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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4637
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
JUNE 12, 2000
Mr. GIBBONS 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 ‘‘Summerlin Land Ex-
change Act of 2000’’.
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 the Howard Hughes Corporation, subject
to any valid existing rights and in exchange for
lands and interest conveyed by the Corporation in
accordance with subsection (b), all right, title, and
interest of the United States in and to approxi-
mately 690 acres of Federal lands in the State of
Nevada that are—
(A) 
depicted 
on 
the 
map 
entitled
‘‘Summerlin Land Exchange, Exhibit A’’ and
dated April 18, 1996;
(B) more particularly described as those
lands that lie in the bajada between Summerlin
and the base of the ridge of hills east of Blue
Diamond Ridge to include the small valley at
the base of Blue Mountain Ridge; and
(C) having the specific land coordinates of
Sections 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 29, and 32 on the
map referred to in subparagraph (A).
The Secretary shall make the map referred to in
subparagraph (A) 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 Federal
lands and interests that are subject to exchange
under this section not later than 90 days after the
date of enactment 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 720 acres in the State of Nevada that are—
(1) depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Summerlin
Land Exchange, Exhibit A’’ and dated April 18,
1996; and
(2) more particularly described as those lands
that lie along the specific land coordinates ref-
erenced as portions of Sections 26 and 36 on the
map referred to in paragraph (1).
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.
(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(b) 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 (c)(2)), and shall be used by
the States only in the general education pro-
gram 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
(c)(2)), 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
United States, all land and interests acquired by the
United States under this section that are located
within the boundaries of a unit of the National For-
est System, National Park System, National Wildlife
Refuge System, National Wild and Scenic Rivers
System, National Trails System, National Wilder-
ness Preservation System, or any other system es-
tablished by an Act of Congress, or within the
boundaries of any national conservation area or na-
tional recreation area established by an Act of
Congress—
(A) shall become part of the unit or area
without further administrative or legislative ac-
tion; and
(B) shall be managed in accordance with
all laws, regulations, and land use plans appli-
cable to the unit or area.
(g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
(1) CORPORATION.—The term ‘‘Corporation’’
means the Howard Hughes Corporation, an affiliate
of the Rouse Company (both corporate entities
under the laws of the State of Nevada).
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
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