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Union Calendar No. 436
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4141
[Report No. 107–705] 
To authorize the acquisition by exchange of lands for inclusion in the Red 
Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Clark County, Nevada, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 10, 2002
Mr. GIBBONS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
OCTOBER 1, 2002
Additional sponsors: Mr. CANNON and Ms. BERKLEY 
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 April 10, 2002] 
A BILL 
To authorize the acquisition by exchange of lands for inclu-
sion in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation 
Area, Clark County, Nevada, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Red Rock Canyon Na-
tional Conservation Area Protection and Enhancement Act 
of 2002’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions apply: 
(1) CORPORATION.—The term ‘‘Corporation’’ 
means The Howard Hughes Corporation, an affiliate 
of the Rouse Company, with its principal place of 
business at 10000 West Charleston Boulevard, Las 
Vegas, Nevada. 
(2) RED ROCK.—The term ‘‘Red Rock’’ means 
the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, 
consisting of approximately 195,780 acres of public 
lands in Clark County, Nevada, specially designated 
for protection in the Red Rock Canyon National Con-
servation Area Establishment Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 
460ccc et seq.), as depicted on the Red Rock Map. 
(3) RED ROCK MAP.—The term ‘‘Red Rock Map’’ 
means the map entitled ‘‘H.R. 4141–Boundary Modi-
fications’’, dated July 1, 2002. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following 
findings:
(1) Red Rock is a natural resource of major sig-
nificance to the people of Nevada and the United 
States. It must be protected in its natural state for 
the enjoyment of future generations of Nevadans and 
Americans, and enhanced wherever possible. 
(2) In 1998, the Congress enacted the Southern 
Nevada Public Lands Management Act of 1998 (Pub-
lic Law 105–263), which provided among other things 
for the protection and enhancement of Red Rock. 
(3) The Corporation owns much of the private 
land on Red Rock’s eastern boundary, and is engaged 
in developing a large-scale master-planned commu-
nity. 
(4) Included in the Corporation’s land holdings 
are 1,071 acres of high-ground lands at the eastern 
edge of Red Rock. These lands were intended to be in-
cluded in Red Rock, but to date have not been ac-
quired by the United States. The protection of this 
high-ground acreage would preserve an important ele-
ment of the western Las Vegas Valley view-shed. 
(5) The Corporation has volunteered to forgo de-
velopment of the high-ground lands, and proposes that 
the United States acquire title to the lands so that 
they can be preserved in perpetuity to protect and ex-
pand Red Rock.
(b) PURPOSES.—This Act has the following purposes: 
(1) To accomplish an exchange of lands between 
the United States and the Corporation that would 
transfer certain high-ground lands to the United 
States in exchange for the transfer of other lands of 
approximately equal value to the Corporation. 
(2) To protect Red Rock and to expand its 
boundaries as contemplated by the Bureau of Land 
Management, as depicted on the Red Rock Map. 
(3) To further fulfill the purposes of the Southern 
Nevada Public Lands Management Act of 1998 and 
the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area 
Establishment Act of 1990. 
SEC. 4. RED ROCK LAND EXCHANGE. 
(a) ACQUISITION REQUIREMENT.—If the Corporation 
offers to convey to the United States all right, title, and 
interest in and to the approximately 1,082 acres of non-
federal land owned by the Corporation and depicted on the 
Red Rock Map as ‘‘OFFERED LANDS TO BE INCOR-
PORATED INTO NCA’’, the Secretary shall accept such 
offer on behalf of the United States, and not later than 90 
days after the date of the offer, except as otherwise provided 
in this Act, shall make the following conveyances:
(1) To the Corporation, the approximately 998 
acres of Federal lands depicted on the Red Rock Map 
as ‘‘BLM LANDS SELECTED FOR EXCHANGE’’. 
(2) To Clark County, Nevada, the approximately 
1,221 acres of Federal lands depicted on the Red Rock 
Map as ‘‘BLM LANDS FOR CLARK COUNTY 
PARK’’. 
(b) SIMULTANEOUS CONVEYANCES.—Title to the pri-
vate property and the Federal property to be conveyed pur-
suant to this section shall be conveyed at the same time. 
