are amended— 
(1) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘For 
a period of 12 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act,’’ and inserting ‘‘Until Novem-
ber 29, 2015,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Not 
later than 10 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this subsection,’’ and inserting ‘‘Not 
later than November 29, 2014,’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘the date 
that is 12 years after the date of the enactment 
of this subsection,’’ and inserting ‘‘the date 
specified in paragraph (1)(A),’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(3), by striking ‘‘until the 
date that is 12 years after the date of the enactment 
of this subsection,’’ and inserting ‘‘until November 
29, 2015,’’. 
(c) CLARIFICATION OF IMPLEMENTATION AUTHOR-
ITY
FOR
MULTISPECIES
HABITAT
CONSERVATION 
PLAN.—Paragraph (6)(B)(ii) of subsection (e) of section 
3 of Public Law 99–548, as added by section 133 of ap-
pendix C of Public Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 1501A–166), 
is amended by inserting before the period at the end the 
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following: ‘‘, including implementation of the Virgin River 
Multispecies Habitat Conservation Plan, including any as-
sociated groundwater monitoring plans, developed pursu-
ant to subparagraph (A)(iii) of such section’’. 
SEC. 3. LAND CONVEYANCE, VIRGIN VALLEY WATER DIS-
TRICT, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE.—Notwithstanding the Federal 
Land Policy Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 
et seq.), the Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the 
Virgin Valley Water District, without consideration, all 
right, title and interest of the United States in and to ap-
proximately 300 acres of public land in Clark County, Ne-
vada, identified on the map prepared by the Bureau of 
Land Management, entitled ‘‘Conveyance of Lands to the 
Virgin Valley Water District’’, and dated lllll, 
2007. The map shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 
Management. 
(b) EXISTING RIGHTS.—The conveyance under sub-
section (a) shall be subject to valid existing rights. 
(c) COSTS.—The District shall pay to the United 
States an amount equal to the costs of the Secretary asso-
ciated with the conveyance under subsection (a). 
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(d) SUBSEQUENT SALE.—If the District sells any 
portion of the land conveyed to the District under sub-
section (a)— 
(1) the amount of consideration for the sale 
shall reflect fair market value, as determined by an 
appraisal; and 
(2) the District shall pay to the Secretary an 
amount equal to the net proceeds of the sale. 
(e) USE OF PROCEEDS.—Amounts received by the 
Secretary under subsection (d)(2) shall be available for 
use by the Secretary in the State of Nevada, without fur-
ther appropriation and until expended. 
Æ 
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