IIB 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2745 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 17, 2012 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To amend the Mesquite Lands Act of 1986 to facilitate 
implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation 
plan for the Virgin River in Clark County, Nevada. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO THE MESQUITE LANDS ACT OF 
1986. 
Section 3 of Public Law 99–548 (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Mesquite Lands Act of 1986’’) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(3)(B), by inserting ‘‘and 
implementation’’ after ‘‘development’’; 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘For 
a period of 12 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act,’’ and inserting ‘‘Until Novem-
ber 29, 2020,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Not 
later than 10 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this subsection,’’ and inserting ‘‘Not 
later than November 29, 2019,’’; 
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘the date 
that is 12 years after the date of the enactment 
of this subsection,’’ and inserting ‘‘the date 
specified in paragraph (1)(A),’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘of each 
parcel’’ and all that follows through the period 
and inserting ‘‘of each parcel under this sub-
section shall be deposited into the General 
Treasury.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Not 
later than 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this subsection, the’’ and inserting 
‘‘The’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after 
subparagraph (C) the following: 
‘‘(D) The approximately 218 acres of land 
depicted as ‘Hiatus’ on the map titled ‘Mesquite 
Airport Conveyance’ and dated January 13, 
2012.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘until 
the date that is 12 years after the date of the 
enactment of this subsection,’’ and inserting 
‘‘until November 29, 2020,’’; 
(D) by amending paragraph (4) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(4) REVERTER.—If the land conveyed pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) is not used by the city as an 
airport or for another public purpose, it shall revert 
to the United States, at the option of the Secretary, 
except that the city shall have an exclusive right to 
purchase such land.’’; and 
(E) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (7) and by inserting after paragraph 
(4) the following: 
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‘‘(5) RIGHT TO PURCHASE LAND.—Until No-
vember 29, 2020, the City of Mesquite, Nevada, sub-
ject to all appropriate environmental reviews, includ-
ing compliance with the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.) and the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.), shall have the exclusive right to purchase the 
parcels of public land described in paragraph (2) 
that the Secretary did not convey to the city pursu-
ant to paragraph (1). 
‘‘(6) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—The proceeds of the 
sale of each parcel under this subsection shall be de-
posited into the General Treasury.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 16, 2012. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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