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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2997 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Mesa County, Colorado, 
certain Federal land in Colorado, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 28, 2023 
Mrs. BOEBERT (for herself, Mr. BUCK, and Mr. LAMBORN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Mesa 
County, Colorado, certain Federal land in Colorado, and 
for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Clifton Opportunities 
Now for Vibrant Economic Yields Act’’ or as the ‘‘CON-
VEY Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND TO MESA COUNTY, 
COLORADO. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) CLIFTON PARCEL.—The term ‘‘Clifton par-
cel’’ means the approximately 31.1 acres of Federal 
land depicted as ‘‘31.1 Acres to be Conveyed to 
Mesa County’’ on the map titled ‘‘Clifton Opportuni-
ties Now for Vacant Earth Yields (CONVEY) Act’’ 
and dated February 27, 2023. 
(2) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Mesa 
County, Colorado. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the Secretarial 
Order dated August 26, 1902, and the Secretarial Order 
dated July 25, 1908, the Secretary shall convey to the 
County, as soon as practicable, all rights, title, and inter-
est of the United States in and to the Clifton parcel. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The conveyance under this sec-
tion shall be— 
(1) subject to valid existing rights; and 
(2) for not less than fair market value, as de-
termined in accordance with subsection (d). 
(d) APPRAISAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The fair market value of the 
Clifton parcel shall be determined by an independent 
appraisal obtained by the Secretary. 
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(2) APPRAISAL STANDARDS.—The appraisal re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall be conducted in ac-
cordance with the— 
(A) Uniform Appraisal Standards for Fed-
eral Land Acquisitions; and 
(B) Uniform Standards of Professional 
Appraisal Practice. 
(e) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall pay all costs associ-
ated with the conveyance required under subsection 
(b). 
(2) SURVEY.—The County shall pay all costs 
associated with any survey conducted for the pur-
pose of accomplishing the conveyance required under 
subsection (b). 
(f) PROCEEDS FROM CONVEYANCE.—The proceeds 
from the conveyance required under subsection (b) shall 
be— 
(1) deposited into the Federal Land Disposal 
Account established by the Federal Land Trans-
action Facilitation Act (43 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.); and 
(2) available for expenditure under that Act. 
(g) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall finalize a map and a legal description of all 
land to be conveyed under this Act. 
(2) CONTROLLING DOCUMENT.—In the case of 
a discrepancy between the map and the legal de-
scription created under paragraph (1), the map shall 
control. 
(3) CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary and the 
County, by mutual agreement, may correct any 
minor errors in the map or the legal description cre-
ated under paragraph (1). 
(4) MAP ON FILE.—The map and the legal de-
scription created under paragraph (1) shall be kept 
on file and available for public inspection in each ap-
propriate office of the Bureau of Land Management. 
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