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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2751
To give the city of Mesquite, Nevada, the right to purchase at fair market
value certain parcels of public land in the city.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 5, 1999
Mr. GIBBONS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To give the city of Mesquite, Nevada, the right to purchase
at fair market value certain parcels of public land in
the city.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO CITY OF MESQUITE,
NEVADA.
Section 3 of Public Law 99–548 (100 Stat. 3061;
110 Stat. 3009–202) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(e) FIFTH AREA.—
‘‘(1) RIGHT TO PURCHASE.—For a period of 12
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the
city of Mesquite, Nevada, shall have the exclusive
right to purchase the parcels of public land de-
scribed in paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The parcels of pub-
lic land referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:
‘‘(A) In T. 13 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian, Nevada:
‘‘(i) The portion of sec. 27 north of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(ii) Sec. 28: NE 1⁄4, S 1⁄2 (except the
Interstate Route 15 right-of-way).
‘‘(iii) Sec. 29: E 1⁄2 NE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4, SE
1⁄4 SE 1⁄4.
‘‘(iv) The portion of sec. 30 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(v) The portion of sec. 31 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(vi) Sec. 32: NE 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 (except
the Interstate Route 15 right-of-way), the
portion of NW 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 south of Inter-
state Route 15, and the portion of W 1⁄2
south of Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(vii) The portion of sec. 33 north of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(B) In T. 14 S., R. 70 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian, Nevada:
‘‘(i) Sec. 5: NW 1⁄4.
‘‘(ii) Sec. 6: N 1⁄2.
‘‘(C) In T. 13 S., R. 69 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian, Nevada:
‘‘(i) The portion of sec. 25 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(ii) The portion of sec. 26 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(iii) The portion of sec. 27 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(iv) Sec. 28: SW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4.
‘‘(v) Sec. 33: E 1⁄2.
‘‘(vi) Sec. 34.
‘‘(vii) Sec. 35.
‘‘(viii) Sec. 36.
‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 10 years
after the date of enactment of this subsection, the
city shall notify the Secretary which of the parcels
of public land described in paragraph (2) the city in-
tends to purchase.
‘‘(4) CONVEYANCE.—Not later than 1 year
after receiving notification from the city under para-
graph (3), the Secretary shall convey to the city the
land selected for purchase.
‘‘(5) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing
rights, until the date that is 12 years after the date
of enactment of this subsection, the parcels of public
land described in paragraph (2) are withdrawn from
all forms of entry and appropriation under the pub-
lic land laws, including the mining laws, and from
operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal
leasing laws.
‘‘(6) USE OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds of the
sale of each parcel—
‘‘(A) shall be deposited in the special ac-
count established under section 4(e)(1)(C) of
the Southern Nevada Public Land Management
Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2345); and
‘‘(B) shall be disposed of by the Secretary
as provided in section 4(e)(3) of that Act (112
Stat. 2346).
‘‘(f) SIXTH AREA.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after
the date of enactment of this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall convey to the city of Mesquite, Nevada,
in accordance with section 47125 of title 49, United
States Code, up to 2,560 acres of public land to be
selected by the city from among the parcels of land
described in paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The parcels of land
referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:
‘‘(A) In T. 13 S., R. 69 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian, Nevada:
‘‘(i) The portion of sec. 28 south of
Interstate Route 15 (except S 1⁄2 SE 1⁄4).
‘‘(ii) The portion of sec. 29 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(iii) The portion of sec. 30 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(iv) The portion of sec. 31 south of
Interstate Route 15.
‘‘(v) Sec. 32.
‘‘(vi) Sec. 33: W 1⁄2.
‘‘(B) In T. 14 S., R. 69 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian, Nevada:
‘‘(i) Sec. 4.
‘‘(ii) Sec. 5.
‘‘(iii) Sec. 6.
‘‘(iv) Sec. 8.
‘‘(C) In T. 14 S., R. 68 E., Mount Diablo
Meridian, Nevada:
‘‘(i) Sec. 1.
‘‘(ii) Sec. 12.
‘‘(3) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing
rights, until the date that is 12 years after the date
of enactment of this subsection, the parcels of public
land described in paragraph (2) are withdrawn from
all forms of entry and appropriation under the pub-
lic land laws, including the mining laws, and from
operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal
leasing laws.’’.
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