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Union Calendar No. 333 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2831 
[Report No. 108–571] 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Newlands Project 
Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility to the Truckee-Carson 
Irrigation District. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2003 
Mr. GIBBONS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
JUNE 25, 2004 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 23, 2003] 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey the 
Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard 
Facility to the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District. 
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 ‘‘Newlands Project Head-
quarters and Maintenance Yard Facility Transfer Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF NEWLANDS PROJECT HEAD-
QUARTERS AND MAINTENANCE YARD FACIL-
ITY. 
(a) CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
convey to the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District, Nevada, 
as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of 
this Act and in accordance with all applicable law and the 
terms of the memorandum of agreement between the District 
and the Secretary dated June 9, 2003 (Contract No. 3–LC– 
20–8052), all right, title, and interest of the United States 
in and to real property within the Newlands Projects, Ne-
vada, known as 2666 Harrigan Road, Fallon, Nevada, and 
identified for disposition on the map entitled ‘‘Newlands 
Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility’’. 
(b) TREATMENT
OF
PROCEEDS
FROM
FALLON 
FREIGHT YARD AS CONSIDERATION.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law to the contrary, amounts received by 
the United States for the lease and sale of Newlands Project 
lands comprising the Fallon Freight Yard shall, for pur-
poses of this section, be treated as payment in full of consid-
eration for the property conveyed under subsection (a). 
(c) REPORT.—If the Secretary has not completed such 
conveyance within 12 months after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Con-
gress explaining the reasons the conveyance has not been 
completed and stating the date by which the conveyance will 
be completed. 
(d) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, REMEDIATION, AND RE-
MOVAL.—The Secretary may not make any conveyance 
under this section until the completion with respect to the 
conveyance, in accordance with the memorandum of agree-
ment referred to in subsection (a), of– 
(1) compliance with requirements relating to the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. et seq. 4321 et seq.) and cultural resources; 
and 
(2) environmental site assessments, remediation, 
or removal. 
(e) LIABILITY.—The United States shall not be liable 
for damages of any kind arising out of any act or omission 
by, or occurrence relating to, the Truckee-Carson Irrigation 
District or its employees, agents, or contractors relating to 
the property conveyed under this section and occurring 
prior to, on, or after the date of such conveyance.
Union Calendar No. 333 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H.R. 2831 
[Report No. 108–571] 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
the Newlands Project Headquarters and Mainte-
nance Yard Facility to the Truckee-Carson Irri-
gation District. 
JUNE 25, 2004 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed