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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5100 
To provide for the conveyance of certain Federal lands in Yuma County, 
Arizona. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2010 
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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the Secretary a percentage of the total administra-
tive costs incurred by the United States in an 
amount that equals the proportion of the acreage 
conveyed to each Grantee to the total acreage con-
veyed under subsection (a) to all Grantees. Such 
consideration shall be paid by a Grantee to the Sec-
retary on or before the date of the conveyance. 
(2) WAIVER FOR STATE.—Payment is hereby 
waived for any conveyance of Federal Land under 
this Act to the State of Arizona. 
(c) RELEASE FROM LIABILITY.—Effective on the 
date of conveyance of Federal Land to a Grantee under 
this section, the United States shall— 
(1) not be liable for damages arising out of any 
act, omission, or occurrence relating to the Federal 
Land conveyed; and 
(2) shall be liable for damages caused by acts 
of negligence committed by the United States before 
the date of conveyance, consistent with chapter 171 
of title 28, United States Code. 
(d) GRANTEE DISCRETION.—The conveyance of Fed-
eral Land in accordance with this Act shall be subject to 
a Grantee’s compliance with the provisions of this section. 
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SEC. 4. DISPOSITION AND USE OF PROCEEDS. 
Any amounts paid to the Secretary under section 3, 
shall remain available to the Secretary, without further 
appropriation until expended, for visitor services and re-
source protection at Imperial National Wildlife Refuge. 
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