SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Southern Nevada Pub-
lic Land Management Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Bureau of Land Management has ex-
tensive land ownership in small and large parcels
interspersed with or adjacent to private land in the
Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, making many of these
parcels difficult to manage and more appropriate for
disposal.
(2) In order to promote responsible and orderly
development in the Las Vegas Valley, certain of
those Federal lands should be sold by the Federal
Government based on recommendations made by
local government and the public.
(3) The Las Vegas metropolitan area is the
fastest growing urban area in the United States,
which is causing significant impacts upon the Lake
Mead National Recreation Area, the Red Rock Can-
yon National Conservation Area, and the Spring
Mountains National Recreation Area, which sur-
round the Las Vegas Valley.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to provide
for the orderly disposal of certain Federal lands in Clark
County, Nevada, and to provide for the acquisition of envi-
ronmentally sensitive lands in the State of Nevada.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(2) The term ‘‘unit of local government’’ means
Clark County, the City of Las Vegas, the City of
North Las Vegas, or the City of Henderson; all in
the State of Nevada.
(3) The term ‘‘Agreement’’ means the agree-
ment entitled ‘‘The Interim Cooperative Manage-
ment Agreement Between The United States De-
partment of the Interior—Bureau of Land Manage-
ment and Clark County’’, dated November 4, 1992.
(4) The term ‘‘special account’’ means the ac-
count in the Treasury of the United States estab-
lished under section 4(e)(1)(C).
(5) The term ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes
Act’’ means the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize
acquisition or use of public lands by States, counties,
or municipalities for recreational purposes’’, ap-
proved June 14, 1926 (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.).
(6) The term ‘‘regional governmental entity’’
means the Southern Nevada Water Authority, the
Regional Flood Control District, and the Clark
County Sanitation District.
SEC. 4. DISPOSAL AND EXCHANGE.
(a) DISPOSAL.—Notwithstanding the land use plan-
ning requirements contained in sections 202 and 203 of
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
(43 U.S.C. 1711 and 1712), the Secretary, in accordance
with this Act, the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, and other applicable law, and subject to valid
existing rights, is authorized to dispose of lands within the
boundary of the area under the jurisdiction of the Direc-
tion of the Bureau of Land Management in Clark County,
Nevada, as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Las
Vegas Valley, Nevada, Land Disposal Map’’, dated April
10, 1997. Such map shall be on file and available for pub-
lic inspection in the offices of the Director and the Las
Vegas District of the Bureau of Land Management.
(b) RESERVATION FOR LOCAL PUBLIC PURPOSES.—
(1) RECREATION
AND
PUBLIC
PURPOSE
ACT
CONVEYANCES.—Not less than 30 days before the
offering of lands for sale or exchange pursuant to
subsection (a), the State of Nevada or the unit of
local government in whose jurisdiction the lands are
located may elect to obtain any such lands for local
public purposes pursuant to the provisions of the
Recreation and Public Purposes Act. Pursuant to
any such election, the Secretary shall retain the
elected lands for conveyance to the State of Nevada
or such unit of the local government in accordance
with the provisions of the Recreation and Public
Purposes Act.
(2) RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—
(A) ISSUANCE.—Upon application, by a
unit of local government or regional govern-
mental entity, the Secretary, in accordance with
this Act and the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act of 1976, and other applicable pro-
visions of law, shall issue right-of-way grants on
Federal lands in Clark County, Nevada, for all
reservoirs, canals, channels, ditches, pipes, pipe-
lines, tunnels and other facilities and systems
needed for—
(i) the impoundment, storage, treat-
ment, transportation or distribution of
water (other than water from the Virgin
River) or wastewater; or
(ii) flood control management.
(B) DURATION.—Right-of-way grants is-
sued under this paragraph shall be valid in per-
petuity.
(C) 
WAIVER
OF
FEES.—Right-of-way
grants issued under this paragraph shall not re-
quire the payment of rental or cost recovery
fees.
(3) YOUTH ACTIVITY FACILITIES.—Within 30
days after a request by Clark County, Nevada, the
Secretary shall offer to Clark County, Nevada, the
land depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Vicinity Map
Parcel 177–28–101–020 dated August 14, 1996, in
accordance with the Recreation and Public Purposes
Act for the construction of youth activity facilities.
(c) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights,
all Federal lands identified in subsection (a) for disposal
are withdrawn from location and entry, under the mining
laws and from operation under the mineral leasing and
geothermal leasing laws until such time as the Secretary
terminates the withdrawal or the lands are patented.
(d) SELECTION.—
(1) JOINT
SELECTION
REQUIRED.—The Sec-
retary and the unit of local government in whose ju-
risdiction lands referred to in subsection (a) are lo-
cated shall jointly select lands to be offered for sale
or exchange under this section. The Secretary shall
coordinate land disposal activities with the unit of
local government in whose jurisdiction such lands
are located. Land disposal activities of the Secretary
shall be consistent with local land use planning and
zoning requirements and recommendations.
(2) OFFERING.—After land has been selected in
accordance with this subsection, the Secretary shall
make the first offering of land as soon as practicable
after the date of enactment of this Act.
(e) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—
(1) LAND
SALES.—Of the gross proceeds of
sales of land under this subsection in a fiscal year—
(A) 5 percent shall be paid directly to the
State of Nevada for use in the general edu-
cation program of the State;
(B) 10 percent shall be paid directly to the
Southern Nevada Water Authority for water
treatment and transmission facility infrastruc-
ture in Clark County, Nevada; and
(C) the remainder shall be deposited in a
special account in the Treasury of the United
States for use pursuant to the provisions of
paragraph (3).
Amounts in the special account shall be available to
the Secretary without further appropriation and
shall remain available until expended.
(2) LAND EXCHANGES.—