I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 408 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the City of Henderson, 
Nevada, certain Federal land located in the City, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2009 
Mr. HELLER 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 the 
City of Henderson, Nevada, certain Federal land located 
in the City, 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 ‘‘Southern Nevada Lim-
ited Transition Area Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the City of 
Henderson, Nevada. 
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(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Nevada. 
(4) TRANSITION AREA.—The term ‘‘Transition 
Area’’ means the approximately 502 acres of Fed-
eral land located in Henderson, Nevada, and identi-
fied as ‘‘Limited Transition Area’’ on the map enti-
tled ‘‘Southern Nevada Limited Transition Area 
Act’’ and dated March 20, 2006. 
SEC. 3. SOUTHERN NEVADA LIMITED TRANSITION AREA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE.—Notwithstanding the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.), on request of the City, the Secretary shall, 
without consideration and subject to all valid existing 
rights, convey to the City all right, title, and interest of 
the United States in and to the Transition Area. 
(b) USE OF LAND FOR NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOP-
MENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—After the conveyance to the 
City under subsection (a), the City may sell, lease, 
or otherwise convey any portion or portions of the 
Transition Area for purposes of nonresidential devel-
opment. 
(2) METHOD OF SALE.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The sale, lease, or con-
veyance of land under paragraph (1) shall be 
through a competitive bidding process. 
(B) FAIR MARKET VALUE.—Any land sold, 
leased, or otherwise conveyed under paragraph 
(1) shall be for not less than fair market value. 
(3) COMPLIANCE WITH CHARTER.—Except as 
provided in paragraphs (2) and (4), the City may 
sell, lease, or otherwise convey parcels within the 
Transition Area only in accordance with the proce-
dures for conveyances established in the City Char-
ter. 
(4) DISPOSITION
OF
PROCEEDS.—The gross 
proceeds from the sale of land under paragraph (1) 
shall be distributed in accordance with section 4(e) 
of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management 
Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2345). 
(c) USE OF LAND FOR RECREATION OR OTHER PUB-
LIC PURPOSES.—The City may elect to retain parcels in 
the Transition Area for public recreation or other public 
purposes consistent with the Act of June 14, 1926 (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes 
Act’’) (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.) by providing to the Sec-
retary written notice of the election. 
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(d) NOISE COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—The 
City shall— 
(1) plan and manage the Transition Area in ac-
cordance with section 47504 of title 49, United 
States Code (relating to airport noise compatibility 
planning), and regulations promulgated in accord-
ance with that section; and 
(2) agree that if any land in the Transition 
Area is sold, leased, or otherwise conveyed by the 
City, the sale, lease, or conveyance shall contain a 
limitation to require uses compatible with that air-
port noise compatibility planning. 
(e) REVERSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If any parcel of land in the 
Transition Area is not conveyed for nonresidential 
development under this Act or reserved for recre-
ation or other public purposes under subsection (c) 
by the date that 20 years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the parcel of land shall, at the dis-
cretion of the Secretary, revert to the United States. 
(2) INCONSISTENT USE.—If the City uses any 
parcel of land within the Transition Area in a man-
ner that is inconsistent with the uses specified in 
this section— 
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(A) at the discretion of the Secretary, the 
parcel shall revert to the United States; or 
(B) if the Secretary does not make an elec-
tion under paragraph (1), the City shall sell the 
parcel of land in accordance with this section. 
Æ 
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