exchange for consideration in an amount equal to the fair 
market value of the Federal land, all right, title, and inter-
est of the United States in and to such Federal land. 
(b) APPRAISAL
TO
DETERMINE
FAIR
MARKET 
VALUE.—The Secretary shall determine the fair market 
value of the Federal land to be conveyed— 
(1) in accordance with the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.); and 
(2) based on an appraisal that is conducted in 
accordance with nationally recognized appraisal 
standards, including— 
(A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 
Federal Land Acquisition; and 
(B) the Uniform Standards of Professional 
Appraisal Practice. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(d) RESERVATION OF EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF- 
WAY.—The City and the Bureau of Reclamation may re-
tain easements or rights-of-way on the Federal land to be 
conveyed, including easements or rights-of-way the Bureau 
of Reclamation determines are necessary to carry out— 
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(1) the operation and maintenance of the Truck-
ee Canal; or 
(2) the Newlands Project. 
(e) COSTS.—The City shall, at closing for the convey-
ance authorized under subsection (a), pay or reimburse the 
Secretary, as appropriate, for the reasonable transaction 
and administrative personnel costs associated with the con-
veyance authorized under such subsection, including the 
costs of appraisal, title searches, maps, and boundary and 
cadastral surveys. 
(f) CONVEYANCE NOT A MAJOR FEDERAL ACTION.— 
A conveyance or a combination of conveyances made under 
this section shall not be considered a major Federal action 
for purposes of section 102(2) of the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)). 
SEC. 3. RELEASE OF UNITED STATES. 
Upon making the conveyance under section 2, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the United States is 
released from any and all liabilities or claims of any kind 
or nature arising from the presence, release, or threat of 
release of any hazardous substance, pollutant, contaminant, 
petroleum product (or derivative of a petroleum product of 
any kind), solid waste, mine materials or mining related 
features (including tailings, overburden, waste rock, mill 
remnants, pits, or other hazards resulting from the presence 
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of mining related features) on the Federal land in existence 
on or before the date of the conveyance. 
SEC. 4. WITHDRAWAL. 
Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal land to be 
conveyed under section 2 of this Act shall be withdrawn 
from all forms of— 
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 
public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(3) disposition under the mineral leasing, min-
eral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
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Union Calendar No. 215 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1170 
[Report No. 113–297] 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Bureau of Land Management and 
the Bureau of Reclamation, to convey, by quit-
claim deed, to the City of Fernley, Nevada, all 
right, title, and interest of the United States, to 
any Federal land within that city that is under 
the jurisdiction of either of those agencies. 
DECEMBER 16, 2013 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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