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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2989
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the St. Jude’s Ranch
for Children, Nevada, approximately 40 acres of land in Las Vegas,
Nevada, to be used for the development of facilities for the residential
care and treatment of adjudicated girls.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 9, 1997
Mr. ENSIGN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the
St. Jude’s Ranch for Children, Nevada, approximately
40 acres of land in Las Vegas, Nevada, to be used
for the development of facilities for the residential care
and treatment of adjudicated girls.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that:
(1) St. Jude’s Ranch for children is a nonprofit,
nonsectarian organization.
(2) The St. Jude’s Ranch for Children has been
a proven success for over 25 years.
(3) St. Jude’s Ranch for Children has provided
residential care for abused, abandoned, neglected,
and troubled children.
(4) St. Jude’s is now prepared to embark on
the development of a Good Shepherd Campus for ad-
judicated girls.
(5) Roughly 40 acres is needed to develop the
facility that will house 102 adjudicated girls with 24
hour, seven days a week adult supervision.
(6) The facility also contains on-campus edu-
cation facilities, dining hall, library, chapel, child
care offices, administration offices, and recreation
center.
SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF 40 ACRES TO ST. JUDE’S RANCH
FOR CHILDREN.
(a) CONVEYANCE.—Within 30 days after a request
by the St. Jude’s Ranch for Children, the Secretary shall
offer to convey, without consideration, to the St. Jude’s
Ranch for Children all right, title, and interest of the
United States in the surface estate of the land depicted
on the map entitled ‘‘———————’’, dated ————
and described in subsection (b), for the construction of
a Good Shepard campus for adjudicated girls. Such map
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the
offices of the Bureau of Land Management, Department
of the Interior, in Washington, D.C. and Las Vegas, Ne-
vada.
(b) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The land referred to in
subsection (a) is a parcel containing 39.87 acres described
as follows:
Government Lot 1 in the Southwest Quarter
(SW1⁄4) of Section 12, Township 19 South, Range
60 East, M.D.M., the City of Las Vegas, County of
Clark, State of Nevada. Said Government Lot 1
more commonly referred to as the Northeast Quar-
ter (NE1⁄4) of the Southwest Quarter (SW1⁄4) of
said Section 12.
(c) ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.—Prior
to the conveyance under subsection (a), the Secretary of
the Interior shall conduct such environmental studies as
may be necessary, including an assessment of the presence
of any hazardous substances, pollutants, and contami-
nants (within the meaning of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980) to determine if the development of facilities for ad-
judicated girls is a compatible use of the land described
in subsection (b).
(d) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If the land conveyed
under subsection (a) ceases to be used for residential care
for adjudicated girls, all right, title, and interest in such
land shall revert to the Government of the United States.
(e) SUBSURFACE ESTATE.—The subsurface estate in
the lands described in subsection (b) shall be reserved to
the United States.
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