(c) MAP.—The Secretary shall keep the Red Rock Map 
on file and available for public inspection in the Las Vegas 
District Office of the Bureau of Land Management in Ne-
vada, and the State Office of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, Reno, Nevada. 
(d) CONDITIONS.—
(1) HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.—As a condition of 
the conveyance under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary 
shall require that the Corporation be responsible for 
removal of and remediation related to any hazardous 
materials that are present on the property conveyed 
to the United States under subsection (a). 
(2) SURVEY.—As a condition of the conveyance 
under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall require 
that not later than 90 days after the date of the offer
referred to in subsection (a), the Corporation shall 
provide a metes and bounds survey, that is acceptable 
to the Corporation, Clark County, and the Secretary, 
of the common boundary between the parcels of land 
to be conveyed under subsection (a). 
(3) LANDS CONVEYED TO CLARK COUNTY.—As a 
condition of the conveyance under subsection (a)(2), 
the Secretary shall require that—
(A) the lands transferred to Clark County 
by the United States must be held in perpetuity 
by the County for use only as a public park or 
as part of a public regional trail system; and 
(B) if the County attempts to transfer the 
lands or to undertake a use on the lands that is 
inconsistent with their preservation and use as 
described in subparagraph (A), such lands shall 
revert to the United States. 
SEC. 5. STATUS AND MANAGEMENT OF LANDS. 
(a) INCLUSION OF BASIN LANDS.—Upon the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall administer 
the lands depicted on the Red Rock Map as ‘‘Flood Control 
Detention Basin Lands’’, exclusive of those lands used for 
the Corps of Engineers R–4 Detention Basin, as part of 
Red Rock and in accordance with the Red Rock Canyon 
National Conservation Area Establishment Act of 1990 (16
U.S.C. 460ccc et seq.), the Southern Nevada Public Lands 
Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–263), and all 
other applicable laws. 
(b) INCLUSION OF ACQUIRED LANDS; MAPS REFLECT-
ING BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.—Upon acquisition by the 
United States of lands under this Act, the Secretary shall—
(1) administer the lands as part of Red Rock 
and in accordance with the Red Rock Canyon Na-
tional Conservation Area Establishment Act of 1990 
(16 U.S.C. 460ccc et seq.), the Southern Nevada Pub-
lic Lands Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–
263), and all other applicable laws; and 
(2) create new maps showing the boundaries of 
Red Rock as modified by or pursuant to this Act, and 
make such maps available for review at the Las Vegas 
District Office of the Bureau of Land Management 
and the State Office of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, Reno, Nevada. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3(a)(2) of the 
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Establish-
ment Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 460ccc–1(a)(2)) is amended 
by inserting before the period the following: ‘‘, and such ad-
ditional areas as are included in the conservation area pur-
suant to the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area 
Protection and Enhancement Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 6. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
(a) REVIEW OF APPRAISAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall complete a review of the appraisal entitled ‘‘Complete 
Self-Contained Appraisal Red Rock Exchange, Las Vegas, 
Nevada’’, completed on or about June 3, 2002. The dif-
ference in appraisal values shall be reimbursed to the Sec-
retary by the Corporation in accordance with the Southern 
Nevada Public Lands Management Act of 1998. 
(b) VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.—The land exchange 
under this Act shall be subject to valid existing rights. Each 
party to which property is conveyed under this Act shall 
succeed to the rights and obligations of the conveying party 
with respect to any lease, right-of-way, permit, or other 
valid existing right to which the property is subject. 
(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Nothing in this Act 
prohibits the parties to the conveyances under this Act from 
agreeing to the correction of technical errors or omissions 
in the Red Rock Map. 
(d) WITHDRAWAL OF AFFECTED LANDS.—To the ex-
tent not already accomplished under law or administrative 
action, the Secretary shall withdraw from operation of the 
public land and mining laws, subject to valid existing 
rights—
(1) those Federal lands acquired by the United 
States under this Act; and
(2) those Federal lands already owned by the 
United States on the date of the enactment of this Act 
but included within the Red Rock National Conserva-
tion Area boundaries by this Act.
Union Calendar No. 436
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4141
[Report No. 107–705] 
A BILL 
To authorize the acquisition by exchange of lands 
for inclusion in the Red Rock Canyon National 
Conservation Area, Clark County, Nevada, and 
for other purposes. 
OCTOBER 1, 2002
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed