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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2425 
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 
MAY 18, 2005 
Mr. GIBBONS (for himself, Mr. PORTER, and Ms. BERKLEY) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 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.
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(3) SPECIAL ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘Special Ac-
count’’ means the special account established under 
section 4(e)(1)(C) of the Southern Nevada Public 
Land Management Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2345). 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Nevada. 
(5) TRANSITION AREA.—The term ‘‘Transition 
Area’’ means the approximately 547 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 November 16, 2004. 
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 any por-
tion or portions of the Transition Area for purposes 
of nonresidential development. 
(2) METHOD OF SALE.—The sale of land under 
paragraph (1) shall be— 
(A) through a competitive bidding process; 
and 
(B) for not less than fair market value. 
(3) COMPLIANCE WITH CHARTER.—Except as 
provided in paragraphs (2) and (4), the City may 
sell parcels within the Transition Area only in ac-
cordance with the procedures for conveyances estab-
lished in the City Charter. 
(4) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—Of the gross 
proceeds from the sale of land under paragraph (1), 
the City shall— 
(A) deposit 85 percent in the Special Ac-
count; 
(B) retain 10 percent as compensation for 
the costs incurred by the City— 
(i) in carrying out land sales under 
paragraph (1); and 
(ii) for the provision of public infra-
structure to serve the Transition Area, in-
cluding planning, engineering, surveying,
and subdividing the Transition Area for 
nonresidential development; and 
(C) pay 5 percent to the State for use in 
the general education program of the State. 
(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. 
(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) 
within 20 years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the parcel of land shall, if determined to 
be appropriate by 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— 
(A) at the election 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 subsection 
(b)(2). 
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