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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4789 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public land located 
wholly or partially within the boundaries of the Wells Hydroelectric 
Project of Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County, Washington, 
to the utility district. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 16, 2006 
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
public land located wholly or partially within the bound-
aries of the Wells Hydroelectric Project of Public Utility 
District No. 1 of Douglas County, Washington, to the 
utility district. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF PUBLIC LAND, WELLS HYDRO-
ELECTRIC PROJECT, PUBLIC UTILITY DIS-
TRICT NO. 1 OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, WASH-
INGTON. 
(a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—At the request of 
Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County, Wash-
ington (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Utility Dis-
trict’’), the Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the 
Utility District all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to eight parcels of public land that are lo-
cated entirely or partially within the boundaries of the 
Wells Hydroelectric Project of the Utility District and are 
administered by the Secretary through the Bureau of 
Land Management. The parcels consist of a total of ap-
proximately 382 acres, as depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘llllllllll’’ and dated llllll, 
2006. 
(b) TIME FOR CONVEYANCE.—Subject to subsection 
(d), the Secretary shall complete the conveyance under 
this section not later than 90 days after the date on which 
the Secretary receives the Utility District’s request for the 
conveyance under subsection (a). 
(c) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—As soon as pos-
sible after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall prepare legal descriptions of the parcels of 
land to be conveyed under this section. The Secretary may 
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correct any minor errors in the map referred to in sub-
section (a) or in the legal descriptions prepared under this 
subsection. The map and legal descriptions shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in appropriate offices 
of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(d) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the con-
veyance of land under this section, the Utility District 
shall pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the fair 
market value of the conveyed land, as determined by an 
appraisal satisfactory to the Secretary and conforming to 
the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acqui-
sitions. 
(e) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—The Secretary shall de-
posit the proceeds from the conveyance of land under this 
section in the working capital fund of the Bureau of Land 
Management established by section 306 of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1736). 
(f) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the land to be conveyed under this section is withdrawn 
from location, entry, and patent under the public land 
laws, mining laws, and mineral leasing laws, including geo-
thermal leasing laws. 
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