SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Red Rock Canyon Na-
tional Conservation Area Protection and Enhancement
Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act, the following definitions apply:
(1) CORPORATION.—The term ‘‘Corporation’’
means The Howard Hughes Corporation, an affiliate
of the Rouse Company, with its principal place of
business at 10000 West Charleston Boulevard, Las
Vegas, Nevada.
(2) RED ROCK.—The term ‘‘Red Rock’’ means
the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area,
consisting of approximately 195,780 acres of public
lands in Clark County, Nevada, specially designated
for protection in the Red Rock Canyon National
Conservation Area Establishment Act of 1990 (16
U.S.C. 460ccc et seq.), as depicted on the Red Rock
Map.
(3) RED
ROCK
MAP.—The term ‘‘Red Rock
Map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘H.R. 4141–Bound-
ary Modifications’’, dated July 1, 2002.
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
SEC. 3. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) Red Rock is a natural resource of major
significance to the people of Nevada and the United
States. It must be protected in its natural state for
the enjoyment of future generations of Nevadans
and Americans, and enhanced wherever possible.
(2) In 1998, the Congress enacted the Southern
Nevada Public Lands Management Act of 1998
(Public Law 105–263), which provided among other
things for the protection and enhancement of Red
Rock.
(3) The Corporation owns much of the private
land on Red Rock’s eastern boundary, and is en-
gaged in developing a large-scale master-planned
community.
(4) Included in the Corporation’s land holdings
are 1,071 acres of high-ground lands at the eastern
edge of Red Rock. These lands were intended to be
included in Red Rock, but to date have not been ac-
quired by the United States. The protection of this
high-ground acreage would preserve an important
element of the western Las Vegas Valley view-shed.
(5) The Corporation has volunteered to forgo
development of the high-ground lands, and proposes
that the United States acquire title to the lands so
that they can be preserved in perpetuity to protect
and expand Red Rock.
(b) PURPOSES.—This Act has the following purposes:
(1) To accomplish an exchange of lands be-
tween the United States and the Corporation that
would transfer certain high-ground lands to the
United States in exchange for the transfer of other
lands of approximately equal value to the Corpora-
tion.
(2) To protect Red Rock and to expand its
boundaries as contemplated by the Bureau of Land
Management, as depicted on the Red Rock Map.
(3) To further fulfill the purposes of the South-
ern Nevada Public Lands Management Act of 1998
and the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation
Area Establishment Act of 1990.
SEC. 4. RED ROCK LAND EXCHANGE.
(a) ACQUISITION REQUIREMENT.—If the Corporation
offers to convey to the United States all right, title, and
interest in and to the approximately 1,082 acres of non-
federal land owned by the Corporation and depicted on
the Red Rock Map as ‘‘OFFERED LANDS TO BE IN-
CORPORATED INTO NCA’’, the Secretary shall accept
such offer on behalf of the United States, and not later
than 90 days after the date of the offer, except as other-
wise provided in this Act, shall make the following convey-
ances:
(1) To the Corporation, the approximately 998
acres of Federal lands depicted on the Red Rock
Map as ‘‘BLM LANDS SELECTED FOR EX-
CHANGE’’.
(2) To Clark County, Nevada, the approxi-
mately 1,221 acres of Federal lands depicted on the
Red Rock Map as ‘‘BLM LANDS FOR CLARK
COUNTY PARK’’.
(b) SIMULTANEOUS CONVEYANCES.—Title to the pri-
vate property and the Federal property to be conveyed
pursuant to this section shall be conveyed at the same
time.
(c) MAP.—The Secretary shall keep the Red Rock
Map on file and available for public inspection in the Las
Vegas District Office of the Bureau of Land Management
in Nevada, and the State Office of the Bureau of Land
Management, Reno, Nevada.
(d) CONDITIONS—
(1) HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.—As a condition of
the conveyance under subsection (a)(1), the Sec-
retary shall require that the Corporation be respon-
sible for removal of and remediation related to any
hazardous materials that are present on the property
conveyed to the United States under subsection (a).
(2) SURVEY.—As a condition of the conveyance
under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall require
that not later than 90 days after the date of the
offer referred to in subsection (a), the Corporation
shall provide a metes and bounds survey, that is ac-
ceptable to the Corporation, Clark County, and the
Secretary, of the common boundary between the par-
cels of land to be conveyed under subsection (a).
(3) LANDS CONVEYED TO CLARK COUNTY.—As
a condition of the conveyance under subsection
(a)(2), the Secretary shall require that—
(A) the lands transferred to Clark County
by the United States must be held in perpetuity
by the County for use only as a public park or
as part of a public regional trail system; and
(B) if the County attempts to transfer the
lands or to undertake a use on the lands that
is inconsistent with their preservation and use
as described in subparagraph (A), such lands
shall revert to the United States.
SEC. 5. STATUS AND MANAGEMENT OF LANDS.
(a) INCLUSION OF BASIN LANDS.—Upon the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall administer
the lands depicted on the Red Rock Map as ‘‘Flood Con-
trol Detention Basin Lands’’, exclusive of those lands used
for the Corps of Engineers R–4 Detention Basin, as part
of Red Rock and in accordance with the Red Rock Canyon
National Conservation Area Establishment Act of 1990
(16 U.S.C. 460ccc et seq.), the Southern Nevada Public
Lands Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–263),
and all other applicable laws.
(b) INCLUSION
OF ACQUIRED LANDS; MAPS RE-
FLECTING BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.—Upon acquisition
by the United States of lands under this Act, the Sec-
retary shall—
(1) administer the lands as part of Red Rock
and in accordance with the Red Rock Canyon Na-
tional Conservation Area Establishment Act of 1990
(16 U.S.C. 460ccc et seq.), the Southern Nevada
Public Lands Management Act of 1998 (Public Law
105–263), and all other applicable laws; and
(2) create new maps showing the boundaries of
Red Rock as modified by or pursuant to this Act,
and make such maps available for review at the Las
Vegas District Office of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement and the State Office of the Bureau of Land
Management, Reno, Nevada.