390(g) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 
Reform Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–127; 110 
Stat. 1024). 
(2) Lands identified as suitable for disposal in 
any Federal land use plan developed and approved 
pursuant to section 202 the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712) or 
section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604). 
(3) Lands administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management pursuant to the Act of June 14, 1926 
(commonly known as the Recreation and Public Pur-
poses Act; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 
(4) Lands allocated by the Secretary concerned 
as Solar Energy Zones. 
(5) Lands leased pursuant to the mineral and 
geothermal leasing laws under the Mineral Leasing 
Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.). 
(6) Lands administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management as linear and nonlinear rights-of-way 
granted to the State and political subdivisions of the 
State. 
(7) Split estate lands, where the surface is pri-
vately held and the Bureau of Land Management 
administers the subsurface mineral estate. 
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(8) Lands in the State designated for disposal 
by any other Act of Congress. 
(9) Lands administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management remaining within the original Central 
Pacific Railroad corridor along Interstate Highway 
80 in Northern Nevada, also known as the ‘‘checker-
board’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZED ACREAGE.—The State is authorized 
to select no less than 7,200,000 acres from the categories 
of identified Federal lands described in subsection (a) dur-
ing the initial conveyance phase. 
SEC. 6. SUBSEQUENT CONVEYANCE PHASES. 
(a) CONVEYANCE PROCESS.—The Secretary con-
cerned shall establish a process to convey to the State the 
remaining identified Federal lands not conveyed in the ini-
tial conveyance phase under section 5. 
(b) REQUESTS FOR CONVEYANCE.—During the 10- 
year period beginning upon the completion of the initial 
conveyance phase under section 5, the Secretary concerned 
shall convey to the State pursuant to section 3, upon the 
request of the State or a political subdivision of the State 
and consistent with the process established under this sec-
tion, identified Federal lands remaining under the control 
of the Secretary concerned. 
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(c) MANAGEMENT OF LANDS CONVEYED IN SUBSE-
QUENT CONVEYANCE PHASES.—The State shall manage 
identified Federal lands conveyed under this section for 
ongoing net-revenue generation and environmental health, 
function, productivity, and sustainability. 
SEC. 7. STATE PAYMENTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF 
THE STATE. 
As an additional condition on conveyances under this 
Act, the State shall agree to make payments to political 
subdivisions of the State, using gross revenues derived 
from management of identified Federal lands conveyed 
under this Act, to replace— 
(1) revenues lost through reduced Federal pay-
ments under chapter 69 of title 31, United States 
Code, on account of the conveyance of the lands; and 
(2) revenues that would otherwise have been 
shared with the political subdivisions by the Depart-
ment of the Interior Office of Natural Resources 
Revenue from royalties, rents, and bonuses gen-
erated through energy and mineral leases on identi-
fied Federal lands had the lands remained in Fed-
eral ownership. 
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