SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nevada National For-
est Land Disposal Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States owns, and the Forest
Service administers, land in small and large parcels
in Carson City and Douglas County, Nevada.
(2) Much of this Federal land is interspersed
with or adjacent to private land, which renders the
Federal land difficult, inefficient, and expensive for
the Forest Service to manage and more appropriate
for disposal.
(3) In order to promote responsible and orderly
development in Carson City and Douglas County,
Nevada, appropriate parcels of the Federal land
should be sold by the Federal Government based on
recommendations made by units of local government
and the public.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to provide
for the sale of certain parcels of Federal land in Carson
City and Douglas County, Nevada.
SEC. 3. DISPOSAL OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS,
CARSON CITY AND DOUGLAS COUNTY, NE-
VADA.
(a) DISPOSAL REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’)
shall sell any right, title, or interest of the United States
in and to the following parcels of National Forest System
lands in Carson City or Douglas County, Nevada:
(1) The parcel of land referred to as the ‘‘Car-
son Parcel’’, consisting of approximately 3 acres,
and more particularly described as being a portion
of the southeast quarter, section 31, township 15
north, range 20 east, Mount Diablo Base and Merid-
ian.
(2) The parcel of land referred to as the ‘‘Jacks
Valley/Highway 395 Parcel’’, consisting of approxi-
mately 28 acres, and more particularly described as
being a portion of the northwest quarter of the
southeast quarter, section 6, township 14 north,
range 20 east, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian.
(3) The parcel of land referred to as the ‘‘In-
dian Hills Parcel’’, consisting of approximately 75
acres, and more particularly described as being a
portion of the southwest quarter, section 18, town-
ship 14 north, range 20 east, Mount Diablo Base
and Meridian.
(4) The parcel of land referred to as the
‘‘Mountain House Area Parcel’’, consisting of ap-
proximately 40 acres, and more particularly de-
scribed as being a portion of the northwest quarter
of the northeast quarter, section 12, township 10
north, range 21 east, Mount Diablo Base and Merid-
ian.
(5) The parcel of land referred to as the ‘‘Hol-
brook Junction Area Parcel’’, consisting of approxi-
mately 80 acres, and more particularly described as
being a portion of the west half of the southwest
quarter, section 7, township 10 north, range 22 east,
Mount Diablo Base and Meridian.
(6) The two parcels of land referred to as the
‘‘Topaz Lake Parcels’’, consisting of approximately
5 acres (approximately 2.5 acres per parcel), and
more particularly described as being portions of the
northwest quarter, section 29, township 10 north,
range 22 east, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian.
(b) MODIFICATION
OF DESCRIPTIONS.—The Sec-
retary may—
(1) correct typographical or clerical errors in
the descriptions of land specified in subsection (a);
and
(2) for the purposes of soliciting offers for the
sale of such land, modify the descriptions based
on—
(A) a survey; or
(B) a determination by the Secretary that
the modification is in the best interest of the
public.
(c) SELECTION AND SALE.—
(1) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall co-
ordinate the sale of land under this section with the
unit of local government in which the land is located.
(2) EXISTING RIGHTS.—The sale of land under
this section shall be subject to all valid existing
rights, such as rights-of-way, in effect as of the date
of the sale. In the case of the parcel described in
subsection (a)(2), all access rights in and to United
States Highway 395, together with any and all
abutter’s rights adjacent to the westerly right-of-way
line of such highway, within the parcel shall be re-
stricted.
(3) ZONING LAWS.—The sale of land under this
section shall be in accordance with local land use
planning and zoning laws and regulations.
(4) SOLICITATIONS OF OFFERS.—The Secretary
shall solicit offers for the sale of land under this sec-
tion, subject to any terms or conditions that the Sec-
retary may prescribe. The Secretary may reject any
offer made under this section if the Secretary deter-
mines that the offer is not adequate or not in the
public interest.
(5) METHOD
OF
SALE.—The Secretary shall
sell the land described in subsection (a) at public
auction.
(d) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—
(1) PAYMENTS AND DEPOSITS.—Of the gross
proceeds from any sale of land under this section,
the Secretary shall—
(A) pay five percent to the State of Ne-
vada for use for the general education program
of the State;
(B) pay five percent to the Carson Water
Subconservancy District in the State;
(C) deposit 25 percent in the fund estab-
lished under Public Law 90–171 (commonly
known as the ‘‘Sisk Act’’; 16 U.S.C. 484a); and
(D) retain and use, without further appro-
priation, the remaining funds for the purpose of
expanding the Minden Interagency Dispatch
Center in Minden, Nevada, as provided in para-
graph (3).
(2) USE OF SISK ACT FUNDS.—The amounts
deposited under paragraph (1)(C) shall be available
to the Secretary until expended, without further ap-
propriation, for the following purposes:
(A) Reimbursement of costs incurred by
the local offices of the Forest Service in car-
rying out land sales under this section, except
that the total amount of reimbursement may
not exceed 10 percent of the total proceeds of
the lands sales.
(B) The development and maintenance of
parks, trails, and natural areas in Carson City,
Douglas County, or Washoe County, Nevada, in
accordance with a cooperative agreement en-
tered into with the unit of local government in
which the park, trail, or natural area is located.
(3) MINDEN
INTERAGENCY
DISPATCH
CEN-
TER.—The Minden Interagency Dispatch Center is
located on land made available by the State of Ne-
vada in Minden, Nevada, and will serve as a joint fa-
cility for the Forest Service and the Nevada Division
of Forestry for the purpose of fighting wildland
fires. The expansion of the center shall include living
quarters and office space for the Blackmountain
Hotshot Crew, a guard station for housing engines
the instrument conveying the parcels of land subject
to the public land order is executed.
(h) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Re-
sources of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Sen-
ate an annual report on all land sales made under this
section.
Passed the House of Representatives October 15,
2003.
Attest:
Clerk.