I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1092
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell certain parcels of Federal 
land in Carson City and Douglas County, Nevada. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2003
Mr. GIBBONS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell certain 
parcels of Federal land in Carson City and Douglas 
County, 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 ‘‘Nevada National For-
est Land Disposal Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States owns, and the Forest 
Service administers, land in small and large parcels 
in Carson City and Douglas County, Nevada.
(2) Much of this Federal land is interspersed 
with or adjacent to private land, which renders the 
Federal land difficult, inefficient, and expensive for 
the Forest Service to manage and more appropriate 
for disposal. 
(3) In order to promote responsible and orderly 
development in Carson City and Douglas County, 
Nevada, appropriate parcels of the Federal land 
should be sold by the Federal Government based on 
recommendations made by units of local government 
and the public. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to provide 
for the sale of certain parcels of Federal land in Carson 
City and Douglas County, Nevada. 
SEC. 3. DISPOSAL OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS, 
CARSON CITY AND DOUGLAS COUNTY, NE-
VADA. 
(a) DISPOSAL AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’ may 
sell any right, title, or interest of the United States in 
and to the following parcels of National Forest System 
lands in Carson City or Douglas County, Nevada: 
(1) The parcel of land referred to as the ‘‘Car-
son Parcel’’, consisting of approximately 3 acres, 
and more particularly described as the southeast
quarter, section 31, township 15 north, range 20 
east, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian. 
(2) The parcel of land referred to as the ‘‘Jacks 
Valley/Highway 395 Parcel’’, consisting of approxi-
mately 28 acres, and more particularly described as 
the southeast quarter, section 6, township 14 north, 
range 20 east, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian. 
(3) The parcel of land referred to as the ‘‘In-
dian Hills Parcel’’, consisting of approximately 75 
acres, and more particularly described as the south-
west quarter, section 18, township 14 north, range 
20 east, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian. 
(4) The parcel of land referred to as the 
‘‘Mountain House Area Parcel’’, consisting of ap-
proximately 40 acres, and more particularly de-
scribed as the northwest quarter northeast quarter, 
section 12, township 10 north, range 21 east, Mount 
Diablo Base and Meridian. 
(5) The parcel of land referred to as the ‘‘Hol-
brook Junction Area Parcel’’, consisting of approxi-
mately 70 acres, and more particularly described as 
the west half southeast quarter, section 7, township 
10 north, range 22 east, Mount Diablo Base and 
Meridian.
(6) The two parcels of land referred to as the 
‘‘Topaz Lake Parcels’’, consisting of approximately 
5 acres, and more particularly described as the 
northwest quarter, section 29, township 10 north, 
range 22 east, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian. 
(7) Any other parcel of National Forest System 
land in Carson City or Douglas County, Nevada, de-
termined by the Secretary to be appropriate for sale. 
(b) MODIFICATION
OF DESCRIPTIONS.—The Sec-
retary may—
(1) correct typographical or clerical errors in 
the descriptions of land specified in subsection (a); 
and 
(2) for the purposes of soliciting offers for the 
sale of such land, modify the descriptions based 
on—
(A) a survey; or 
(B) a determination by the Secretary that 
the modification is in the best interest of the 
public. 
(c) SELECTION AND SALE.—
(1) JOINT
SELECTION
REQUIRED.—The Sec-
retary and the unit of local government in which the 
land described in subsection (a) is located shall
jointly determine whether the land is to be offered 
for sale under this section. 
(2) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall co-
ordinate the sale of land under this section with the 
unit of local government in which the land is located. 
(3) ZONING LAWS.—The sale of land under this 
section shall be in accordance with local land use 
planning and zoning laws and regulations. 
(4) SOLICITATIONS OF OFFERS.—The Secretary 
shall solicit offers for the sale of land under this sec-
tion, subject to any terms or conditions that the Sec-
retary may prescribe. The Secretary may reject any 
offer made under this section if the Secretary deter-
mines that the offer is not adequate or not in the 
public interest. 
(5) METHOD OF SALE.—The Secretary may sell 
the land described in subsection (a) at public auc-
tion. 
(d) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—
(1) PAYMENTS AND DEPOSITS.—Of the gross 
proceeds from any sale of land under this section, 
the Secretary shall—
(A) pay five percent to the State of Ne-
vada for use for the general education program 
of the State;
(B) pay five percent to the Carson Water 
Subconservancy District in the State; 
(C) deposit 25 percent in the fund estab-
lished under Public Law 90–171 (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Sisk Act’’; 16 U.S.C. 484a); and 
(D) retain and use, without further appro-
priation, the remainder for the same purposes 
and in the same manner as funds appropriated 
to the Forest Service for wildland fire manage-
ment in the State of Nevada. 
(2) USE OF SISK ACT FUNDS.—The amounts 
deposited under paragraph (1)(C) shall be available 
to the Secretary until expended, without further ap-
propriation, for the following purposes: 
(A) Reimbursement of costs incurred by 
the Secretary in carrying out land sales under 
this section. 
(B) The development and maintenance of 
parks, trails, and natural areas in Carson City, 
Douglas County, or Washoe County, Nevada, in 
accordance with a cooperative agreement en-
tered into with the unit of local government in 
which the park, trail, or natural area is located. 
(3) ADMINISTRATION.—Notwithstanding Public 
Law 85–862 (16 U.S.C. 521a), the Secretary shall
manage any land (including land reserved from the 
public domain) acquired under paragraph (2)(A) in 
accordance with the Act of March 1, 1911 (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Weeks Law’’; 16 U.S.C. 480 
et seq.). 
(e) RELATION TO OTHER LAW.—The land described 
in subsection (a) shall not be subject to chapter 5, title 
40, United States Code. 
(f) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
all Federal land described in subsection (a) is withdrawn 
from location, entry, and patent under the public land 
laws, mining laws, and mineral leasing laws, including geo-
thermal leasing laws. 
(g) REVOCATION OF PUBLIC LAND ORDERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—To facilitate the sale of par-
cels of land described in subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall revoke any public land orders in exist-
ence on the date of the enactment of this Act that 
withdraw the parcels from all forms of appropriation 
under the public land laws, to the extent that the or-
ders apply to land described in such subsection (a). 
(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—A revocation under 
paragraph (1) shall be effective on the date on which 
the instrument conveying the parcels of land subject 
to the public land order is executed.
(h) REPORT.— The Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Re-
sources of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Sen-
ate an annual report on all land sales made under this 
section.
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