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pollutant, or contaminant will be taken, in accordance 
with all Federal, State, and local requirements; and 
(ii) contains provisions determined to be necessary 
by the State and the Henderson Redevelopment 
Agency, including financial assurance provisions to 
ensure the completion of the remedy. 
(3) NOTIFICATION
FROM
AGENCY.—As a condition of the 
conveyance under subsection (a), not later than 90 days after 
the date of execution of the mine remediation and reclamation 
agreement required under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall 
accept written notification from the Henderson Redevelopment 
Agency that the Henderson Redevelopment Agency is prepared 
to accept conveyance of the Federal land under subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 4. WITHDRAWAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, for the 10- 
year period beginning on the earlier of the date of enactment 
of this Act or the date of the conveyance required by this Act, 
the Federal land is withdrawn from all forms of— 
(1) entry, appropriation, operation, or disposal under the 
public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; 
and 
(3) disposition under the mineral leasing, mineral mate-
rials, and the geothermal leasing laws. 
(b) EXISTING RECLAMATION WITHDRAWALS.—Subject to valid 
existing rights, any withdrawal under the public land laws that 
includes all or any portion of the Federal land for which the Bureau 
of Reclamation has determined that the Bureau of Reclamation 
has no further need under applicable law is relinquished and 
revoked solely to the extent necessary— 
(1) to exclude from the withdrawal the property that is 
no longer needed; and 
(2) to allow for the immediate conveyance of the Federal 
land as required under this Act. 
(c) EXISTING RECLAMATION PROJECT AND PERMITTED FACILI-
TIES.—Except as provided in subsection (a), nothing in this Act 
diminishes, hinders, or interferes with the exclusive and perpetual 
use by the existing rights holders for the operation, maintenance, 
and improvement of water conveyance infrastructure and facilities, 
including all necessary ingress and egress, situated on the Federal 
land that were constructed or permitted by the Bureau of Reclama-
tion before the effective date of this Act. 
SEC. 5. ACEC BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 
Notwithstanding section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1713), the boundary of the 
River Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern (NVN 
76884) is adjusted to exclude any portion of the Three Kids Mine 
Project Site consistent with the map. 
SEC. 6. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES. 
(a) RESPONSIBILITY
OF PARTIES
TO MINE REMEDIATION
AND 
RECLAMATION AGREEMENT.—On completion of the conveyance under 
section 3, the responsibility for complying with the mine remedi-
ation and reclamation agreement executed under section 3(b)(2) 
shall apply to the Responsible Party and the State of Nevada.
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(b) SAVINGS PROVISION.—If the conveyance under this Act has 
occurred, but the terms of the agreement executed under section 
3(b)(2) have not been met, nothing in this Act— 
(1) affects the responsibility of the Secretary to take any 
additional response action necessary to protect public health 
and the environment from a release or the threat of a release 
of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant; or 
(2) unless otherwise expressly provided, modifies, limits, 
or otherwise affects— 
(A) the application of, or obligation to comply with, 
any law, including any environmental or public health 
law; or 
(B) the authority of the United States to enforce compli-
ance with the requirements of any law or the agreement 
executed under section 3(b)(2). 
SEC. 7. SOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC LANDS MANAGEMENT ACT. 
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 (31 
U.S.C. 6901 note; Public Law 105–263) shall not apply to land 
conveyed under this Act. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.