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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1757
To provide for the orderly disposal of certain Federal lands in Clark County,
Nevada, and to provide for the acquisition by the Secretary of the
Interior of environmentally sensitive lands in the State of Nevada.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 11, 1999
Mr. GIBBONS (for himself and Mr. YOUNG of Alaska) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To provide for the orderly disposal of certain Federal lands
in Clark County, Nevada, and to provide for the acquisi-
tion by the Secretary of the Interior of environmentally
sensitive lands in the State of Nevada.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Spring Mountain Ex-
change Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. EXCHANGE OF LANDS AND MINERAL INTERESTS.
(a) CONVEYANCE BY UNITED STATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (b),
(c), and (d) and notwithstanding any other provision
of law, not later than 90 days after the final deter-
mination of lands and interests subject to exchange
under this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall
convey to Rhodes Design and Development Corpora-
tion, subject to any valid existing rights and in ex-
change for lands and interests conveyed by the Cor-
poration in accordance with subsection (b), all right,
title, and interest of the United States in and to ap-
proximately 1,463 acres of Federal lands in the
State of Nevada depicted on the map entitled
‘‘Spring Mountain Land Exchange, Map 1 dated
lllll’’. The Secretary shall make that map
available for public inspection in the offices of the
Director of the Las Vegas District of the Bureau of
Land Management.
(2) DETERMINATION
OF
LANDS
AND
INTER-
ESTS.—The Secretary shall determine the lands and
interests that are subject to exchange under this sec-
tion not later than 90 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act.
(b) OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE.—The Secretary shall
make the conveyance to the Corporation under subsection
(a) only if the Corporation conveys to the United States
all right, title, and interest of the Corporation in and to
approximately 490 acres of lands in the State of Nevada
depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Spring Mountain Land Ex-
change Map 2 dated lllll’’. The Secretary shall
make that map available for public inspection in the of-
fices of the Director of the Las Vegas District of the Bu-
reau of Land Management.
(c) EQUALIZATION PAYMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the fair market values of
lands and interests exchanged under this section are
not equal, the Secretary shall ensure that they are
equalized by the payment of money to the Secretary
or to the Corporation as appropriate in accordance
with section 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)).
(2) VALUATION.—The value of lands and inter-
ests shall be determined for purposes of this
section—
(A) utilizing nationally recognized ap-
praisal standards;
(B) in accordance with section 206 of the
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)); and
(C) without regard to the presence of any
species listed as threatened species or endan-
gered species under the Endangered Species
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
(d) PAYMENTS
TO STATE
AND LOCAL GOVERN-
MENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall require,
as a term of any conveyance under this section, that
the Corporation shall make direct payments to the
State of Nevada and the Southern Nevada Water
Authority in accordance with paragraph (2). Such
payments shall be considered to be a cost incurred
by the Corporation and shall be compensated by the
Secretary.
(2) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.—
(A) PAYMENT
TO
STATE.—The amount
paid by the Corporation to the State of Nevada
shall be equal to 5 percent of the fair market
value of the Federal lands conveyed by the
United States under this section (as determined
under subsection (b)), and shall be used by the
State only in the general education program of
the State.
(B) 
PAYMENT
TO
AUTHORITY.—The
amount paid by the Corporation to the South-
ern Nevada Water Authority shall be equal to
10 percent of the fair market value of the Fed-
eral lands conveyed by the United States under
this section (as determined under subsection
(b)), and shall be used by the Authority only
for water treatment and transmission facility
infrastructure in Clark County, Nevada.
(e) ADJUSTMENTS TO MAPS.—The Secretary may
make such minor corrections in the maps referred to in
this section as may be agreed upon by the Secretary and
the Corporation, after the Secretary notifies the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate
and the Committee on Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives of any such minor corrections.
(f) ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS.—
(1) CANCELLATION.—If, before the exchange
has been carried out pursuant to subsections (a) and
(b), the Corporation provides written notification to
the Secretary that the Corporation no longer intends
to complete the exchange, the status of the lands
and interests otherwise subject to the exchange shall
revert to the status of such lands and interests as
of the day before the date of enactment of this Act,
and the lands and interests shall be managed in ac-
cordance with applicable law and management plans.
(2) ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS ACQUIRED BY
THE UNITED STATES.—On acceptance of title by the