Idaho County Shooting Range Land Conveyance Act

Bill: 113-s-2616
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2014-07-16
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Idaho

Land transfers
Latest action: action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-433.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-07-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Idaho County Shooting Range Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Idaho County in Idaho approximately 31 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for use as a shooting range. </p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2616 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 16, 2014 Mr. Risch (for himself and Mr. Crapo ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to Idaho County in the State of Idaho, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Idaho County Shooting Range Land Conveyance Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) County The term County means Idaho County in the State of Idaho. (2) Map The term map means the map entitled Idaho County Land Conveyance and dated April 11, 2014. (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. 3. Conveyance of land to Idaho County (a) In general As soon as practicable after notification by the County and subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall convey to the County, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Federal land described in subsection (b). (b) Description of land The Federal land referred to in subsection (a) consists of approximately 31 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and generally depicted on the map as Conveyance_Area . (c) Map and legal description (1) In general As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall finalize the legal description of the parcel of Federal land to be conveyed under this section. (2) Minor errors The Secretary may correct any minor error in— (A) the map; or (B) the legal description. (3) Availability The map and legal description shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management. (d) Use of conveyed land The land conveyed under this section shall be used only as a shooting range. (e) Administrative costs The Secretary shall require the County to pay all survey costs and other administrative costs necessary for the preparation and completion of any patents for, and transfers of title to, the Federal land described in subsection (b). (f) Conditions As a condition of the conveyance under subsection (a), the County shall agree— (1) to pay any administrative costs associated with the conveyance, including the costs of any environmental, wildlife, cultural, or historic resources studies; (2) to release and indemnify the United States from any claims or liabilities that may arise from uses carried out on the Federal land described in subsection (b) on or before the date of enactment of this Act by the United States or any person; and (3) to accept such reasonable terms and conditions as the Secretary determines necessary.