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Union Calendar No. 535
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4656
[Report No. 106–885]
To authorize the Forest Service to convey certain lands in the Lake Tahoe
Basin to the Washoe County School District for use as an elementary
school site.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 14, 2000
Mr. GIBBONS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
SEPTEMBER 22, 2000
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To authorize the Forest Service to convey certain lands in
the Lake Tahoe Basin to the Washoe County School
District for use as an elementary school site.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN FOREST SERVICE
LAND IN THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN.
(a) CONVEYANCE.—Upon application, the Secretary
of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest
Service, may convey to the Washoe County School District
all right, title, and interest of the United States in the
property described as a portion of the Northwest quarter
of Section 15, Township 16 North, Range 18 East,
M.D.B. & M., more particularly described as Parcel 1 of
Parcel Map No. 426 for Boise Cascade, filed in the office
of the Washoe County Recorder, State of Nevada, on May
19, 1977, as file No. 465601, Official Records.
(b) REVIEW OF APPLICATION.—When the Secretary
receives an application to convey the property under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall make a final determination
whether or not to convey such property before the end of
the 180-day period beginning on the date of the receipt
of the application.
(c) USE; REVERSION.—The conveyance of the prop-
erty under subsection (a) shall be for the sole purpose of
the construction of an elementary school on the property.
The property conveyed shall revert to the United States
if the property is used for a purpose other than as an
elementary school site.
(d) CONSIDERATION BASED ON REQUIREMENT TO
USE FOR LIMITED PUBLIC PURPOSES.—The Secretary
shall determine the amount of any consideration required
for the conveyance of property under this section based
on the fair market value of the property when it is subject
to the restriction on use under subsection (c).
(e) PROCEEDS.—The proceeds from the conveyance
of the property under subsection (a) shall be available to
the Secretary without further appropriation and shall re-
main available until expended for the purpose of acquiring
environmentally sensitive land in the Lake Tahoe Basin
pursuant to section 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to pro-
vide for the orderly disposal of certain Federal lands in
Nevada and for the acquisition of certain other lands in
the Lake Tahoe Basin, and for other purposes’’, approved
December 23, 1980 (94 Stat. 3381; commonly known as
the ‘‘Santini-Burton Act’’).
(f) APPLICABLE LAW.—Except as otherwise provided
in this section, any sale of National Forest System land
under this section shall be subject to the laws (including
regulations) applicable to the conveyance of National For-
est System lands.
Union Calendar No. 535
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4656
[Report No. 106–885]
A BILL
To authorize the Forest Service to convey certain
lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin to the Washoe
County School District for use as an elementary
school site.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2000
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed