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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4657
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
OCTOBER 1, 1998
Mr. GIBBONS (for himself and Mr. YOUNG of Alaska) 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 ‘‘Spring Mountain Ex-
change Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. EXCHANGE OF LANDS AND MINERAL INTERESTS.
(a) CONVEYANCE BY UNITED STATES.—
all right, title, and interest of the Corporation in and to
approximately 490 acres of lands in the State of Nevada
depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Spring Mountain Land Ex-
change Map 2 dated August ll, 1998’’. 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 sec-
tion—
(A) utilizing nationally recognized ap-
praisal standards;
(B) in accordance with section 206 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 (b)), and shall be used by the
State only in the general education program 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
(b)), 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 Commit-
tee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and
the Committee on Resources of the House of Representa-
tives 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 Con-
gress—
(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 Rhodes Design and Development Cor-
poration (a corporation established under the laws of
the State of Nevada).
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
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