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Union Calendar No. 170
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1092
[Report No. 108–294] 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell certain parcels of Federal 
land in Carson City and Douglas County, Nevada. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2003
Mr. GIBBONS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
OCTOBER 2, 2003 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 5, 2003] 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell certain 
parcels of Federal land in Carson City and Douglas 
County, 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 ‘‘Nevada National Forest 
Land Disposal Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States owns, and the Forest Serv-
ice administers, land in small and large parcels in 
Carson City and Douglas County, Nevada. 
(2) Much of this Federal land is interspersed 
with or adjacent to private land, which renders the 
Federal land difficult, inefficient, and expensive for 
the Forest Service to manage and more appropriate 
for disposal. 
(3) In order to promote responsible and orderly 
development in Carson City and Douglas County, Ne-
vada, appropriate parcels of the Federal land should 
be sold by the Federal Government based on rec-
ommendations made by units of local government and 
the public. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to provide 
for the sale of certain parcels of Federal land in Carson 
City and Douglas County, Nevada.
SEC. 3. DISPOSAL OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS, 
CARSON CITY AND DOUGLAS COUNTY, NE-
VADA. 
(a) DISPOSAL REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall 
sell any right, title, or interest of the United States in and 
to the following parcels of National Forest System lands 
in Carson City or Douglas County, Nevada: 
(1) The parcel of land referred to as the ‘‘Carson 
Parcel’’, consisting of approximately 3 acres, and 
more particularly described as being a portion of the 
southeast quarter, section 31, township 15 north, 
range 20 east, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian. 
(2) The parcel of land referred to as the ‘‘Jacks 
Valley/Highway 395 Parcel’’, consisting of approxi-
mately 28 acres, and more particularly described as 
being a portion of the southeast quarter, section 6, 
township 14 north, range 20 east, Mount Diablo Base 
and Meridian. 
(3) The parcel of land referred to as the ‘‘Indian 
Hills Parcel’’, consisting of approximately 75 acres, 
and more particularly described as being a portion of 
the southwest quarter, section 18, township 14 north, 
range 20 east, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian. 
(4) The parcel of land referred to as the ‘‘Moun-
tain House Area Parcel’’, consisting of approximately
40 acres, and more particularly described as being a 
portion of the northwest quarter northeast quarter, 
section 12, township 10 north, range 21 east, Mount 
Diablo Base and Meridian. 
(5) The parcel of land referred to as the ‘‘Hol-
brook Junction Area Parcel’’, consisting of approxi-
mately 80 acres, and more particularly described as 
being a portion of the west half of the southwest quar-
ter, section 7, township 10 north, range 22 east, 
Mount Diablo Base and Meridian. 
(6) The two parcels of land referred to as the 
‘‘Topaz Lake Parcels’’, consisting of approximately 5 
acres (approximately 2.5 acres per parcel), and more 
particularly described as being portions of the north-
west quarter, section 29, township 10 north, range 22 
east, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF DESCRIPTIONS.—The Secretary 
may—
(1) correct typographical or clerical errors in the 
descriptions of land specified in subsection (a); and 
(2) for the purposes of soliciting offers for the 
sale of such land, modify the descriptions based on—
(A) a survey; or
(B) a determination by the Secretary that 
the modification is in the best interest of the 
public. 
(c) SELECTION AND SALE.—
(1) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall coordi-
nate the sale of land under this section with the unit 
of local government in which the land is located. 
(2) EXISTING RIGHTS.—The sale of land under 
this section shall be subject to all valid existing rights, 
such as rights-of-way, in effect as of the date of the 
sale. 
(3) ZONING LAWS.—The sale of land under this 
section shall be in accordance with local land use 
planning and zoning laws and regulations. 
(4) SOLICITATIONS OF OFFERS.—The Secretary 
shall solicit offers for the sale of land under this sec-
tion, subject to any terms or conditions that the Sec-
retary may prescribe. The Secretary may reject any 
offer made under this section if the Secretary deter-
mines that the offer is not adequate or not in the pub-
lic interest. 
(5) METHOD OF SALE.—The Secretary may sell 
the land described in subsection (a) at public auction. 
(d) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—