I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3560 
To provide for the conveyance of certain Federal lands in Yuma County, 
Arizona. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 5, 2011 
Mr. GRIJALVA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for the conveyance of certain Federal lands in 
Yuma County, Arizona. 
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 ‘‘Meers Point Boundary 
Adjustment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—The term ‘‘ad-
ministrative costs’’ refers to any costs necessary to 
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transfer the Federal Land from the United States to 
the Grantee, such as— 
(A) boundary surveys; 
(B) boundary marking; 
(C) title work; 
(D) closing costs; 
(E) recording fees; and 
(F) Level 1 contaminant reports. 
(2) FEDERAL
LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal 
Land’’ means the land that is owned by the United 
States and managed cooperatively by the Bureau of 
Reclamation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 
located within lots 34, 35, 37, and 38 in section 13 
of Township 5 South, Range 22 West; and identified 
in the survey as those portions of lots 34, 35, 37, 
and 38 that are within the boundary of the Imperial 
National Wildlife Refuge. 
(3) GRANTEE.—The term ‘‘Grantee’’ means the 
current landowner or landowners of those properties 
described in Quit Claim Deeds, dated July 1, 1992, 
and filed in Yuma County, Arizona at DKT 1816, 
page 740; DKT 1816, page 748; DKT 1816, page 
752; and State of Arizona, State Land Department 
Special Land Use Permit No. 23–113167–17, dated 
August 27, 2008, and identified in this Act as— 
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(A) lot 34, State of Arizona ‘‘lease lot’’; 
(B) lot 35; 
(C) lot 37; and 
(D) lot 38. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(5) SURVEY.—The term ‘‘Survey’’ means a sur-
vey of Meers Point that shall— 
(A) be conducted by the Secretary, acting 
through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 
(B) cover those portions of lots 34, 35, 37, 
and 38 that are currently within the boundary 
of the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge; and 
(C) determine the exact acreage and legal 
description of the Federal Land to be conveyed 
under this Act. 
SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND TO GRANTEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—After completion of the survey, 
the Secretary shall convey to each Grantee by quitclaim 
deed all right, title, and interest of the United States in 
and to that Federal Land within each Grantee’s lot. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) PAYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—As 
consideration for the conveyance of the Federal 
Land under this section, each Grantee shall pay to 
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